Fritz Fiedler

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Fritz Fiedler (* 9. January 1899 in Potsdam , † 8. July 1972 in Schliersee ) was a German engineer.

Life

After studying at the Technical University of Charlottenburg , he first worked as a design engineer at the German Motor Vehicle Works AG in Berlin-Spandau and in 1926 became head of the design office of the Stoewer-Werke in Stettin .

As the successor to Paul Daimler , he took over the position of chief designer at Horch in Zwickau at the end of 1929 . Fiedler's first development was the twelve-cylinder - V engine with horizontal ( "horizontal") valves ( flathead engine ) for the presented in autumn 1931 Horch 670 . Fiedler replaced the eight-cylinder in - line engine with a vertical shaft and two camshafts (DOHC) designed by Paul Daimler in the mid-1920s with a new design with only one camshaft.

Based on the V12 engine, he began in 1931 with the construction of a V8 engine, which was cheaper to produce than the eight-cylinder in-line engines with OHC valve control . After Fiedler switched to BMW ( Eisenach branch ) in the summer of 1932, Wernel K. Strobel brought the new V8 to production readiness, which was initially used in the Horch 830 in 1933 with a displacement of 3 liters and later until 1943 a. a. for the standard car of the Wehrmacht .

At the BMW branch in Eisenach, Fiedler drove the development of the six-cylinder models BMW 326 and 335 .

After the Second World War, he worked from 1945 to 1947 in Bristol for the British BMW importer AFN Ltd. ( Frazer Nash ). In 1949 he switched to Opel in Rüsselsheim as a senior designer . In 1951 Fiedler returned to BMW, where he worked in engine development in Munich until 1968.

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SURNAME Fiedler, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German designer
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1972
Place of death Schliersee