Cores as a camper: The bizarre future of traveling in Hesse!
Cores as a camper: The bizarre future of traveling in Hesse!
On April 8, 2025, the Museum of Sepulchralkalktur in Kassel was transformed into an unconventional forum for lovers of unusual vehicles: At the first corner of theofing, several "black drivers" met who converted historical corpse cars into modern, extravagant camping vehicles. This event attracted various owners of historical funeral cars, which showed their vehicles and shared the fascination for these rare cars with like -minded people.
The main organizer Jörg Spanningring, who has had an Opel Rekord C from 1968 since 1997, used the occasion to share his unusual love for corpse cars. Spanning ring was released by his employer in 2004 because he drove to work with his specially converted -body. Today his vehicle is equipped with mattress, blankets and camping chairs and is used regularly for travel - he has already visited 13 countries. The corpse car has established itself as a kind of mini mobile mobile phone.
a look into the past and future
Matthias Krinn, another participant and proud owner of six corpse cars - including four Opel from the years 1966 to 1970 - told about his everyday life as a benker who can afford to drive through the city with these vehicles. He is also convinced of the special humor that is necessary to drive in a former funeral car. These vehicles offer collecting objects and a way to honor life in a humorous way.
It was particularly interesting that visitors to the museum had the opportunity to test in the vehicles as part of the special exhibition "In between 2.0". Gerold Eppler, deputy managing director of the museum, had invited the owners of historical morgue. "We are experiencing a special awareness among the owners," says Epler, which increases the fascination for these vehicles.
Camping in the corpse car
But not only the historical aspects fascinate the participants. Arne Kunkel from Kassel, who drives a 1988 Pollmann corpse car, uses his car both in everyday life and as a mini camp. Kunkel originally found the vehicle as an inexpensive alternative to a station wagon. Wagons offer space for a tent on the tailgate, which allows them to expand into a practical holiday home. Despite the former use as a funeral car, he has no problem sleeping in it because he is convinced that nobody has died in his vehicle.
In Hesse there are estimated 25 active drivers of funeral cars, about 75% of whom use these vehicles as camper. Robert Besken is a key figure in the community that organizes annual meetings for corpse car fans. There is also a corpse car forum that promotes exchange via vehicles and the funeral culture. It remains to be hoped that these meetings and the associated enthusiasm will continue to exist in the future, especially against the background that there will be no fixed ritual for the use or the transition to the private use of these vehicles.
The event in Kassel has impressively showed that worn -out funeral cars are far more than just a piece of history - they are a sign of creativity and humor for their owners, who, with their passion for these vehicles and their stories, also raise awareness of the grief culture to a new, positive level.
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