Deutsches Feuerwehr-Museum

Over het museum

The Deutsches Feuerwehr-Museum (German Fire Brigade Museum) was created on the initiative of Germany's fire services: in 1963 a supporting association was founded in Fulda that collected equipment, vehicles and documents from the history of fire protection. In 1988 the museum moved into a new building in the Neuenberg district on the edge of the Fulda floodplain. Two large halls linked by a connecting building, with replica house facades, form a kind of streetscape; the large equipment stands in sunken pits so that it can be viewed easily from raised walkways – including from a wheelchair or at a child's height.

The exhibition treats firefighting history not only as a history of technology but also as social and contemporary history. Hall 1 ranges from the first uses of fire through medieval firefighting regulations to the end of World War I, the connecting building shows the development of motorized pumps, and Hall 2 covers the motorization of fire brigades up to the 1990s, including the role of the fire service under National Socialism and civil defense in the Cold War. A visitor depot with some 25 large vehicles, a fire garden with plants related to the theme of fire, and an archive with a specialist library round out the museum.

At the end of 2025, the museum association and the historical collection of the THW-Bundesvereinigung (federal association of the Technisches Hilfswerk, Germany's civil protection agency) merged into a joint association. Plans call for a museum of the German fire services and the Technisches Hilfswerk on the history of civil protection, funded by the federal government; in fall 2026 the city of Fulda proposed a new site on Weimarer Straße for it. Until then the museum remains open at its current location.

Hoogtepunten

• World's oldest surviving wheeled hand-pumped fire engine (1624)
• Oldest known horse-drawn turntable ladder (1808)
• World's first electrically powered turntable ladder vehicle (1903) and a working steam fire engine (1903)
• Lavishly decorated hand-pumped fire engines from the Baroque and Neoclassical periods
• Visitor depot with some 25 large vehicles
• Fire garden with plants such as stinging nettle, red hot poker and Amur maple (Feuerahorn)

Vaste collectie

• Halle 1: Vom Mittelalter bis 1918 – A journey through time from the early use of fire through urban firefighting regulations to firefighting technology at the end of World War I, featuring the world's oldest wheeled hand-pumped fire engine.
• Halle 2: Motorisierung bis in die 1990er Jahre – Fire engines from the beginning of motorization to the present, as well as the fire service under National Socialism, during the postwar economic miracle and in Cold War civil defense.
• Besucherdepot – A behind-the-scenes look at some 25 large vehicles; part of the space is used for changing special exhibitions (surcharge).

Opgericht

1963

Beheerder

Verein des Museums der Deutschen Feuerwehren und des Technischen Hilfswerks in Fulda (Deutscher Feuerwehrverband und THW-Bundesvereinigung)

Directie

Bernd Müller-Strauß

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gift vouchers for museum visits are available, including with a private guided tour or a champagne reception.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk: geen informatie
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The large vehicles stand in sunken pits surrounded by raised walkways, so wheelchair users and children can also look into the equipment.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Doe- en voelstations
• Speeltuin / speelhoek
• Kinderfeestjes

Children's play corner and a fire engine cab to climb into in Hall 1; children's birthday parties with an age-appropriate tour and the option of cake and drinks.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By car from the north via the Fulda-Nord exit and the B 27, from the south via the Fulda-Süd exit, the B 27 and the B 254 (Frankfurter Straße); from there follow the signs for "Deutsches Feuerwehr-Museum".

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Museum shop with toys, models and specialist literature.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten
• Zakelijke evenementen
• Bruiloften / trouwceremonies

Tot 140 personen.

The "Marktplatz" (marketplace) between the historic facades in Hall 1 and the adjoining areas can seat up to 140 people at tables, with catering by partner companies; supporting program with a guided tour, fire brigade band or "Feuerwehrolympiade" (firefighter games) available. There is also a conference room on the upper floor of the old fire station.

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