Alte Fischräucherei Eckernförde, Heritage museum in Eckernförde, Germany.

The Alte Fischraucherei Eckernförde is a historic building with smoking ovens and equipment for fish preservation dating from the early 20th century. The site displays the complete working process from receiving raw materials to packaging finished products.

The Hopp smokehouse was built in 1920 as an extension of the family's 1912/13 house on Jungfernstieg, and the firm operated until 1961. Eckernförde once had at least 60 smoking sites since 1769, with 37 businesses at the 1925 peak and only one left since 1999. The association bought the property in 2012 and opened the museum that year, in full operation since 2016.

The museum's name recalls the Hopp family smokehouse that operated here from 1920 to 1961. It is run by the Förderverein Alte Fischräucherei e.V., founded in 2009, whose members renovated the buildings largely themselves. The site also remembers Eckernförde as the place of origin of the Kieler Sprotte, the smoked sprat associated with the town.

The museum occupies the whole former Hopp smokehouse property between Jungfernstieg 41 and Gudewerdtstraße 71, a short walk from Eckernförde's harbour. The buildings were renovated by volunteers of the Förderverein Alte Fischräucherei e.V., which runs the site and offers guided tours; booking ahead is advisable. The smokehouse is fired up for regular demonstration smoking, so ask about those dates when planning your visit.

On special occasions the original ovens are still fired up to produce smoked fish using traditional methods. Seeing this working craft in action is rare and shows how the place actually functioned.