Erika-Fuchs-Haus, Comic art museum in Schwarzenbach an der Saale, Germany.
The Erika-Fuchs-Haus is a three-storey museum in Schwarzenbach an der Saale dedicated to comics and the art of language. Its narrow 15-metre frontage extends 60 metres in length, ending at a spacious outdoor staircase on a slope. Inside, a 130-square-metre hall with large drawings of Duckburg is dominated by Scrooge McDuck's money bin, where children can bathe in yellow plastic coins. Rubber floors are inlaid with comic lettering, Erikatives and a map of Duckburg.
The museum opened in 2015 to honor Erika Fuchs, who spent four decades translating comics into German starting in the 1950s. Her work shaped how German readers encountered and understood international comic stories.
The museum features recreated spaces from comic stories, including a farm and workshop that visitors can explore. These rooms show how the stories became part of German popular culture through translation and daily reading.
The museum is at Bahnhofstraße 12 in Schwarzenbach an der Saale. The entrance front is only 15 m wide, but the building runs 60 m back into the hillside and ends at an outdoor staircase, so allow time to walk its full length. Rubber floors with inlaid comic lettering and a map of Duckburg make standing and reading comfortable.
The museum's only display case holds Erika Fuchs's typewriter, typescript pages and original comic pages. Everything else is told through large drawings: Simon Schwartz's room-high panels recount her life, and visitors can try their own hand at comic writing at several interactive stations.
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