Regensburg.
Moni, Blümchen and little Seppi are the stars of the Dachshund Museum in Regensburg. The short-legged trio welcomes its visitors with tail wagging.
Large dachshunds, small dachshunds, stuffed animal dachshunds, nodding dachshunds, Olympic dachshunds, dachshunds made of porcelain, ivory, glass and wood – 5000 dachshunds can be seen in the new Dachshund Museum in Regensburg. And right in the middle: three real dachshunds.
Moni, Blümchen and little Seppi are the figureheads of the curious museum. Their owners, Seppi Küblbeck and Oliver Storz, founded the Dachshund Museum in Passau five years ago, making it internationally famous. Now they have moved up the Danube with the museum to the Unesco World Heritage city of Regensburg, just a stone’s throw – or rather: a few dachshund hops – away from the cathedral.
The Dachshund Museum has been open since Saturday, and after a celebration on Wednesday evening (April 26) it will be officially open. Küblbeck and Storz look forward to dachshund friends from all over the world – with or without a dog.
Exhibits come from dachshund lovers from all over the world
The museum organizers show 5,000 exhibits from their huge collection of dachshunds in lovingly designed showcases. Numerous exhibits have been bequeathed to them by dachshund lovers from all over the world, says Storz.
You can see, among other things, the history of the dachshund in the hunt and as a Bavarian trademark, as the Olympic mascot Waldi, companion of the high nobility and as a toy. The dachshund on TV has also got its place – for example with Meister Eder and the Pumuckl as well as with the caretaker Krause.
In 2018, the creative master florist duo opened the museum in Passau, turning their passion for dachshunds into a profession. Since then, visitors have come literally from near and far, from America, Asia and Australia.
Tourist guides stopped at the Dachshund Museum. Then in 2022 there was trouble with the city administration, which had ignited on a seating area with a parasol set up in front of the museum. The quarrel had the makings of a delicious provincial farce.
The new museum is located in Regensburg’s old town
Storz and Küblbeck found the argument less amusing and took action: they left. How they were treated by the city administration in Passau hit him deeply, Küblbeck told the German Press Agency shortly before the opening ceremony in Regensburg. But that’s a thing of the past.
They were welcomed with open arms in their new home. After half a year of searching, they found rooms in a medieval building in the old town and expanded them into a museum within a few weeks. Now it’s finished and there’s a lot to discover in this small, colourful, quirky dachshund universe. (dpa)
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