Heinz Luthringshauser in front of his museum

Since 1980 the Motorradmuseum Heinz Luthringshauser (Motorcycle Museum Heinz Luthringshauser) in Otterbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, houses a permanent exhibition of motorcycles significant to the history of vehicles in a location that is unique for such a purpose throughout the world.

It is the village's former protestant church, in which the motorcycle racing legend Heinz Luthringshauser - the founder and until his death in 1997 also president of the museum - assembled a collection fascinating not only for bikers and preserved it in near mint condition.

Financially and actively supported by the "Förderkreis Motorradmuseum Heinz Luthringshauser" (today: "Motorradmuseum Heinz Luthringshauser e.V.") from the very beginning, Heinz Luthringshauser was able to create this amazing exhibition of 80 years of motorcycle history.

The collection consists of representative bikes of German manufacturers such as Adler, BMW, DKW, HOREX, Miele, NSU, Opel, Zündapp, etc., as well as Italian, English and Japanese brands.

Exotics, such as a MEGOLA from 1921 with a 5 cylinder radial engine built into the front wheel, add rare exhibits to the collection, which impressively illustrate the historical development of the motorcycle.

Would you like to support the Motorradmuseum Heinz Luthringshauser e.V.? We're always happy about new members joining our society; the membership fee is €18,00 per year.

Sponsors are very welcome, too. Amongst our hitherto existing sponsors count the companies Hornbach, Motorrad Fischer (Seligenstadt-Froschhausen), Maschinen/Anlagenbau Krauß & Blank GmbH (Otterberg), Strack Garten- und Landschaftsbau (Erfenbach), Jockel Faulhaber (Kaiserslautern), move4u (Katzweiler),...