Vorarlberg State Fire Brigade Museum

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South side of the fire brigade museum in Frastanz.

The Vorarlberg State Fire Brigade Museum in the Vorarlberg Museum World ( market town of Frastanz ) is housed on around 600 m² of exhibition space in the former company building of the Ganahl textile works (see: Johann Josef Ganahl ) in the "Wollaschopf" (former cotton warehouse). The fire brigade museum is located in a spatial combination with several museums .

The Vorarlberg State Fire Brigade Museum was opened on October 4, 2013.

It essentially consists of a 50 m long vehicle hall in which 16 historic fire engines and extinguishing devices as well as rescue equipment are shown.

Partner museums are the Styrian Fire Brigade Museum in Groß Sankt Florian , the Upper Austrian Fire Brigade Museum in St. Florian and the German Fire Brigade Museum in Fulda -Auen.

Sponsoring association

The Vorarlberg State Fire Brigade Museum is supported and looked after by volunteers as part of a private association. The main task of the association is to maintain and promote the fire service by researching the fire service history of Vorarlberg and collecting items related to fire and rescue services.

The area of ​​activity is primarily determined in Vorarlberg and Austria as well as neighboring countries.

The chairman of the association is Peter Schmid.

photos

  • Fire service vehicle of the municipality of Schnifis (Vorarlberg).

  • Fire engine of the community of Schwarzach in wine red color.

  • Fire service hand pressure sprayer for train by horses, built in 1872.

  • Portable fire brigade hand sprayer of the volunteer fire brigade Göfis .

  • Fire truck of the Bregenz volunteer fire brigade .

literature

  • Peter Schmid, [ed.]; Hans-Gilbert Müller: Helmets from all over the world: exhibits from the best collections in Central Europe; (Exhibition; catalog) . 1st edition. Vorarlberger Museumswelt, Frastanz 2006, ISBN 978-3-902564-00-9 .
  • Ludwig Baer: From metal helmets to synthetic helmets; the development history of the German and Austrian fire helmets as well as the German air safety helmet . 1st edition. Neu-Anspach 1999, ISBN 3-9803864-2-2 .

Web links

Commons : Vorarlberger Feuerwehrmuseum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official website - Museum Quartet. The cooperation agreement includes: 1. Archiving (archiving and training), 2. Exchange of loan items, 3. Conception of special exhibitions for joint use, 4. Joint scientific processing, 5. If necessary, joint advertising and 6. Working meetings to coordinate the objectives .

Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '8.9 "  N , 9 ° 37' 45.4"  E