Achilles bicycle and motor vehicle factory

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Achilles bicycle and motor vehicle factory A. Schneider & Co.
legal form
founding 1894
resolution 1946
Seat Horní Police , Czechoslovakia
management Ernst Weikert
Number of employees 2400
Branch Bicycle manufacturer , automobile manufacturer

Cargo bike from the 1920s. The front basket for the loads is missing.
Achilles T5, supposedly built in 1901

The Achilles bicycle and motor vehicle factory A. Schneider & Co. was a manufacturer of bicycles , motorcycles and automobiles from Austria-Hungary , later Czechoslovakia .

Company history

The Horní Police company was founded in 1894. Between 1906 and 1912, automobiles were built under the direction of A. Schneider and W. John. The brand name was Achilles . Motorbike production also began in 1906. After the First World War , Schneider's son-in-law Ernst Weikert headed the plant. Bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles were now created . At times, 2,400 employees worked for the company. Bicycle production did not end until the Second World War . In 1946 the owners were expropriated, who then moved to Germany and later founded Achilles-Werke West GmbH .

vehicles

The motorcycles were optionally equipped with single-cylinder engines or with V2 engines , which were supplied by the Fafnir works .

literature

Web links

Commons : Achilles  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .