1897: Einbeck’s granary is built as a six-storey storehouse made of brick with wooden internal design. 1914: The KORNHAUS eGmbH buys the company of the state and builds a four-storey building annex with similar storage capacity. 1933: The annex collapses and is rebuilt with reinforcement. 1978: Both granaries are put under preservation order. Until 2000: The operation of the granary is maintained. In the following years the granary changes owner several times and lies fallow.

Karl-Heinz Rehkopf, businessman from Einbeck, buys the granary and together with his wife and further collaborators they found the non-profit foundation Kulturstiftung Kornhaus.

Main aim of the foundation: Promotion of culture by preserving Rehkopf’s collection of historic vehicles. At the time of the foundation he owns approximately 1,700 vintage cars. The collection should be preserved as cultural heritage, kept and permanently made available to the public.

Further aims: Documentation and research on the history of motorisation as well as preserving historic protected documents.

Between 2012 and 2014, the historic granary is restored according to monument preservation standards and altered for its new use as exhibition building for the PS.SPEICHER.

PS.SPEICHER opens its gates!

After five years of planning including three years of building around the former granary.

The experience exhibition at Tiedexer Tor 3 should become a Mecca for vintage cars lovers, technique fans and the whole family!!

44 historic utility vehicles are spectacularly and media-effectively transferred with a truck procession from the utility vehicle museum Sittensen (close to Hamburg) to Einbeck. They form part of the collection LKW + Bus.

The PS.SPEICHER opens its first collection further to the main exhibition. At a different location and with its own concept. Ever since, at the site Otto Hahn Park (Otto-Hahn-Straße 3-5) in Einbeck, approximately 300 utility vehicles can be discovered by interested visitors – on about 7,000 m2 roofed area.

A further hall is added to the building ensemble. With a total surface (ground floor and gallery) of approximately 1,300 m2 the PS.Halle offers space for up to 800 people and due to its multi-functional equipment it is suitable for (large) events such as concerts, banquets, conferences, congresses and general meeting of companies.

On the occasion of the PS.SPEICHER’s third birthday, the event Einbecker Oldtimertage (Einbeck’s vintage cars days) is started. To the first Einbecker Oldtimertage fans of historic vehicles come together in Einbeck to celebrate and talk shop for three days – including PS.SPEICHER Rally, procession through the city centre, parts and vehicle market, visiting the PS.SPEICHER and conversations about petrol.

The collection Kleinwagen (mini and micro cars) is inaugurated at the site Altendorfer Tor displaying 150 exhibits from around 90 years of history. The exhibition is based on Europe’s largest mini and micro cars collection from Störy, close to Hildesheim.

The permanent special exhibition KLEIN ABER MEIN (Mini but mine) is inaugurated in the PS.SPEICHER showing 100 further treasures to admire.

Furthermore, parallel to the inauguration, the first Störy revival mini cars meeting is held. For an entire weekend fans of the small vehicles from all over the world come to Einbeck. Thus, a new, yearly tradition is established.

The Benz Victoria motor carriage no. 99 dated 1894 is registered with EIN-PS 10H. This vehicle that is the oldest ready-to-drive and preserved-in-original-state automobile of the world is one of the stars of the PS.SPEICHER. Founder Karl-Heinz Rehkopf and his wife Gabriele personally registered the Benz Victoria.

During events such as the Einbecker Oldtimertage, the motor carriage will lead e.g. the procession through the Old Town.

After its reconstruction, the collection Kleinwagen comprises 2500 m² and has doubled its exhibition area. The former industrial hall in the street Schusterstraße is now also home to a selection of electric vehicles such as “Papaguckmal” (Daddylook) exhibits: Curiosities on wheels. For photography lovers, the PS.SPEICHER shows the exhibition Moorleichen aus Blech (Bog bodies made of metal).

The visitor centre with parking lot is the central starting point for guided tours in the collections Kleinwagen, Motorrad and Automobil. The centre is directly connected to the collection Kleinwagen and also includes a ticket office. It is characterised by the ambience of a street scene with exhibits from the collections. In the waiting area, any waiting time will pass quickly thanks to numerous information screens. There is even a playing area for kids. The visitor centre is located at the site Altendorfer Tor 3 that may be accessed via the street Schusterstraße.

The exhibition collection LKW + Bus (trucks and buses) is extended by approx. 30 Lanz-Bulldogs as well as agricultural exhibits. This includes real highlights such as the smallest (8 HP) and the largest (63 HP) ever built Lanz-Bulldogs with hot-bulb engine. This unique collection also houses very rare exhibits. Furthermore, steam engines, threshing machines, caterpillars, wood carburettors, Eilbulldogs and Ackerbulldogs.

The collection Motorrad (motorbikes) is inaugurated in the protected, historic wallpaper manufactory Vereta in the street Bismarckstraße. On three levels on a total area of 3,500 m², it offers space for 800 two-wheelers as well as 2 historic wallpaper printing machines with short of 1,000 printing rolls.

This includes overall German series motorbikes from the beginnings until the 1980s, but also international brands. It is the world’s largest collection of German motorbike brands!

The collection Automobil (automobiles) thrills visitors with approximately 200 cars distributed on three levels and a total area of 3,800 m². The emphasis is placed especially on the period of the German economic miracle in the 1950s and the 1960s. Furthermore, there are products of large brands such as VW, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Adler or Borgward. But that’s not all. Various unique pieces as well as a collection of children and merry-go-round cars can also be discovered.

Now it is official: Einbeck houses the “Largest vintage cars collection of this kind in Europe that is available to the public”.

With more than 2,500 historic vehicles on over 22,000 m² of exhibition area at five sites distributed across the city.

1,200 historic motorbikes, 630 cars and mini and micro cars, 200 trucks and buses as well as a collection of electric vehicles and a further one showing Lanz-Bulldogs can be visited in the four showroom collections as well as the PS.SPEICHER itself.

Since January, 1st, 2021, the non-profit foundation Kulturstiftung Kornhaus is traded as STIFTUNG PS.SPEICHER. This accounts for the fact that the foundations single and direct purpose is the operation and long-term preservation of the museum PS.SPEICHER in Einbeck and its collection. Therefore, it differentiates from other foundations that are dedicated to promote culture.