Mission

The Association for the Researching and Testing of Historical Weapons (GEEhW) has set itself the goal of researching historical weapons from prehistory up to the 19th Century.

The main task consists of the documentation and collection of historical weapons and then making this information available in the GEEhW database, both for the general public and scientific institutes. Apart from the basic inventory work questions into the historical use of the weapons will also be investigated; this is an area where areas of historical expertise could potentially overlap, for example with the historical fencing group.

The main aim of the volunteer members of the GEEhW is to encourage the exchange of information and cooperation between various organizations, clubs and museums. To this end we would like to foster a bridge between archaeologists, museum curators, dedicated weapons collectors, historical fencers, re-creators of living history as well as interested museum visitors.

The GEEhW, based in Garching, has been a registered charity since 2009 ( Registration Court, Traunstein).