EMW/BMW 327, built in Eisenach, seen 2004

The Automobilwerk Eisenach (AWE) was an automobile manufacturer in Eisenach, Germany. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1257x636, 307 KB) EMW/BMW 327 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Automobilwerk Eisenach Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1257x636, 307 KB) EMW/BMW 327 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Automobilwerk Eisenach Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or... Karl Benzs Velo model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race An automobile (or motor car) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ... Eisenach is a city in Thuringia, Germany. ...

Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach

Heinrich Ehrhardt founded the Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach (FFE) in Eisenach on 3 December 1896 as a stock company. Initially he produced bicycles and guns, but after 2 years he started to produce a motor car which he called the “Wartburg,” a licensed model of the French “Decauville.” The company was the third to manufacturer cars in Germany after Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie, which later merged to become Mercedes-Benz. His son Gustav took over the factory that at the end of the 19th century employed 1,300 workers, being one of the largest in Thuringia. This racing bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ... A gun is a common name given to a device that fires high-velocity projectiles. ... The Wartburg was a car manufactured in East Germany. ... Name plate of the Decauville company Paul Decauville (1846-1922) was a French pioneer in light railways. ... Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (also known as DMG or Daimler Motor Company) was a German automobile manufacturer operating from 1890 to 1926. ... Karl Benz Karl Friedrich Benz (November 25, 1844 – April 4, 1929) was a German engine designer and automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the petrol-powered automobile. ... This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ... The Republic of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), being eleventh in size with an area of 16,200 km² and twelfth most populous with 2. ...

Reorganized as Dixi

In 1903 the Ehrhardt family withdrew from management due to financial losses and also, the license to build Decauville motorcars was revoked. The factory started to build cars under the new name, Dixi (Latin, “I have spoken”) in 1904 with Willi Seck as chief engineer. The top model, the type “U 35” was introduced in 1907 and was soon recognized for its reliability and performance with 65 HP and a top speed of 85 km/h. Latin is an ancient [[Indo-European languages|Indo-well as the Roman CEuropean language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ... Kilometre per hour (American spelling: kilometer per hour) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector). ...

During World War I the company produced trucks and guns. Afterwards the factory suffered from reparations with removal of equipment. In 1919, car production resumed; but soon economic hardship forced a merger with Gothaer Waggonfabrik AG. Another result of the economic downturn was a change in output, focusing on small cars. In 1927 Dixi produced the DA-1 3/15, a version of the British Austin 7 built under licence. Combatants Allied Powers: France Italy Russia Serbia United Kingdom United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg Reinhard... War reparations refer to the monetary compensation provided to a triumphant nation or coalition from a defeated nation or coalition. ... Gothaer Waggonfabrik (Gotha, GWF) was a German manufacturer of rolling stock established in the late nineteenth century at Warnemünde. ... The Austin 7 was a vintage car produced from 1922 through 1939 in the United Kingdom. ...

BMW takes over

In November 1928 BMW acquired the Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach A.G. (Marke "Dixi") from the Gothaer Waggonfabrik bringing the independent existence of Dixi to an end and the Eisenach factory became the birthplace of car manufacturing by BMW. The Dixi continued briefly as the BMW Dixi but the renamed BMW-Factory Eisenach soon started making an updated version of the car called the BMW 3/15 PS dropping the Dixi name. By 1931, 25 000 cars had been produced in a series going from DA 1 to DA 4. The DA-3, a sporting version, saw a re-appearance of the Wartburg name. In 1932 a new small car the 3/20 AM-1 was announced with independent suspension all round and an enlarged 788 cc engine. Image File history File links BMW_Logo. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The BMW Dixi is a car. ... BMW logo The BMW 3/15 was BMWs first car, first produced in 1928. ...

In 1933 BMW started to develop bigger cars with 6-cylinder engines. The first car of which was the BMW 303. Later successors were the BMW 315, BMW 319, BMW 327 and the elegant sports coupe BMW 328, of which 62,864 were produced. The BMW 303 was the first BMW to use an inline-6 engine and the kidney grill, which today is a hallmark of the companys models. ... The BMW 328 was a sports car made by BMW between 1936 and 1940, designed by Fritz Fiedler. ...

In 1942 regular automobile production was stopped because of World War II. The BMW factory in Eisenach started to manufacture motorcycles for the Wehrmacht as well as aircraft engines for the Luftwaffe. By the end of the war about 60% of the factory was destroyed. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... A motorcycle is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ... Wehrmacht troops of the Heer (military land forces) marching at a military parade in honour of the 50th birthday of Adolf Hitler, on April 20th, 1939. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 651 KB) A EMW (Eisenacher Motoren Werke, aka East German BMW) photographed by myself at Prins Bertil Memorial in Stockholm, Sweden. ...

After the War: EMW/BMW

After the American Army handed Thuringia over to the Soviets, the factory became a Soviet Stock company under the direction of the SMAD, and was renamed Sowjetische AG Maschinenbau Awtowelo, Werk BMW Eisenach (Soviet Awtowelo Co., Eisenach BMW Works). Production restarted by late 1945 with pre war BMW models with some modifications such as the EMW 340/BMW 340 (EMW means Eisenacher Motorenwerk to indicate that it was a "BMW" made in Eisenach). This car was a successor to the BMW 326 with modified front and back. It was further developed as the EMW 340-2 and produced, with variations, until the end of 1955, with a total of about 25 000 units made. The EMW 327/BMW 327 was produced as well, but only about 400 units were manufactured. As long as the Soviets owned the company, BMW could not intercede to protect its tradename. As the Munich factory was not producing cars yet, all "BMWs" made from 1945 to 1951 are Eisenach products. The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Russian: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem: The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital (largest city) Moscow None; Russian de facto Government Federation of Soviet Republics  - Last President Mikhail Gorbachev  - Last Premier Ivan Silayev Establishment October Revolution   - Declared 30... The Soviet Military Administration in Germany (Russian initials: SVAG (Советская военная администрация в Германии, СВ&#1040... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München, pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern). ...

VEB Automobilwerk Eisenach

In 1952 the Soviet owners handed the company over to the German Democratic Republic, and it became a state-owned company. By that time BMW from Munich was able to secure its tradename, logo, and typical double-nostril grille appearance, and started to produce cars again. The Eisenach company was now called Eisenacher Motorenwerk (EMW), its logo being a variation of the BMW logo. EMW briefly participated in Formula One racing. One year later it received its final name VEB Automobilwerk Eisenach, shortened to AWE. GDR redirects here. ... A logotype (from the Greek λογότυπο), commonly known as a logo, is the graphic element, symbol, and icon of a trademark or brand, which is set in a special typeface or arranged in a particular way. ... An EMW. Notice the BMW like grille. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Volkseigener Betrieb (German: people-owned enterprise; abbreviation: VEB) was the legal form of industrial enterprise in East Germany. ...

Initial new production consisted of the assembly of a former DKW model with a three-cylinder/two-stroke engine, the IFA F9, while the construction of modified pre war BMW models finished at the end of 1955. In 1956 the first of the Wartburg series (Type 311 and later the 312) was launched based on a new design with a 2-stroke engine. The later Wartburg 353, introduced in 1966, used a bigger engine. Many new ideas proposed by the engineers were not accepted by the state authorities. Finally, in 1988 four-stroke engines made by Volkswagen were introduced. DKW Auto Union logotype Dampf-Kraft Wagen (German: steam-powered vehicle) or DKW is an historic car and motorcycle marque. ... The Wartburg was a car manufactured in East Germany. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

Last Wartburg model 1988-91, 4-stroke engine

In addition, AWE built a motorcycle, the EMW R 35 (1955), first as the R35/2, later modified to the R35/3. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 910 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Wartburg ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 910 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Wartburg ...

After Reunification

The unification of Germany meant the end for AWE, as it could not compete with modern methods of production and the Treuhand agency closed it in 1991. A good number of the employees found work in the newly created Opel factory that was opened in Eisenach in 1992. The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) took place on October 3, 1990, when the areas of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR, in English commonly called East Germany) were incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, in... The Treuhand (Treuhandanstalt or Treuhand agency) was the agency that privatized the East German state owned enterprises. ... Opel is an automobile maker in Germany. ...

While most of the factory has been demolished, one part (Building O2) has been preserved to house the Automobilbaumuseum Eisenach (Eisenach Car Museum).

References

• German wikipedia from 25 January 2006
• Car Museum Eisenach (German)
• History

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See also

• BMW
• Volkseigener Betrieb

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External link

• Pictures of different models
• AWE cars on Flickr

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