Sebastian Armbruster
Sebastian Armbruster was a Viennese companies for coaches and automotive bodywork . The company was a purveyor to the court .
history
In 1858 Sebastian Armbruster (1825–1889) took part in the car factory of his father-in-law Leopold Will in Porzellangasse 4–6 in the 9th district of Alsergrund . Thanks to his business acumen and high-quality products, the company quickly became successful and received several international awards. The Armbruster company became one of the leading companies for coach construction in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy . In 1876 Armbruster first delivered to the imperial court marstall and received the title of purveyor to the court in the same year. Since then he has referred to himself as “ K. k. Hofwagen manufacturer S. Armbruster ”.
After Sebastian Armbruster's death in 1889, his son Anton (1852–1926) took over the company. In 1891 he applied for and received the title of imperial and royal purveyor to the court. From then on he shared the management of the company with his brother Carl (1864–1952). In 1897/98 a new palace-like factory was built between Müllnergasse and Porzellangasse. Armbruster was during the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I alongside Carl Marius and Jakob Lohner & Comp. the wagon factory most frequently commissioned by the Viennese court. The company supplied the Viennese court with vehicles until the collapse of the monarchy in 1918. S. Armbruster was also a royal supplier to the Greek court. From around 1910 Armbruster also manufactured automobile bodies.
Preserved fleet
The Carriage Museum in Schönbrunn Palace today has 14 vehicles from Armbruster. These include:
- the large spring-loaded hunting sleigh of the Viennese court with lanterns from 1897
- the Children's Ponny Tonneau from 1896
- the charrette
- the rubber-tyred body coach Phaeton of Emperor Karl I from 1900
- The mobile, closed carrier chair on wheels of the Princes Thurn and Taxis from 1905 to 1906
- the double phaeton interchangeable body of the Gräf & Stift automobile from 1914
- the ladies carriage ("Duc") of Empress Zita from 1917
literature
- Martin Haller: Horses under the double-headed eagle. Olms / Verlag Stocker, Graz 2002, ISBN 978-3-487-08430-5 .
- Thomas Köppen: The Hof-Wagenfabrik Sebastian Armbruster in Vienna. One of the most modern European wagon factories at the end of the 19th century. In: axle, wheel and carriage. Contributions to the history of land vehicles 10 (2002) 46–53. Wiehl (Bergische Axes KG) 2002.
Web links
- Rubber-tired body-coachman Phaeton, last used by Emperor Karl I. Manufacture: Hofwagenfabrik Armbruster (Vienna) | 1900. Wagenburg, archived from the original on July 7, 2009 ; Retrieved March 30, 2009 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 9 ″ N , 16 ° 21 ′ 48 ″ E