A. Weiser & Son

A. Weiser & Sohn Wagen-Karosserie- und Automobilfabriks AG, vorm. A. Weiser & Son
legal form	Corporation
founding	1839
resolution	1939
Seat	Vienna , Austria
Branch	Automobiles

A. Weiser & Sohn in homage to the imperial and royal court and chamber suppliers on the anniversary of the throne in 1908

A. Weiser & Sohn was a wagon factory in Vienna- Alsergrund . Another source uses the company name Wagen-Karosserie- und Automobilfabriks AG, vorm. A. Weiser & Sohn and states that the company also manufactured automobiles and bodies .

history

Anton Weiser sen. († 1879), after ten years of service as a works manager at Laurenzi & Co., founded his own company in 1839 in the so-called “Rothen Haus” in the former Viennese suburb of Alsergrund. Gradually the small Wagner workshop grew into a larger company.

After 24 years, the original premises turned out to be too small and Weiser moved to Porzellangasse 19 in Alsergrund. The move offered the opportunity to equip the new workshops in a modern way, thereby increasing the company's productivity. The workrooms on the ground floor were equipped with many machines and the storage of the finished products was also provided by building spacious wagon rooms on the first and second floors.

In 1869 Anton Weiser sen. his son of the same name, Anton Weiser jun., who had been in the business since childhood, joined the company as a partner. Weiser & Son ”read.

Anton Weiser sen. was honored by the Vienna City Council in 1872 with the large gold Salvator Medal. In 1874 it was built by Emperor Franz Joseph I , the Golden Cross of Merit with the crown awarded.

After his death, his son and long-time employee Anton Weiser jun. the Company. He was able to build on his reputation and had customers at home and abroad. In 1894 he was appointed Imperial Persian court car manufacturer by the Shah of Persia and was awarded the medal of the Order of the Sun and Lions for his services . The company was also KK Hof-Wagenfabrik .

The company later sold Turcat-Méry automobiles , which had been making vehicles since 1899. The company also turned to the construction of car bodies around 1900. Later the company was general representative of Société Lorraine de Dietrich, Automobile in Luneville . Some automobiles were built around 1907. The brand name was Weiser .

Around 1919 the company was included in the ÖAF group because Austro-Fiat did not have enough capacity for the body shop.

In 1939 the company was dissolved.

Automobiles and bodies

The automobiles of 1907 were developed in-house. The 1932 bodies were based on Austro-Fiat chassis . One illustration shows a four-door limousine with false top bows, called an attachment limousine .

literature

• Thomas Köppen: The KK Hof-Wagenfabrik Anton Weiser & Sohn. An example of the Viennese carriage building in the 19th and early 20th centuries . In: axle, wheel and carriage. Contributions to the history of land vehicles 9 (2001) 36–55. Wiehl (Bergische Axes KG) 2001
• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Weiser.

Individual evidence

1. ^ A. Weiser & Son . In: Presented by the industrialists of Austria under the high protectorate of His K. and K. Highness of the Most Serene Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Hrsg.): Die Groß-Industrie Oesterreichs . Festival ceremony for the glorious fiftieth anniversary of the reign of His Majesty the Emperor Franz Josef I. Volume 3 . Leopold Weiss, Vienna 1898, IV. Machines, tools, p. 159 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Weiser.
3. ^ Hans Seper , Martin Pfundner , Hans Peter Lenz : Austrian automobile history. Eurotax, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-905566-01-X , p. 90.
4. ^ Hans Seper, Martin Pfundner, Hans Peter Lenz: Austrian automobile history. Eurotax, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-905566-01-X , p. 287.