August Vosges car factory
| August Vosges car factory | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited partnership |
| founding | 1870 |
| Seat | Bornum |
| management | August Voges sen., Karl, Otto, August jun. and Rudolf Voges, Karl Voges jun. |
| Branch | Vehicle construction: commercial vehicles, trailer and body construction |
The August Voges Wagenfabrik in Hanover was a factory founded in the 19th century for the manufacture of commercial vehicles , trailers and bodies .
history
Horse-drawn vehicles in the 19th century
In 1870, master cartwright August Voges senior (* around 1854, † around 1921) initially founded his wagon factory in rented rooms on Hohe Strasse in Linden . There he produced initially both luxurious horse-drawn carriages and load - freight forwarding - and vans for use by horses. His four sons Karl , Otto , August junior and Rudolf Voges , who later ran the company together, went through their specialist training in their father's company or in other companies.
In the meantime August Voges had acquired his own premises in Haspelmathstrasse . He expanded his business there with a blacksmith's shop , which was also used for shoeing . For the first time vehicles could be built entirely from our own production.
Automotive buildings in the 20th century
When at the beginning of the 20th century through the use of motor vehicles , a complete change in the traffic and transport began, which formed army administration 's own departments for motor vehicles and "[...] the introduction promoted certain types of cars in large measure by the fact that they aid in the car owners granted ”. The aid was only granted for products from those manufacturers who had previously successfully passed the tests on a test route organized by the Army Administration and running over several thousand kilometers through the German Empire . August Voges Wagenfabrik was one of the first to take part in these test drives and "[...] the few who were authorized to deliver trailer vehicles [...] entitled to aid".
In addition to complete vehicle trailers, Voges also manufactured the superstructures for buses , trucks and delivery vans in a wide variety of variants . Customers included Fritz Ahrberg AG and the Städtische Lagerbier-Brauerei Hannover . The Deutsche Reichspost, for example, ordered extensive "[...] bodies for electrical parcel order trolleys", while the Army Administration for trailer and city administrations ordered household waste collection vehicles. The big industry and motor vehicle manufacturers were also clients like private customers. Soon the August Voges Wagenfabrik also exported to Holland , Scandinavia , South America and Africa .
Around the end of the First World War , Voges acquired a 20,000-square-meter factory site at Hamelner Chaussee 10 in 1918 , where the company had also temporarily produced before. In the halls there, in addition to the machine park, "[...] modern machine tools " could now also be set up.
In the meantime, the company founder had worked for many years as chairman of the "[...] Free United Craftsmen - Guild of Linden", which declared him honorary chief master of the guild in 1920 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 50th anniversary of his master's title and the establishment of the company. The Hanover Chamber of Crafts, on the other hand, awarded August Voges senior the certificate of honorary mastery.
After the Second World War , 73-year-old Otto Voges , the son of the company founder, still worked in the family business in 1954 . At the time, his son had already been working in the company for almost a quarter of a century and had taken over the management of the company.
In the years of the economic boom, the company advertised in a company presentation from 1954 with the following photographs
- "12 t two-sided tipping trailer, manual and motor-hydraulic";
- "Furniture case construction on 1.5 t Hanomag chassis" with the inscription "Always again ... Lehndorf Möbel, Edenkoben an der Weinstrasse"
- "Tipper truck for express transport";
- "Truck for large slaughterhouse" with the inscription Karl Kuhn (or Karl Kahn );
- "Furniture box construction on a 2-tonne Hanomag chassis" with the inscription "Universal Quality Furniture".
After the address on Tönniesberg 10 , of 1969 as part of the old by Hamelin leading highway and renamed here former Hamelin Chaussee in the Hanover district Bornum and Ricklingen , which was August Voges Wagenbau KG least based on wholesale market 2-4 registered at the district court of Hanover with the commercial register number HRA 14393 . A general partner , one of three partners , was last busy organizing the rental. On September 30, 1993 the company went out.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Paul Siedentopf (main editor): August Voges / Wagenfabrik ... , in ders .: The book of the old companies of the city of Hanover in 1927 (DBdaF 1927), with the assistance of Karl Friedrich Leonhardt (compilation of the images), Jubilee-Verlag Walter Gerlach, Leipzig 1927, p. 106f.
- ↑ a b August Voges Wagenfabrik limited partnership. Founded in 1870. Commercial vehicles, trailer wagons, bodies ... , in: The book of the old companies of the city of Hanover 1954 , with collaboration in the text and illustrative design by Heinz Lauenroth , Ewald Brix and Herbert Mundhenke , publisher: Adolf Sponholtz Verlag Kommandit-Gesellschaft , Hanover (Seelhorststrasse 46), September 1954, p. 128f.
- ↑ The Industry Compass Germany. Information work about selected German companies (= Kompass: Register of selected German industry and commerce ), Vol. 2, Freiburg [Breisgau]: Kompass-Deutschland-Verlags-u [nd] -Vertriebsges [ellschaft], ISSN 0930-5017 , preview over Google books
- ↑ Helmut Zimmermann : Am Tönniesberg , in ders .: The street names of the state capital Hanover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 22
- ↑ Michael Arnold (editor in charge): August Voges Wagenfabrik Kommanditgesellschaft on the firmenwissen.de page from the Association of Creditreform Associations in the version of January 7, 2016
Coordinates: 52 ° 21 '8 " N , 9 ° 42' 14.8" E