Lanz Museum in Mitterrohrbach

The Lanz-Museum Mitterrohrbach sits in Mitterrohrbach, a village part of Rimbach in Lower Bavaria. It began in 1990 when collector Leonhard Speer moved his growing land-machinery display from Nöham to a private estate here. After Speer’s death in 2016, his widow ran the museum until 2019, when their son took over. The museum centres on steam engines built between 1882 and 1955 and historic Bulldogs from Heinrich Lanz AG made between 1923 and 1958. Speer’s first Bulldog, bought early from Count Stauffenberg’s estate, and a 500-horsepower stationary steam engine from 1938 stand in the boiler house. Other sections show stationary motors, tractors and threshing machines, making it one of Germany’s leading private collections of agricultural machinery. Every year the museum holds its Hoffest, a festival that draws buses from across Germany. In 2010 the twentieth Hoffest welcomed about four thousand visitors. The grounds also host working demonstrations, including steam tractors set in motion on site.