Hallein engine works
| Halleiner Motorenwerke Hinterberger, Schreitl & Co. formerly Halleiner Motorenwerk Aktiengesellschaft in liquidation | |
|---|---|
| legal form | AG |
| founding | November 1948 |
| resolution | Last production and shutdown in May 1962 |
| Seat | Hallein until 1958, then Kottingbrunn |
| Number of employees | last around 1300 to 1600 |
| Branch | Vehicle industry |
The Hallein Motor Works Hinterberger, Schreitl & Co. formerly Halleiner engine plant Aktiengesellschaft shortly Hallein Motor Works (HMW) was a manufacturer of bicycle auxiliary engines , mopeds and scooters . The locations were initially in Hallein , but at the end of the 1950s the company moved to Kottingbrunn .
history
Hallein site
It was founded in November 1948 - among others by the engineer Anton Fuchs (born 1907 in St. Pölten, died 1987) - initially as the engine works Fuchs-Königer Aktiengesellschaft Salzburg-Hallein . The search for a suitable site for the production site had already begun beforehand, which was found in mid-1948 with the partially fallow site of the former grill works . At the beginning of 1949, the company was able to move into the previously unused halls.
Some time later, in 1949, due to internal discrepancies, the company was re-established with the company name Halleiner Motorenwerke, Aktiengesellschaft or Halleiner Motorenwerk Aktiengesellschaft.In the course of the following years - at least before June 1957 - the name was changed to Halleiner Motorenwerke Hinterberger, Schreitl & Co. formerly Halleiner Motorenwerk AG .
A total of 107,053 mopeds were produced at the Hallein plant. The last one left the factory in August 1958. In the 1950s, the company was the largest industrial company in the state of Salzburg .
Kottingbrunn location
As a result of the motorcycle boom in the wake of the economic miracle from the beginning to the middle of the 1950s, HMW decided to build a new plant. A suitable area was found in Kottingbrunn in Lower Austria. A large, state-of-the-art plant was built by mid-1958. Housing and social facilities were also part of the plant.
For Kottingbrunn, this move meant 600 fewer unemployed people, HMW was the first large-scale company on the municipality's soil. Associated with the relocation of the company was a large-scale plot of land and development for new settlers. In the following years, further housing estates were created. Around 1,600 (1,300) people were employed at that time.
With the assembly line introduced in the Kottingbrunn plant, production could be increased to two and a half mopeds per fitter, while the daily production in the old Hallein plant was only 13 mopeds. About 60% of the production was exported to almost 30 countries. These included countries in Europe (main export country Holland ), Hawaii, countries in South America as well as in North and South Africa.
During the relocation to Kottingbrunn there was a dramatic drop in sales and thus production, which marked the beginning of the end of the company. Compared to 1956, sales of motorcycles and mopeds in 1960 were only a tenth.
In 1959 there was a new entry, still trading under the name of Halleiner Motorenwerke Hinterberger, Schreitl & Co. formerly Halleiner Motorenwerk Aktiengesellschaft , located in Kottingbrunn, which also moved the company headquarters from Hallein to Kottingbrunn.
HMW vehicles were presented for the last time at the Vienna Spring Fair in 1961. On May 16, 1962, the last of a total of 128,175 HMW mopeds was delivered.
HMW products (selection)
- HMW Foxinette FM 41
- HMW Foxinette FM 41 S
- HMW 51
- HMW Supersport
- HMW super luxury tandem
- HMW Maya scooter
- HMW Conny
- HMW Bambi
- HMW Glockner
- HMW Wiesel
- HMW 50 E / ET / Z / ZT
- HMW transport three-wheelers (e.g. ice cream van)
- HMW modular system
advertising
- Advertising posters come from the graphic designer Franz "Ferenc" Antal.
- The HMW "Conny" was a 2-seater scooter, which was then the first 50 cm³ moped scooter with free access. It was specially produced as a women's vehicle and named after the then popular film and hit star Cornelia Froboess .
useful information
- In 1952 Richard Wunderer undertook a 12,000 km tour with a Foxinette (bicycle with a Fuchs attachment engine ) through Italy to the Sahara and back via Spain .
- The former television presenter Karl Moik was an apprentice at the Hallein engine works. His mother, Anni Moik, also worked at HMW.
- Up to 30 apprentices were trained in the training workshop.
Exhibitions
- “The Halleiners are coming.” June 11th to 14th, 2009 in Kottingbrunn under the direction of Johann Kowalski and Walter Langenhagen. The title was aimed at those Salzburg families who moved with the company from Hallein to Kottingbrunn.
- “The Halleiners are coming back.” May 28 to August 29, 2010 in the Hallein Celtic Museum as part of the exhibition series “Hallein City History (s)”.
- In 2013 the Austrian Post issued a special postage stamp with the HMW Z 50 as a motif.
literature
- Austro Classic: HMW. Issue 3, 1991.
- Austro Classic: HMW. History. , Issue 6, 2005.
- Salzburger Automobil-, Motorrad- und Touring Club (Ed.) With contributions by Helmut Krackowitzer et al .: Salzburg automobile and motorcycle history. Pustet, Salzburg • Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7025-0363-3 .
Web links
- Pictures of different HMW mopeds
- HMW scooter from 1957
- Austro Classic website (find information about HMW using the search function.)
- HMW vehicles in a moped shop in Graz
References and comments
- ↑ a b c d compnet.at: Entry on Halleiner Motorenwerke Hinterberger, Schreitl & Co., formerly Halleiner Motorenwerk Aktiengesellschaft in liquidation with address in Kottingbrunn, Lower Austria. Founding year 1959.
- ↑ The company can also be a “private company & Co.”, so that the stock corporation only refers to the previous name, not the legal form of the company.
- ↑ a b c d e Vötter’s Oldtimermuseum ( Kaprun ): History of the Automobile ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ See entry on Anton Fuchs in Salzburgwiki.
- ↑ During the Second World War, the former grill works in Hallein produced control units for BMW aircraft engines (→ BMW: Until the end of the Second World War ) and starter motors for jet engines. (Vöter's Oldtimer Museum)
- ↑ a b See entry on Hallein engine plant in Salzburgwiki.
- ↑ René Sebestian, "Virtual Oldtimer Zeitung": Halleiner Motorenwerke AG ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Brief history of HMW. (The overview link takes you to photos of HMW vehicles.)
- ↑ The company emblem ( company logo ) consisted of an oval sign, in the middle the abbreviation HMW and on the edge from left over top to right the written name. Both versions, Motorenwerk and Motorenwerke, can be found on the Internet.
- ↑ eBay offer. The offer was (ended on June 24, 2010): “Halleiner Motorenwerke HMW original papers […] for HMW moped, type SL black. Vehicle number: […] issued to Mr. [Name] June 4, 1957 […] “The image attached to the offer, a scan of the documents, shows the company name Halleiner Motorenwerke Hinterberger, Schreitl & Co., formerly Halleiner Motorenwerk AG . ( Online . Accessed July 1, 2010.)
- ↑ a b c d e website of the Celtic Museum: Special exhibition "The Halleiners are coming back." May 28 to August 29, 2010. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ↑ a b c d e website of the municipality of Kottingbrunn: “The Halleiners are coming” from June 11th to 14th. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , June 3, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ↑ a b c “The Halleiners are coming back.” Report on the Hallein engine works in the ORF broadcast Today in Austria on June 30, 2010. (tv.orf.at: Today in Austria. Accessed on June 30, 2010. Article temporarily in the ORF TVthek. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )
- ^ City of Hallein: My time at HMW, Karl Moik remembers ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , June 30, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ↑ Entry on “Motorcycles” - HMW Z 50 in the Austria Forum (as a postage stamp display), accessed on February 16, 2013
