Hochhut technical collection
The Hochhut Technical Collection is a foundation for the preservation of historic vehicles , motorcycles and engines , based in the Gallus district of Frankfurt . It is part of the Route of Industrial Culture Rhein-Main .
The collection arose from a private hobby of the entrepreneur Fritz Hochhut, who collected vehicles, engines, steam engines , Stirling engines and other parts from the fields of drives and vehicles for several decades . After his death in 1999, the collection was converted into a foundation by former employees. The Hochhut company, which sells and rents construction machinery and compressors , still exists today. Fritz Hochhut was also one of the founders of the Förderkreis Industrie- und Technikgeschichte eV
Picture gallery
Replica of the first Daimler motorcycle from 1885
Replica of the Benz motor car from 1886
According to the collection of one of the oldest registered cars in Germany, a Bergmann Picolo
Hercules W2000 with rotary engine
Bike - auxiliary motor in the front wheel hub
Historic Marklin - model railway of the gauge 0
Stirling engine with cow dung firing for use in agriculture
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bergmann Picolo built in 1898. Hochhut technical collection, accessed on October 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Hans-Otto Neubauer and Michael Wessel gave 1986 in Die Automobiles der Benzstadt Gaggenau as the year of construction 1901.
Web links
- Website of the Hochhut technical collection
- Website of the Förderkreis Industrie- und Technikgeschichte eV
Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 16.2 ″ N , 8 ° 38 ′ 16 ″ E