Lutz (vehicle manufacturer)

Lutz
legal form	GmbH
founding	1946
resolution	1954
Reason for dissolution	bankruptcy
Seat	Braunschweig
management	Otto Lutz
Branch	vehicle construction

The LUTZ GmbH was a company in Braunschweig district Kralenriede that existed from 1946 to 1954 and powered bicycles , mopeds and scooters produced. Company founder and engine developer was Otto Lutz .

history

Characteristic L-shaped engine, tank and logo of LUTZ GmbH.

The restored LUTZ P 53, Otto Lutz 'private moped.

Goebel motorbike from 1952 with Lutz motor, type 58-50

Lutz studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Stuttgart and received his doctorate in 1931 on "Investigations into the flushing of two-stroke engines " . He then worked at the Technical University of Stuttgart and, from 1934, at the German Research Institute for Aviation (DFL) in Braunschweig, as well as a lecturer at the Technical University of Braunschweig . After the end of the Second World War , Lutz founded LUTZ GmbH on May 13, 1946 to produce inexpensive bicycles with auxiliary engines, mopeds and scooters. The workshops were located at Bienroder Weg 53.

Lutz had already worked on the development of engines, especially two-stroke engines, during his studies. At the beginning of the 1940s he developed the L-shaped 1 HP engine that is characteristic of LUTZ GmbH and patented it . The engines were produced in Kralenriede, the chassis were supplied by the Braunschweiger Panther Fahrradwerke , among others . In 1949 the first motor scooter of the type "LUTZ R3" followed, later also called "Hummel", although this name was already used by the competitor product DKW Hummel . The scooter had a 58 cc engine. In 1953 the product range was expanded to include three mopeds with 49 cm³ engines - the LUTZ P 53 as the standard model, the LUTZ PS 53 as the sports version and the export version, the LUTZ RE 53. The frames for these mopeds were supplied by the Bielefeld manufacturer Rapier . In Braunschweig, these were then equipped with LUTZ motors and accessories from other suppliers. Between 1946 and 1954, LUTZ GmbH produced around 3000 vehicles, 15 of which are still preserved today, mostly in museums.

In the mid-1950s, the economic situation in post-war Germany and the needs of customers had changed. The construction of mopeds and scooters had reached its peak. Lutz's mopeds were also used as company vehicles in land deliveries by the post office. However, LUTZ GmbH was too small to be able to remain competitive. In 1954 the company went bankrupt . The factory premises including the test track were sold to the Braunschweig site of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

Shortly thereafter, Otto Lutz took over the chair for machine elements and conveyor technology at the Technical University of Braunschweig and at the same time worked at the re-established German Research Institute for Aviation and later at the German Research and Research Institute for Aerospace (DFVLR), of which he was President until 1969. He died in 1974.

Lutz's private moped, a "LUTZ P 53", was handed over to the Braunschweig Municipal Museum after his death . In 1986 it was professionally restored and since then can be viewed in the branch of the museum, in the old town hall .

Technical data of the LUTZ P 53

Year of construction: 1953
Displacement : 49.3 cm³
Power: 1 hp
Top speed: 40 km / h
Consumption: 1.4 l / 100 km ( mixture : 1:25)
Weight: approx. 30 kg
Tires: 26 × 2.00

In 1953 the purchase price was DM 498 .

literature

Jan Spies: TU Professor Otto Lutz's moped. in: Your city - art, culture and life in Braunschweig. Issue 10, Braunschweig 1988, pp. 34-35.

Web links

Braunschweig's answer to the Vespa , In: Braunschweiger Zeitung of November 21, 2010.
When the bike, engine and tank were still enough , In: Braunschweiger Zeitung of June 16, 2010.
Professor built mopeds and scooters , In: Braunschweiger Zeitung of August 6, 2006.
LUTZ GmbH - Braunschweig - Querum, Bienroder Weg 53. on mo-ped.se
Brochures and literature on trucks on motor-lit-berlin.de

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c ^d Jan Spies: The moped from TU Professor Otto Lutz. P. 34.
^ Andreas Linhardt: Aviation in the Braunschweig region. In: Jörg Leuschner , Karl Heinrich Kaufhold , Claudia Märtl (Hrsg.): The economic and social history of the Braunschweigisches Land from the Middle Ages to the present. Volume 3: Modern Times. Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-487-13599-1 , p. 874.
↑ ^a ^b Herr Professor built mopeds and scooters. In: Braunschweiger Zeitung of August 6, 2006.
↑ Braunschweig's answer to the Vespa. In: Braunschweiger Zeitung of November 21, 2010.
↑ Lutz-Moped on postmoped.de
↑ When a bike, motor, tank were enough. In: Braunschweiger Zeitung from June 16, 2010.
^ Mathias-Norman Pingel: Lutz, Otto (Paul). In: Manfred RW Garzmann, Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf, Norman-Mathias Pingel (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon - supplementary volume. Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-926701-30-7 , p. 90.
^ ^A ^b Jan Spies: TU Professor Otto Lutz's moped. P. 35.

[Spies34-1] A ^b ^c ^d Jan Spies: The moped from TU Professor Otto Lutz. P. 34.

[2] Andreas Linhardt: Aviation in the Braunschweig region. In: Jörg Leuschner , Karl Heinrich Kaufhold , Claudia Märtl (Hrsg.): The economic and social history of the Braunschweigisches Land from the Middle Ages to the present. Volume 3: Modern Times. Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-487-13599-1 , p. 874.

[Herr-3] Herr Professor built mopeds and scooters. In: Braunschweiger Zeitung of August 6, 2006.

[4] Braunschweig's answer to the Vespa. In: Braunschweiger Zeitung of November 21, 2010.

[5] Lutz-Moped on postmoped.de

[6] When a bike, motor, tank were enough. In: Braunschweiger Zeitung from June 16, 2010.

[7] Mathias-Norman Pingel: Lutz, Otto (Paul). In: Manfred RW Garzmann, Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf, Norman-Mathias Pingel (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon - supplementary volume. Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-926701-30-7 , p. 90.

[Spies35-8] A ^b Jan Spies: TU Professor Otto Lutz's moped. P. 35.