Masons Union
Nuremberg motor vehicle factory "Union" GmbH (Maurer-Union) | |
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legal form | Company with limited liability |
founding | October 31, 1900 (as Nürnberger Motorfahrzeugefabrik Union, System Maurer GmbH ) |
resolution | 1910 |
Seat | Nuremberg , Germany |
management | Ludwig Maurer |
Number of employees | about 400 |
Branch | Motor vehicle manufacturer |
Maurer-Union was an automobile company in Nuremberg .
The company produced 300–400 automobiles per year from 1900 to 1910 with a workforce of around 400 workers. An interesting construction detail was the use of a stepless face plate friction gear , which was also known as a " friction gear ".
From 1907 trucks were also manufactured. By then Ludwig Maurer one of the first manufacturers in Germany. However, he could not enjoy the success for a long time. After a falling out with his backers at the time, the inventor had to leave his own company in 1908. A year later, Justus Christian Braun Premier-Werke took over the production facilities.
1923–1924 Ludwig Maurer tried again at automobile construction. Under the brand name Maurer , he brought out a small car with a two-cylinder two- stroke engine , but this was unsuccessful.
literature
- Werner Oswald : Deutsche Autos 1920–1945 , 10th edition, Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart (1996), ISBN 3-87943-519-7 , p. 450.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Maurer-Union - Nuremberg's first and only automobile factory on nuernberginfos.de
- ↑ Nuremberg car pioneer invented automatics on nordbayern.de
- ^ Collection of Everyday Culture I ( Memento from March 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on dhm.de.
- ↑ Maurer-Union, Maurer on gtue-oldtimerservice.de