Lux'sche industrial works

Lux'sche Industriewerke AG
legal form	Corporation
founding	1882 (as Lux-Werke )
Seat	Ludwigshafen am Rhein , Germany
management	Friedrich Lux
Branch	Gas lighting systems , automobile manufacturers

The Lux'sche Industriewerke AG was a German manufacturer of automobiles based in Ludwigshafen am Rhein . The vehicles were sold under the trade name Lux.

history

Emblem of the Lux'schen Industriewerke AG

Lux from 1900-1901

founding

Friedrich Lux, born on November 28, 1854 in Mainz (as the son of the composer of the same name Friedrich Lux ), came to Ludwigshafen am Rhein in 1880, where numerous companies grew in the vicinity of BASF , e. B. BK Giulini GmbH & Co. KG. Lux started as a chemist at the gas works of the Palatinate Railway Company, founded his own factory "Lux", patented "Lux-Masse" (made from waste products from Giulini's clay production) in 1882, committed himself to the opening of an observatory and constructed with success Measuring devices (from which Spanner-Pollux became, today part of the SPX Corporation ). Encouraged by his neighbor Carl Benz on the right bank of the Rhine a few kilometers away , he planned and built a car with a gasoline engine before the turn of the century.

1898-1902

From the company Lux works were Lux'sche industry Werke AG . Their first automobile was produced in 1898. In addition to cash, the IPO brought new challenges: the shareholders did not share the view of the company's founder Friedrich Lux, who angrily resigned as General Manager in 1902 (as had Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz in their own company foundations). Auto production ceased in 1902.

Products

The company's original products were gas lighting systems.

The first vehicle model from 1897 had a two-cylinder engine in the rear. The body offered space for four people. In 1901 the 10/12 HP model appeared with a front engine. The boxer engine with 1900 cc capacity made 10 PS . The Tonneau body shape offered space for four people. Vehicles with electric motors were also produced.

A vehicle of this brand is in the Dr. Carl Benz can be viewed in Ladenburg .

literature

• Halwart Schrader : German Cars 1885–1920. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-613-02211-7 .
• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: The great automobile encyclopedia. BLV, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-405-12974-5 .
• GN Georgano : cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, 1975 (French).

Web links

Commons : Lux Vehicles  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Article about the Lux brand on the website of the Society for Technical Supervision (GTÜ)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ruhla historical personalities: Friedrich Lux
2. ^ Mannheimer Morgen (August 10, 1996) ( Memento of March 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Rheinpfalz (November 29, 2004) (PDF; 667 kB)