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Boeing 747 “Schleswig-Holstein” — Technik Museum Speyer

The ex-Lufthansa Boeing 747 D-ABYM mounted nose-up on a steel frame against a grey sky at Technik Museum Speyer, Germany
Artwork FileSpeyer, Germany

The Jumbo on Stilts

SeenMar 2026

Technik Museum Speyer · 2002 · Am Technik Museum 1, Speyer, Germany

Photo: Horst / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), as published in Street Art Utopia.

A retired Lufthansa Boeing 747-200 sits high on a steel structure at the Technik Museum Speyer Source Checked, in what Jalopnik calls a mid-takeoff orientation. Source Reported The jet was built in 1978 and came to the museum in 2002; it was taken apart, and the fuselage travelled to Speyer on a pontoon along the Rhine because it was too big for the roads. Source Checked Aviacionline gives its registration as D-ABYM. Source Reported

Seen Mar 2026: Wochenblatt Reporter reported on 6 March 2026 that the museum had started a weeks-long spring clean of the jumbo. Source Reported

More photos

The Lufthansa Boeing 747 D-ABYM on its support structure at Technik Museum Speyer in July 2014, seen from the front left
2014 The whole structure, with its stairway to the wingPhoto: Bahnfrend / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

💡 4 things to know

  1. Too big for the roadThe jet was taken apart; the roughly 70 m fuselage could not go by road, so it travelled on a special pontoon along the Rhine to Speyer in 2002, according to the museum. Source Checked
  2. 23 years with LufthansaAviacionline reports the 747 entered Lufthansa service in October 1978 as D-ABYM and was retired in spring 2002 after 23 years of flying. Source Reported
  3. A walk on the wingThe museum says the highlight of a visit is climbing onto the left wing at around 20 metres; the cabin and cargo hold can also be entered. Source Checked
  4. Weeks of washingIn March 2026 the museum began a spring clean of the 747 that runs over several weeks, working from heights of up to 48 metres, Wochenblatt Reporter wrote. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

On a steel support structure on the grounds of the Technik Museum Speyer, Am Technik Museum 1, 67346 Speyer, Germany. Source Checked

Open in Maps

Opens a map at the Technik Museum Speyer.

🗓️ Sightings

  1. 201328 Apr

    Photo: the 747 next to the Antonov An-22 at the museum

  2. 20142 Jul

    Photo: D-ABYM on display, Commons

  3. 201510 Aug

    Photo: D-ABYM at Technik Museum Speyer

  4. 201812 May

    Photo: D-ABYM during an event day at the museum

  5. 202123 Sep

    Stars and Stripes visits; walkway on the left wing open

  6. 202421 Mar

    aeroTELEGRAPH: spring cleaning of the 747 on its stilts

  7. 20266 Mar

    Wochenblatt Reporter: weeks-long spring clean of the Jumbo

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records, events and reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.

🗞️ In the sources

Aviacionline5 April 2020

Por aire, por tierra y por agua: Así fue el último viaje de un Boeing 747 en Alemania

“Los técnicos del museo necesitaron un año y necesitaron tres grúas para poder volver a montar el avión.”

The museum’s technicians needed a year and three cranes to reassemble the aircraft.

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Jalopnik3 April 2023

How Do You Mount A Boeing 747 To The Roof Of A Museum? Very Carefully

“Once at the museum, the 747 was reassembled on 100-foot poles, giving it that very cool mid-takeoff orientation.”

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Wochenblatt Reporter6 March 2026

Große Wäsche für den Jumbo: Technik Museum Speyer startet Frühjahrsputz

“Den Anfang machte am Dienstag die legendäre Boeing 747, das Wahrzeichen des Museums.”

First up on Tuesday was the legendary Boeing 747, the museum’s landmark.

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✅ The facts

Aircraft
Boeing 747-200, ex-Lufthansa Source Source Checked
Registration
D-ABYM Source Reported
Name
Schleswig-Holstein Source Reported
Built
1978 Source Checked
Given to museum
Spring 2002, donated by Lufthansa Source Reported
Transport
Dismantled; fuselage carried on a pontoon along the Rhine in 2002 Source Checked
Wing walk
About 20 m up, on the left wing Source Checked
Supports
100-foot poles, according to Jalopnik Source Reported
Address
Am Technik Museum 1, 67346 Speyer Source Checked

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