Lucien Rosengart
Lucien Rosengart (born January 11, 1881 in Paris , † July 27, 1976 in Villefranche-sur-Mer near Nice ) was a French engineer and industrialist who became known, among other things, for his own car brand Rosengart .
Life
His youth was shaped by carts and the beginning of the automotive age. He started working as a mechanic at the age of 12, and at the age of 24 he already had a mechanical workshop in Belleville and owned various patents. In 1914 he offered, among other things, spare parts for trains and bicycles, as well as a rocket that made it possible to detonate artillery shells in the air. So the French government became aware of him and he was given two factories, one in Paris and one in Saint Brieuc . It was then that he started working with André Citroën's company , which provided the bullets. By the end of the First World War he had become a seasoned businessman and helped both Citroën and Peugeot to ward off impending bankruptcies. Dealing with these two automobile manufacturers gave Rosengart the idea of thinking about automobile construction himself, since he was already making bicycles.
In 1927 he bought the former Bellanger factory in Neuilly and manufactured the British Austin Seven under license as "Rosengart LR2". At the beginning of the 1930s he also manufactured vehicles under license from the German Adlerwerke . In 1937 he offered his elegant “Supertraction” model.
When Rosengart himself got into financial difficulties in 1936, he transferred his company to the “Société Industrielle de l'Ouest Parisien”. During the German occupation from 1940 to 1944 his factory was destroyed, but the company survived World War II . Rosengart spent the war years under the name Lagrave in the French Pyrenees , near the town of Tarbes . There he also worked for the underground government. After the war years he tried to build on the successful pre-war years and manufacture automobiles again. However, he did not succeed and in 1955 he had to close his company. Then he devoted himself to naive painting .
In July 1976 he died at his home in France. His grave is in the Montrouge cemetery near Paris.
Web links
- The Rosengart Museum ( Bedburg ) shows vehicles and parts from the estate
Remarks
- ↑ lucien-rosengart-ou-le-nom-de-la-rose
- ^ The Neuilly area, which has belonged to the 17th arrondissement of Paris since 1929 , Automobiles Bellanger Frères
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosengart, Lucien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French engineer and industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , Seine department , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1976 |
| Place of death | Villefranche-sur-Mer , Alpes-Maritimes department , France |