Leesdorf automobile works

Leesdorfer Automobilwerke AG
legal form	Corporation
founding	November 1899
resolution	August 6, 1903
Seat	Baden near Vienna - Leesdorf , Austria-Hungary
management	August Wärndorfer
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

The Leesdorfer automotive Werke AG was a manufacturer of automobiles in Austria-Hungary .

Company history

August Wärndorfer, who has been importing chassis from Amédée Bollée fils since 1898 and providing them with his own bodies , founded the company in Baden near Vienna - Leesdorf in November 1899 with the participation of Österreichische Länderbank . The entry in the commercial register took place on April 14, 1900. The company's capital was 1,400,000 or 1,500,000 Austrian crowns . In 1899 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Leesdorfer . Metaalwerken van Antwerpen was a licensee . Production ended on November 16, 1901. The company was dissolved on August 6, 1903.

vehicles

The first models were based on the chassis from Amédée Bollée. Another source indicates that it was a license production of models by De Dietrich from Lunéville , who in turn was a licensee of Amédée Bollée. The 6 HP and 9 HP models had two-cylinder engines . The Petit Duc and Grand Duc bodies are named. Initially, the complex power transmission system from Bollée was used. With the production of our own chassis, the transition to chain drive took place. The new price was 10,500 kroner for the weaker model and 12,500 kroner for the stronger model.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 2 G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
• Hans Seper , Helmut Krackowizer , Alois Brusatti : Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today. Welsermühl, Wels 1984, ISBN 3-85339-177-X .
• Hans Seper, Martin Pfundner, Hans Peter Lenz : Austrian automobile history. Eurotax, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-905566-01-X .

Web links

• GTÜ Society for Technical Supervision (accessed on January 27, 2013)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Seper, Krackowizer, Brusatti: Austrian motor vehicles from the beginning until today.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Seper, Pfundner, Lenz: Austrian automobile history.