Paul Henze

Paul Henze (born December 12, 1880 in Fürstenwalde / Spree ; † July 26, 1966 in Moosburg an der Isar ) was a German mechanical engineer and automobile pioneer.

From 1899 to 1902, Paul Henze worked as chief designer at the Cudell Motor Compagnie in Aachen. In 1905 he began his career as a co-founder and partner in the Imperia company in Nessonvaux near Liège , Belgium , for which he designed several engines. At the end of 1909 he worked for the Simson works in Suhl for a few months . In 1910 he switched to the Bohemian brand RAF ( Reichenberger Automobil Fabrik ). After an interlude at Imperia, where he helped develop the Abadal model from 1913 , he was forced to work for the machine factory Walther Steiger & Co. in Burgrieden in 1916 due to the war . During the war, he and Walther Steiger designed powerful passenger cars that went into series production successfully from 1920.

In 1922 Henze again accepted an offer from Arthur Simson in Suhl. Until 1927 - the longest time he stayed in one position - he constructed several vehicles there, including a. the legendary Simson Supra series .

In 1928 he was briefly seen at Selve in Hameln . In 1929 he switched to NAG in Oberschöneweide , where he designed the first German series V-8 engine. This was used in the types 218 and 219 from 1931, but it was not a commercial success because the market for large, expensive cars had been shrinking for years.

From now on Paul Henze's brilliant career seemed to continue rather inconspicuously, his track as a designer is disappearing. What remains are his early, pioneering designs.

Web links

The aircraft engine repair and Paul Henze. Monographic excursus on Paul Henze with picture. steiger-burgrieden.de, accessed on April 29, 2013 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Werner Oswald : German Cars - 1920–1945 . tape 2 . Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-613-02170-6 , p. 353-354 .
↑ ^a ^b Michael Schick: Steiger - The history of a Swabian car factory in the 20s . Self-published, Laupheim 1999, ISBN 3-00-003913-9 , p. 18 .
^ Richard von Frankenberg , Marco Matteucci: History of the automobile . Sigloch, Künzelsau 1973, ISBN 3-8003-0100-8 , p. 213 .
^ ^A ^b Ferdinand Hediger, Hans-Heinrich von Fersen, Michael Sedgwick: Classic cars 1919–1939 . Hallwag, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-8228-8944-X , p. 280 + 323 ff .

personal data
SURNAME	Henze, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German mechanical engineer and automobile pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 12, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fürstenwalde / Spree
DATE OF DEATH	July 26, 1966
Place of death	Moosburg on the Isar

[Oswald-1] Werner Oswald : German Cars - 1920–1945 . tape 2 . Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-613-02170-6 , p. 353-354 .

[Schick-1999-2] Michael Schick: Steiger - The history of a Swabian car factory in the 20s . Self-published, Laupheim 1999, ISBN 3-00-003913-9 , p. 18 .

[3] Richard von Frankenberg , Marco Matteucci: History of the automobile . Sigloch, Künzelsau 1973, ISBN 3-8003-0100-8 , p. 213 .

[Heidiger-1994-4] A ^b Ferdinand Hediger, Hans-Heinrich von Fersen, Michael Sedgwick: Classic cars 1919–1939 . Hallwag, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-8228-8944-X , p. 280 + 323 ff .