Heinrich Vollmer
Heinrich Vollmer (born July 26, 1885 in Altdorf (Esslingen district) , † July 1, 1961 in Tübingen ) founded the Vollmer works machine factory in Biberach an der Riss in 1909 . He was a well-known weapons manufacturer in Europe from 1928 to 1940.
life and work
As chief designer, Heinrich Vollmer used the basic design of the MP36 at the Erma works in Erfurt in 1928 and developed the well-known German submachine guns of the Second World War , the MP38 and the MP40 . 1.2 million of these weapons were manufactured and they became internationally known as " Schmeisser-MP ".
The developer of the MP38 , as the specialist literature often incorrectly informs, was not Hugo Schmeisser , but the engineer Heinrich Vollmer who worked for the Erfurt company. The fact that the weapon was known as "Schmeisser" was due to the fact that the rod magazine of the MP38 and MP40 came from Schmeisser and was marked accordingly.
Heinrich Vollmer has been the owner of Vollmer Werke GmbH since 1909 , whose headquarters are in Biberach an der Riß and today employs more than 700 people worldwide.
After the Second World War, Vollmer was a member of the Advisory State Assembly of the State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern and for two years the Biberach City Council, each for the CDU . In 1959 he was proposed by District Administrator Paul Heckmann for the Federal Cross of Merit, but Vollmer refused.
Known constructions
- Vollmer-MPi , 1927
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Speech by Frank Brunecker at the opening of an exhibition on May 15, 2009 ( Memento from August 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vollmer, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Company founder and designer of infantry weapons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altdorf (District of Nürtingen) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1961 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |