Motor vehicle works Heinle & Wegelin

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Motor vehicle works Heinle & Wegelin
legal form
founding 1890
resolution 1903
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Augsburg - Oberhausen , Germany
management
  • F. Heinle
  • Hugo Wegelin
Branch Bicycle manufacturer , automobile manufacturer

Motor vehicle works Heinle & Wegelin was a German manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

The company from Augsburg-Oberhausen has been producing bicycles since 1890 . In 1898 the production of automobiles began . The brand names were Heinle & Wegelin and Vindelica . Production ended at the end of 1900 when bankruptcy began. The company was only deleted in 1903.

vehicles

Brand name Heinle & Wegelin

Heinle & Wegelin motor tricycle

Under this brand name, motor tricycles were created , which were similar to the tricycles of De Dion-Bouton . The vehicle designer was Oskar Blessing, based on a design by Ludwig Rüb, who had previously manufactured motorcycles under his name . Heinle & Wegelin presented a vehicle at the motor vehicle exhibition that took place in Düsseldorf from September 17th to 24th, 1898 , although it was not to be regarded as an official exhibit. This vehicle is described as a two-seater. The engine developed 2 hp.

The series models had a single-cylinder , four-stroke , air-cooled engine that developed 1.5 hp . Behind the front saddle was either a second saddle or a back seat. The vehicle was 200 cm long, 100 cm wide and 85 cm high. The curb weight was given as 150 kg. Trailers were available for people, luggage or as an ambulance.

One vehicle has been preserved and exhibited in the traffic center of the Deutsches Museum in Munich .

Brand name Vindelica

Under this brand name, four-wheeled small cars with two seats were created. A motor with 3.5 HP (2.6 kW) provided the drive, which delivered its power to the rear wheels via a three-speed gearbox. In the UK these cars were offered as Liliput .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Heinle and Wegelin, Vindelica.
  • Nick Georgano : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, Volume 3 P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English)
  • Halwart Schrader: German Cars 1886–1920. 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02211-7 , p. 368.

Web links

Commons : Motorfahrzeug-Werke Heinle & Wegelin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Vindelica.
  2. ^ Peter Kirchberg: Automobile exhibitions and vehicle tests around the world. The best from "Der Motorwagen", the magazine for the automotive industry and engine construction. Part 1: 1898-1914. Transpress, Berlin 1985, p. 20.
  3. ↑ Michael Wolff Metternich : 100 years on 3 wheels. German three-lane vehicles through the ages. Neue Kunst Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-929956-00-4 , pp. 180-181.