Karlsruhe Transport Museum
 Motor vehicles in the Karlsruhe Transport Museum |
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The history of transport from the beginning of the 19th century to the present day is exhibited in the Karlsruhe Transport Museum. The collection contains, among other things, historical bicycles , motorcycles and cars as well as railway models . In addition, technical inventions are illustrated and developers from the region are presented, such as Karl Drais and Felix Wankel .
The transport museum is run by the Deutsche Verkehrswacht im Stadt- und Landkreis Karlsruhe e. V., it is run on a voluntary basis. Since 1969 it has been located in a former electrical appliance factory in the southern part of the city .
history
The Transport Museum was founded on October 11, 1924 by Prof. Otto Ammann as part of the Technical University of Karlsruhe . The collection, housed in the old arsenal , contained exhibits from the former Baden State Railways , which were given to the university in the course of its nationalization. These included models of the first Baden train as well as Baden locomotives on a scale of 1:10, which were built between 1910 and 1914 by apprentices from the Karlsruhe repair shop . In addition, exhibits from the Karlsruhe Aviation Association were shown.
On September 27, 1944, at the end of the Second World War , the armory was hit by a bomb and most of the exhibits were destroyed. Only the models of the Baden State Railroad survived the war, as they had previously been brought to safety outside the city.
From 1955 attempts were made to set up a railway museum at the Institute of Transport Technology. The collection, which was greatly reduced by the war, benefited from three locomotives handed over by the Deutsche Bundesbahn in 1957 and a collection of road vehicles from the brothers Emil and Bernhard Reichert.
On June 15, 1965, the sponsorship association Carl-Benz-Verkehrsmuseum eV was founded and renamed the Verkehrsmuseum Karlsruhe eV in 1968 . At the end of 1966, the collection comprised 120 vehicles that were exhibited in the eastern city center.
In 1969 the traffic watch took over the museum. At the end of the same year, a preview of the planned Karlsruhe Transport Museum was opened in a former factory for electrical appliances in the southern part of the city. Shortly afterwards, with the help of the city, the collection was expanded to include one of the largest fully automatic model railroad systems at the time.
In 1971 the Friends of the Transport Museum Karlsruhe eV joined the local traffic watch. Since the same year, the German traffic watch in the city and district of Karlsruhe e. V. Carrier of the Transport Museum.
In 1983 the museum was closed to renovate and enlarge the exhibition area and reopened on July 14, 1984. Although the accommodation in the southern part of the city was only intended as a temporary measure, the museum has not yet moved to other premises.
exhibition
The exhibition consists of different departments. There are also regular special exhibitions.
railroad
In the railway department there are still models of the first Baden train and locomotives on display, which have been maintained since the museum was founded.
There is also a model railway in H0 gauge , built in the 1960s, as well as an extensive collection of railways and accessories in gauge I on permanent loan from an estate.
Motor vehicle and bicycle
The bicycle collection includes, among other things, a true-to-the-original replica of the draisine , a high-speed bike as well as current models and bicycles with auxiliary motors .
The motorcycle exhibition illustrates the development of motorcycles from the beginning of the twentieth century to the 1950s . Above all, the Durlacher Maschinenfabrik Gritzner is discussed .
In addition to cars built at the beginning of the 20th century, the automobile collection also contains specimens from the period after the Second World War and typical small cars from the economic boom . The company car of the former Lord Mayor of Karlsruhe Günther Klotz is also on display.
In addition, the structure of motors, gears and other components is shown. A small exhibition presents the Baden engineer Felix Wankel , the inventor of the rotary engine named after him .
Faller Car System
A cable car based on the Faller Car System has been under construction since 1997 . The system is largely controlled electromechanically and shows, among other things, Karlsruhe light rail vehicles and buses as well as standing models that were subsequently equipped with a drive and steering equipment.
Web links
- Transport Museum Karlsruhe in the Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
- Karlsruhe: culture. Karlsruhe Transport Museum. City of Karlsruhe, accessed on September 23, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Karlsruhe Transport Museum. Verkehrswacht im Stadt- und Landkreis Karlsruhe eV, accessed on September 23, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Traffic watch in the city and district of Karlsruhe. Current. Verkehrswacht im Stadt- und Landkreis Karlsruhe eV, accessed on September 23, 2015 .
- ↑ Model railways. Verkehrswacht im Stadt- und Landkreis Karlsruhe eV, accessed on September 23, 2015 .
- ↑ Bicycles and cars. Verkehrswacht im Stadt- und Landkreis Karlsruhe eV, accessed on September 23, 2015 .
- ↑ Faller Car System. Verkehrswacht im Stadt- und Landkreis Karlsruhe eV, accessed on September 23, 2015 .
Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 7.1 " N , 8 ° 24 ′ 32.5" E