Nemecká vojenská technika v tankovom múzeu Munster (1918 – 1945)

German Military Hardware in the Munster Tank Museum (1918 – 1945)

Autor: KONEČNÝ Martin

KONEČNÝ, Martin: Nemecká vojenská technika v tankovom múzeu Munster (1918 – 1945)

KONEČNÝ, Martin: German Military Hardware in the Munster Tank Museum (1918 – 1945).

Vojenská história, 23, 1, 2019, pp. 146-156.

The town of Munster in the German federal state of Lower Saxony has a long military history. As early as in 1893, there was a dislocated battalion of the imperial army, also having the future German general and president, Paul von Hindenburg, serving there. Nearby Munster, an extensive military area and research institute originated, used since 1916 mainly for chemical weapons development and testing. In 1935, Germany secretly recovered the research and development of the chemical weapons in Munster, later opening a tank school with training area. After the end of the World War Two, these military premises found their use for storing the German and Allied tanks, armoured vehicles and varied military vehicles. Since the 1950’s, the vehicles was used for the Bundeswehr and Western Ally armies research purposes. The Munster collection was expanding over the years as was the military base and training area. However, only in 1983, the idea of making the historical armoured vehicles accessible to the public in the new German Tank Museum (Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster) was successfully implemented.

 

Keywords: Military museology. German Tank Museum in Munster

 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2019.23.1.7

Ročník: 23 | Číslo: 1/2019 | Stránky: 146-156