August Horch (October 12, 1868 - February 3, 1951) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, he founded the manufacturing firm that would become Audi. October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Audi is a German automobile maker with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. ...

Memorial plate in Cologne, Germany.

He was born in Winningen, Moselle. He was educated in Mittweida. Image File history File links Memorial plate for de:August Horch, founder of the Horch and Audi cars in Cologne Ehrenfeld, Venloer Straße. ... Image File history File links Memorial plate for de:August Horch, founder of the Horch and Audi cars in Cologne Ehrenfeld, Venloer Straße. ... The article about perfume can be found at Eau de Cologne. ... Moselle is a département in the northeast of France named after the Moselle River. ...

He worked for Karl Benz from 1896 before founding A. Horch & Cie in November 1899 in Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany. The first Horch automobile was built in 1901. The company moved to Reichenbach in 1902 and Zwickau in 1904. Horch left the company in 1909 after a dispute and set up in competition in Zwickau. His new firm was initially called Horch Automobil-Werke GmbH, but following a legal dispute over the Horch name he was oblidged to change the company name. (The court decided that Horch was a registered trademark on behalf of August Horch's former partners and August Horch was not entitled to use it any more.) Consequently, Horch renamed his company to Audi Automobilwerke GmbH in 1910, Audi being the Latinization of Horch. Karl Benz Replica of the Benz Patent Motorwagen built in 1885 Karl Friedrich Benz (November 25, 1844 – April 4, 1929) was a German automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the petrol-powered automobile. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Horch was a German automobile manufacturing company (1899-1939). ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The article about perfume can be found at Eau de Cologne. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Zwickau is a city of Germany, in the Bundesland Saxony (Sachsen), situated in a valley at the foot of the Erzgebirge, on the left bank of the Zwickauer Mulde, 130 km (82 miles) southwest of Dresden, south of Leipzig and south west of Chemnitz. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

In August 1928 the Danish engineer Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen of DKW acquired a majority holding in Audiwerke. In June 1932 Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer merged to form Auto Union AG, the new company's logo was four interlinked rings, one for each of the founder companies. Horch was on the supervisory board of Auto Union. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen (1878 – 1964) was an engineer and industrialist of Danish origin. ... DKW Auto Union logotype Dampf-Kraft Wagen (German: steam-powered vehicle) or DKW is an historic car and motorcycle brand. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Wanderer was a German automobile manufacturer from 1911 to 1939. ... 1936 Auto Union Wanderer Auto Union was a joint venture of four German automobile manufacturers, established in 1932 in Zwickau, Saxony, during the Great Depression. ... Horch was a German automobile manufacturing company (1899-1939). ...