Ost-Feeling / "Eens zu Fuffzsch am Ring"

GDR Vehicle Culture at DEKRA Lausitzring

Trabant, Wartburg, Simson, MZ, and more — vehicles from GDR industrial history have experienced an astonishing cultural rediscovery in recent years. "Ost-Feeling — Eens zu Fuffzsch am Ring" draws thousands of these vehicles and their owners annually to the DEKRA Lausitzring in southern Brandenburg. The meet-up positions itself not as a nostalgia event, but as a serious preservation of industrial memory — combined with genuine motorsport competition on the track.

660-Minute Trabant Endurance Test

The event's hallmark is the 660-minute endurance test for Trabant vehicles — an 11-hour test of endurance on the Lausitzring's Grand Prix circuit. Which Trabant configurations will last 11 hours? Who will complete the most laps? These questions transform the event into a true motorsport occasion, where the GDR heritage is understood not as folkloric embellishment, but as active racing machinery.

IFA Showcase

In addition, collector clubs, workshops, and individual drivers present their Trabants, Wartburgs, Simsons, and mopeds on the show grounds. Originals, restoration projects, tuned versions, and Tatra or Robur trucks — everything that defines GDR vehicle culture is represented here. Accompanying events include lectures, spare parts markets, and competitions.

DEKRA Lausitzring

The Lausitzring in Klettwitz (municipality of Schipkau, district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz) is one of Germany's most modern motorsport facilities and home to the DTM. With events like L8 Night and the Truck & Country Festival, the track has established a broad profile — Ost-Feeling is perhaps its most distinctive own brand and firmly anchored in the Ring's event calendar.