Maschinenfabrik A. Flocken

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Maschinenfabrik A. Flocken, Coburg

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founding 1880
resolution 1931
Seat Coburg , Germany
management
  • Andreas flakes
  • Robert flakes
  • Alfred Axthelm
Number of employees 50 (as of 1919)
Branch Agricultural machinery, electrical engineering, vehicle construction, vehicle trade

Advertisement, 1900
Agricultural exhibition Coburg, June 1910

The Maschinenfabrik A. flakes was from 1880 to 1931 existing Coburg companies in the automotive, motor trade and electrical engineering. It was founded by Andreas Flocken .

The Flocken electric car , manufactured in 1888, is considered "the first (four-wheel) electric car in the world" and the first electric car that was made in Germany. A second source confirms 1888 as the first year of motor vehicle production.

history

In 1880 Andreas Flocken bought a building plot at Callenberger Strasse 15. In the same year he founded his agricultural machine factory and built a factory building. The machine factory began building agricultural machines such as chopping machines and the like in 1881 .

Department B for electrical engineering was founded in 1888. Dynamos, electric motors and electrical centers were manufactured there. At this time, Flocken started developing electric cars and built the Flocken electric cars . By 1903, at least two other models followed with improved drive systems and equipment. Another source documents a vehicle from around 1903.

In 1906 the company was expanded to include a foundry. In 1908, Flocken's son Robert took over management of the company. In 1919 the company was sold to Alfred Axthelm. It existed until at least the early 1930s. The factory building on Callenberger Strasse was destroyed by artillery fire in the last days of the Second World War. After that it was only sparsely rebuilt.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter flakes.
  • Halwart Schrader: German Cars 1885-1920 , Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-613-02211-7
  • Christian Boseckert: Andreas Flocken (1845–1913) . In: Coburger Geschichtsblätter 22 (2014), pp. 54–56.
  • Christian Boseckert: Andreas Flockens importance for the Coburg city history . In: Coburger Geschichtsblätter 22 (2014), pp. 57-67, ISSN  0947-0336

Web links

Commons : Maschinenfabrik A. Flocken  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friedrich Rauer in Neue Presse Coburg, January 12, 2008: np-coburg.de Electric car invented in Coburg (accessed on May 19, 2013).
  2. ↑ Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum, Munich PM We make steam (accessed April 6, 2018).
  3. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter flakes.
  4. ↑ In an address book from 1931 there was an advertisement in which the Flocken company advertised the sale of cars and motorcycles.
  5. ↑ Karin Engelhardt: When Coburg wrote automobile history. In: Digital City Memory of the City of Coburg , October 12, 2011.