Weidner vehicle plant

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Vehicle factory Weidner oHG

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legal form Open trading company
founding 1918
resolution 1980s
Seat Schwaebisch Hall , Germany
Branch vehicles

Fahrzeugwerk Weidner oHG was a German company.

The company names Fahrzeugwerke Weidner oHG , Weidner oHG and Weidner AG can also be found in other sources .

Company history

The company was founded in 1918. Initially, Heilbronn is given as the company's headquarters. Before the Second World War , it manufactured trailers for passenger cars. Another source confirms dump trailers and also names power harrows , front and rear loaders and manure spreaders.

Parts for the Kettenkrad were made during the war . In 1951 the headquarters were moved to Schwäbisch Hall . In addition to trailers, farm wagons and recovery vehicles were also produced.

The company manufactured automobiles between 1957 and the end of 1958. The brand name was Weidner .

After that, recovery and towing vehicles , washing systems and other things were built. An advertisement from 1976 for high-pressure cleaners has survived. Advertisements are still known from 1978 and 1981. Then the track of the company is lost.

The Federal Motor Transport Office leads Weidner under code 6709th

Weidner Reinigungssysteme GmbH was founded on May 11, 1977 in Schwäbisch Hall . This company sees itself as the successor company.

vehicles

Crane truck

1957 was Weidner-Wracker as a mobile crane presented. It was given as 10 tons . Used parts from three-axle vehicles from Reo Motor Car Company were used for the chassis . Various engines from MAN and Daimler-Benz , which were either new or completely overhauled, powered the vehicles.

Passenger cars

Weidner 70 p

The only model was a small car with a body as a coupé . The license came from Hans Trippel . The production of 400 vehicles per month was planned. In fact, far fewer were created. The high new price of 7,000 DM is given as one reason for the low market success.

Several sources consistently give 200 vehicles.

literature

Web links

Commons : Fahrzeugwerk Weidner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Weidner.
  2. ^ A b Hanns Peter Rosellen : German small cars. Bleicher Verlag, Gerlingen 1991, ISBN 3-89350-040-5 , pp. 322-340.
  3. ↑ Prospectus (accessed on May 21, 2018)
  4. ^ A b Walter draftsman: Small car international. Mobile, cabin scooters and driving machines from the 40s, 50s and 60s from over 250 manufacturers from all over the world. Motorbuch, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-613-01959-6 , pp. 102-105.
  5. ↑ a b Ulrich Kubisch : German car brands from A – Z. VF Verlagsgesellschaft, Mainz 1993, ISBN 3-926917-09-1 , p. 147.
  6. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 302 (English).
  7. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1729 (English).
  8. ↑ Weidner Fahrzeugwerk (accessed on May 21, 2018)
  9. ^ Hanns-Peter von Thyssen-Bornemissza : European small cars. The reference book. Volume 2: 1956-1965. Rabenstein Verlag, Mainz 1996, ISBN 3-929712-03-2 , p. 237.
  10. ^ Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft (Germany: West) from 1976. (accessed on May 21, 2018)
  11. ↑ Industrie-Anzeiger from 1978 (accessed on May 21, 2018)
  12. ↑ Europ Production from 1981. (accessed on May 21, 2018)
  13. ↑ Directory of manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle trailers of the KBA from January 15, 2018 (PDF; p. 91; accessed on May 21, 2018)
  14. ↑ Commercial register information on Weidner Reinigungssysteme GmbH (accessed on May 21, 2018)
  15. ↑ Information from Weidner cleaning systems (accessed on May 21, 2018)