Saarländisches Zweiradmuseum
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Saarländisches Zweiradmuseum is a motorcycle museum in Saarland, Germany.
The owners of the site of the museum, Villeroy & Boch closed the museum on September 30, 2007. They planned to build a factory outlet center on the premises.{{citation|url=http://www.immobilien-zeitung.de/htm/news.php3?id=24468&rubrik=2&pb=1|title=FOC im saarländischen Wadgassen geplant|date=August 17, 2007|newspaper=Immobilien Zeitung|language=German|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009123559/http://www.immobilien-zeitung.de/htm/news.php3?id=24468&rubrik=2&pb=1|archivedate=October 9, 2007}} The museum announced that they would seek a new location, probably at the Völklingen Ironworks.{{citation|url=http://zweiradmuseum.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/wie-es-weitergeht/|title=Blog of the motorcycle museum|date=December 9, 2007}} The museum was temporarily moved to an old cinema in Voelkingen, but the ironworks location could not be accepted due to the 2 million Euro cost of renovation.{{citation|newspaper=Saarbrücker Zeitung|url=http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/aufmacher/sz-redaktion/voelklingen-aktuell/Voelklingen-Motorrad-Veteranen-Club-Zweiradmuseum-Weltkulturerbe-Voelklinger-Huette;art26721,2560768,0|title=Motorrad-Veteranen weiter auf Heimatsuche. Scheitert das Konzept an den Kosten?|date=June 14, 2009}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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External links
- [http://www.saarlaendisches-zweiradmuseum.de/ Official site]
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Category:Motorcycle museums in Germany
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