Hermann Schumann wagon and car factory
| Sächsische Waggonfabrik GmbH Hermann Schumann AG Zwickauer vehicle factory, formerly Schumann AG |
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| founding | 1866/1897 |
| resolution | 1928 |
| Reason for dissolution | Sale to Horch |
| Seat | Werdau , Zwickau , Germany |
| Branch | Vehicle construction , motor vehicle manufacturers , rail vehicle construction , body construction |
The Hermann Schumann wagon and car factory was a commercial vehicle manufacturer in Zwickau from 1903 to 1917 .
history
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Hermann Schumann had a forge with wagons in Werdau since 1866. In 1897 it became the Sächsische Waggonfabrik GmbH and later the Hermann Schumann AG (1916) and in 1917 the Zwickauer Fahrzeugfabrik, previously Schumann AG (until 1928).
Products and terms
Between 1903 and 1917, all kinds of cars and vehicle bodies such as bus bodies, which were built on delivered truck chassis , were manufactured. There were the main departments
- Construction of wagons with all types of railroad cars, including trams
- Car construction with trucks, buses , delivery vans , ambulances
- Body shop with special bodies
50 civil servants and 680 workers worked on 100,000 square meters. There was a company health insurance fund .
Use of the site after 1928
In 1928 it was sold to Horch and used as a distribution warehouse for Auto-Union AG . In 1932, Fahrzeugbau Schumann GmbH was founded (from the former factory of the Linke-Hofmann-Busch group) with 1000 employees on 106,000 square meters. Trolleybuses were built. During the Second World War , torpedo assemblies were assembled. After 1945 until the fall of the Berlin Wall , the area was used as Plant 3 of VEB Sachsenring ( LOWA -Waggonbau, motor vehicle plant "Ernst Grube" Werdau ). The factories were located in Pölbitz , Leubnitz and Werdau .
