Automobile Welt Eisenach is a car museum located in the old East German town of Eisenach adjacent to the banks of the Hörsel river. It is situated on the old Automobilwerk Eisenach factory site, one of the world's oldest,[1] and opened as a museum in 2005 utilising building O2 from 1935.[2]
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| Established | 4 June 2005 |
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| Location | Friedrich-Naumann-Straße 10, 99817 Eisenach |
| Coordinates | 50°58′52″N 10°19′30″E / 50.98111°N 10.32500°E |
| Type | Car museum |
| Website | www |
Exhibits
editThe museum chronicles the history of car manufacturing in Eisenach from 1899, through the Dixi and BMW pre-war years, and the development of the German Democratic Republic car industry with EMW, IFA and Wartburg, and the post-unification Opel models.
References
edit- ^ "Germany: a bike ride along the Cold War borderlands". Daily Telegraph. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "AUTOMOBILE WELT EISENACH". European Route of Industrial Heritage e.V. Retrieved 20 October 2023.