PS.Speicher - Museum in Einbeck - a world of mobility experiences

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Created on December 20, 2018

Text:

Wolfram Hamann

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Bruno von Rotz

DKW 3=6 Special Class F91 (1954) - 986 cm3, 34 PS, 120 - Museum PS.Speicher

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DKW 3=6 special class F91 (1954) - together with IFA F 9 from 1956 - Museum PS.Speicher

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The PS Speicher with modern extension - Museum PS.Speicher

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Glas 1700 GT (1966) - 100 hp and with an elegant coupé body designed by Pietro Frua - Museum PS.Speicher

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Hansa 1700 Cabrioletlimousine (1936) - cost RM 3850 at the time, but that's no reason to hang on to the ceiling - Museum PS.Speicher

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Hansa 1100 (1934) - innovative passenger car, shown with incomplete bodywork and convertible saloon 1700 - Museum PS.Speicher

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Renault Dauphine (1956) - cutaway model in the entrance area - Museum PS.Speicher

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Renault Dauphine (1956) - Cutaway model shows the body - Museum PS.Speicher

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Impressive illustration of vehicle conditions - Museum PS.Speicher

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The Benz three-wheeler patent car is of course a must - Museum PS.Speicher

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The first motorcycle built in series - a Hildebrand & Wolfmüller from 1894 - Museum PS.Speicher

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Carriage or motorized wagon? The vehicles were similar, simply with or without horses in front, depending on whether you trusted the technology. The suppliers were happy to supply both - Museum PS.Speicher

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Benz Victoria from 1893 - functional technology made visible - Museum PS.Speicher

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Early automobile with chain drive - Museum PS.Speicher

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Panhard & Levassor S 2 (1900) - as many as 759 cars of this type were built - Museum PS.Speicher

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When you could still easily see the technology on a motorcycle like this Indian ... - Museum PS.memory

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Two-, three- and four-wheeled vehicles in the permanent exhibition - Museum PS.Speicher

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Horch eight-cylinder with imposing radiator grille - Museum PS.Speicher

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At Kommissbrot you can drive yourself - Museum PS.Speicher

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Elaborate exhibit showing the Beetle in military and road versions - Museum PS.Speicher

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The horror of the Second World War - impressively presented - Museum PS.Speicher

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DKW NZ 350 (1939) - this motorcycle was walled up in time and thus saved from the Nazi henchmen - Museum PS.Speicher

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Citroën TA 15 (1938) - converted to wood gas combustion - Museum PS.Speicher

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What's hanging in the room? A Tempo tricycle - Museum PS.Speicher

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Goliath Pionier (1934) - over 4000 of these were built - Museum PS.Speicher

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Fuldamobil S 1 (1954) - built from 1954 to 1955 in 734 units, initially with a covered wooden body, then in aluminum and finally with a polyester body - Museum PS.Speicher

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Small-cut F 125 (1950) - next to a BMW Isetta - Museum PS.Speicher

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Another look at the enchanting milk bar - Museum PS.Speicher

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The cabin scooters of the time park in front of the Milchbar - Museum PS.Speicher

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Scooter carousel with Glas Goggo 200, Maico Mobil 200, NSU Lambretta, Adler Junior MR 100, Röhr Rolletta and Faka Commodore - Museum PS.Speicher

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BMW 600 (1958) - anticipated minivan concepts, but was not accepted by buyers - Museum PS.Speicher

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Trabant P 50 (1958) - GDR limousine together with the BRD "competitor" Lloyd Alexander - Museum PS.Speicher

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Lloyd Alexander (1958) - sheet metal body and 596 two-stroke cc for 25 hp - Museum PS.Speicher

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DKW 3=6 Special Class F91 (1954) - in red - Museum PS.Speicher

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Steady rise in the fifties - from motorcycles to sidecars to cabin scooters - Museum PS.Speicher

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Tableau for demonstrating the lighting system of a passenger car - Museum PS.Speicher

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Picnic scenery in the countryside - Museum PS.Speicher

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How people drove in the fifties - Museum PS.Speicher

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Amphicar (1960) - in the green - Museum PS.Speicher

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Small motorcycles of the sixties - Museum PS.Speicher

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Sympathetic staging of the sixties and seventies - Museum PS.Speicher

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Fiat 500 (1968) - and the Borgward Isabella - typical children of the sixties - Museum PS.Speicher

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The classic Vespa scooter, attractively presented - Museum PS.Speicher

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A portable record player with matching disk - Museum PS.Speicher

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NSU Prinz TT (1968) - and in the background the Münch TT, which had the same engine between the wheels - Museum PS.Speicher

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Furniture and household appliances from the sixties - Museum PS.Speicher

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When you didn't need a computer to write - Museum PS.Speicher

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Powerful and heavy motorcycle - Münch Mammut IV with four-cylinder NSU-TT engine - Museum PS.Speicher

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Japanese motorcycles (Honda XL 250 on the right) in a Japanese neon backdrop - Museum PS.Speicher

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The Japanese motorcycle classic - Honda CB 750 Four - Museum PS.Speicher

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Time travel into the future - Museum PS.Speicher

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Special exhibition in the first quarter of 2018 - "Speed, heroes, passion - racing adventure" - Museum PS.Speicher

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The special racing show combined older and newer racing cars on two and four wheels - Museum PS.Speicher

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Awtowelo Type 650 (Sokol) (1949) - with 12-cylinder four-stroke engine, built in Chemnitz with a view of the pre-war Auto Union racing cars - Museum PS.Speicher

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Amilcar CGS Grand Sport (1928) - lightweight racing sports car (Voiturette) with about 35 hp and 530 kg weight - Museum PS.Speicher

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Jaguar D-Type (1954) - the original was built 87 times, the exhibition showed a replica based on the E-Type - Museum PS.Speicher

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Racing touring cars from different eras in the special racing exhibition - Museum PS.Speicher

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BMW 700 Sport (1960) - successful touring car with 40 hp in the road version, Stuck won the German hill climb championship with it in 1960 - Museum PS.Speicher

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View into the small car depot - Museum PS.Speicher

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Maico 500 Sport (1956) - twice in the small car depot - Museum PS.Speicher

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Champion and Maico in rank and file in the small car depot - Museum PS.Speicher

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Almost the entire German microcar range can be seen here - Museum PS.Speicher

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Small cars of various colors as far as the eye can see - Museum PS.Speicher

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Fuldamobil and Heinkel Kabinenroller in the small car depot - Museum PS.Speicher

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Interesting mobile with raised and weather-protected rear bench seat - Small car depot - Museum PS.Speicher

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Mercedes-Benz 130 H (1935) - closely related in design to the VW Beetle - Museum PS.Speicher

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Rear engine, rear drive - in the Mercedes-Benz 130 H just like in the VW Beetle - Museum PS.Speicher

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BMW 600 (1959) - converted into a scaled-down version of the BMW 700 - Museum PS.Speicher

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It can be plastic for once - sleek Nova GT based on the VW Beetle - Museum PS.Speicher

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VW Beetle (1965) - as an electric car with lead-acid batteries - Museum PS.Speicher

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Henney Kilowatt (1959) - actually a Renault Dauphine, but electric, with batteries front and rear - Museum PS.Speicher

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Henney Kilowatt (1959) - Lead-acid batteries and rudimentary control electrics - Museum PS.Speicher

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Three DKWs, the one in the middle is a home-made model - Museum PS.Speicher

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A well-known online dictionary defines "granary" as a place for storing tangible or intangible objects and the reader may spontaneously think of grain and not vehicles. Which is not so wrong, because the PS.Speicher in Einbeck is a former granary that is over a hundred years old and is a listed building. At the same time, it is the centerpiece of an ultra-modern world of experience on the subject of 130 years of mobility.

The PS Speicher with modern extension - Museum PS.Speicher

Already open for four years

The museum was opened to the public in its current form in 2014 and was founded by entrepreneur and collector Karl-Heinz Rehkopf. He brought in the world's largest collection of German motorcycles and added further vehicles to it, including the largest collection of small and micro cars (formerly Museum Störy).

Hansa 1100 (1934) - innovative passenger car, shown with incomplete bodywork and convertible saloon 1700 - Museum PS.Speicher

The result is a unique collection on 4000 square meters of exhibition space (permanent exhibition), which is housed in the main building - the former warehouse - and is supplemented by other buildings. Here you will find a restaurant worth mentioning as well as a conference hotel and a racing simulator.

... and external warehouse

In addition to the museum, the PS.Speicher facility also has external storage facilities and vehicle depots to store the many vehicles that cannot all be shown as part of the permanent exhibition and special shows.

Small cars of various colors as far as the eye can see - Museum PS.Speicher

One of these depots, for example, is dedicated to microcars and can be visited on a few days a year as part of special events.

Impressive

The mighty brick building can be seen from afar. But inside, the vehicles are not simply lined up in a row. Rather, the past, present and future of mobility is shown with over 350 exhibits using clever museum didactics and an appealing presentation.

Two-, three- and four-wheeled vehicles in the permanent exhibition - Museum PS.Speicher

So let's embark on an educational journey through time at PS.Speicher...

From the past to the future

After visitors have had a look around the spacious, bright entrance hall and learned a little about the history of car body construction, we first go to the top of the sixth floor. We start in the past and begin with the wheel, only to find ourselves shortly afterwards in front of the roadworthy (!) "Benz Victoria" motor coach from 1893.

Carriage or motorized wagon? The vehicles were similar, simply with or without horses in front, depending on whether you trusted the technology. The suppliers were happy to supply both - Museum PS.Speicher

Subsequently, the development of the vehicle can be experienced and explored step by step and decade by decade.

The first motorcycle built in series - a Hildebrand & Wolfmüller from 1894 - Museum PS.Speicher

Those interested in technology will discover astonishing things, such as the first motorcycle built in series in 1894 (!). It was built by the Hildebrand & Wolfmüller company and its rear wheel is driven by connecting rods, just like a locomotive.

At Kommissbrot you can drive yourself - Museum PS.Speicher

A little later, a small two-seater Hanomag - aptly named "Kommissbrot" because of its shape - joins a mighty Horch eight-cylinder Type 350 saloon.

Dark and cheerful hours

The period before the Second World War is depicted using the "KdF car", which would later go down in automotive history as the "Beetle", and is aptly characterized by the phrase "Planned for the people - used for the war".

Elaborate exhibit showing the Beetle in military and road versions - Museum PS.Speicher

Two correspondingly differently designed halves of the car visualize this quite memorably.

Elaborate exhibit showing the Beetle in military and road versions - Museum PS.Speicher

A little later, the horror of the war and its destruction becomes tangible.

The horror of the Second World War - impressively presented - Museum PS.Speicher

A car with a wood carburetor is symptomatic of the post-war period, as the shortage of raw materials forced people to look for alternatives.

Citroën TA 15 (1938) - converted to wood gas combustion - Museum PS.Speicher

It continues with the typical micro-mobiles of this era. Until, at the end, you are back at the bottom and full of new impressions.

Active and multimedia

The consistently convincing museum concept should be emphasized, which makes it possible to deepen the respective social and historical aspects interactively. In general, the PS.Speicher invites visitors to join in at around 90 "active stations", which are by no means just the "selfie stations".

Impressive illustration of vehicle conditions - Museum PS.Speicher

The author of these lines voluntarily took a theoretical driving test from 1935, but unfortunately was unable to answer two out of ten questions correctly...

The cabin scooters of the time park in front of the Milchbar - Museum PS.Speicher

The decoration is also impressive. The loving replica of a milk bar from the 1950s deserves a special mention. You can even play your favorite song from a Wurlitzer jukebox free of charge! Another impressive feature is the window display with utensils and furniture from the 1960s.

Also electric

The journey through time ends in the future and with the presentation of electromobility and alternative drive concepts such as the fuel cell.

Time travel into the future - Museum PS.Speicher

Even if you find the museum - in keeping with its history - a little "two-wheeled" at times, a visit to the PS.Speicher is highly recommended - both for technology freaks and for a family outing.

Scooter carousel with Glas Goggo 200, Maico Mobil 200, NSU Lambretta, Adler Junior MR 100, Röhr Rolletta and Faka Commodore - Museum PS.Speicher

At the very end, you should take some time to visit the well-stocked museum store.

Glas 1700 GT (1966) - 100 hp and with an elegant coupé body designed by Pietro Frua - Museum PS.Speicher

Interesting special exhibitions and events

Time and again, the museum makers have also organized special exhibitions in the granary, e.g. on the subject of motor sports or electromobility. Many clubs also meet in Einbeck.

Awtowelo Type 650 (Sokol) (1949) - with 12-cylinder four-stroke engine, built in Chemnitz with a view of the pre-war Auto Union racing cars - Museum PS.Speicher

And on special days, you can also take a look at the cars stored in the depots. Highly recommended.

No beer idea

So if you've only ever associated the town of Einbeck with beer, this excellent museum will prove you wrong. And if you want to find out more about the original purpose of the granary: no problem, its function is also demonstrated in detail.

Further information on the PS.Speicher can be found on the museum's website.