Central German engine works
The Central German Motor Werke GmbH (MMW, also MiMo) was from 1935 to 1948 existing company based in Leipzig (from 1939 diving ) that the Union car belonged Corporation. The MiMo presented Junkers - aircraft engines in License ago and were the third largest plant of Auto Union Horch in Zwickau and the work Siegmar (formerly Walker ) in Chemnitz .
The factories were located northwest of Taucha in a wooded area that partly belonged to Leipzig- Portitz . The production program essentially included the types Junkers Jumo 205 , Jumo 211 , Jumo 213 and parts for the Jumo 004 jet turbine . At that time 10,000 people (including slave labor ) were employed. The works were partially dismantled as an armaments factory after the end of the war in 1947, the remains were blown up. The company was deleted from the commercial register of the Leipzig District Court on August 27, 1948.
literature
- Peter Kohl, Peter Bessel: Auto Union and Junkers. The history of Mitteldeutsche Motorenwerke GmbH Taucha 1935–1948. (Amounts on the company's history, vol. 16), Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-515-08070-8 ( limited preview on Google book search )
- Kyrill von Gersdorff, Kurt Grasmann: aircraft engines and jet engines. Development history of German aviation engines from the beginnings to the European community developments. (Die deutsche Luftfahrt, Vol. 2), Bernard & Graefe Verlag Munich, 1981, ISBN 3-7637-5272-2
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 26 ″ N , 12 ° 28 ′ 21 ″ E