Hans Imhoff vor seinem Schokoladenmuseum

Annette Imhoff on the Cologne Thing of the Week podcast

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Annette Imhoff Geschäftsführerin Schokoladenmuseum Köln

Annette Imhoff in the podcast

"Cologne Thing of the Week"

The podcast episode by Cologne guide Uli Kiefernagel was recorded in the Chocolate Museum with a view of the Rhine and the cathedral.

Museum director Annette Imhoff explains how her father Hans Imhoff's idea became a museum: he rescued old machines and documents from the ailing Stollwerck company and stored them like a collector. After a successful anniversary exhibition at the Gürzenich, where even the first chocolate fountain spectacularly sprayed up to the ceiling, the decision was made to create a real museum from the internal "chocolate chamber." Despite great skepticism on the part of the city, Hans Imhoff's wife Gerburg searched for a location and found the Rheinauhafen-Spitze – inconspicuous at the time, but now a key to success. Annette recounts this with a smile, proud of the journey from a crazy idea to a popular museum.

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I'm Astrid and I've been working in marketing at the Chocolate Museum for more than 10 years. It's one of the nicest places to work in Cologne and there are always great stories to tell about cocoa and chocolate. Where else can you get such a great view of the Rhine right from your desk?

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