Wilhelm Wimpff

Former Wagner workshop of Adolf Wilhelm Wimpff & Sons in Stuttgart's Bohnenviertel

Adolf Wilhelm Wimpff (born April 14, 1839 in Stuttgart ; † June 17, 1903 in Stuttgart) founded a wagon construction factory (Chaisen-Bauer, horse-drawn carriages, Wilhelm Wimpff & Sons ) in Stuttgart's Bohnenviertel in 1866 .

Daimler motorized carriage from 1886 (replica in the Mercedes-Benz Museum)

On March 8, 1886 , Gottlieb Daimler ordered an “Americain” carriage from Wilhelm Wimpff & Sons , which was delivered in August 1886. Originally intended as a present for his wife Emma, it ended up being the first four-wheeled automobile after Daimler installed an engine there.

Wilhelm Wimpff's customers also included Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH and industrialist Robert Bosch .

In 1905, the Neuffer brothers window factory acquired the buildings of the Wimpff wagon factory and the neighboring Diffenbacher customer sawmill at Rosenstrasse 26–28 in Stuttgart's Bohnenviertel.

Web links

Daimler motorized carriage in the Mercedes-Benz Museum
Bohnenviertel in Stuttgart
Image of Wilhelm Wimpf's house on http://www.bohnenviertel.net under "Stories from Daimler"

supporting documents

^ Hospital Church (Stuttgart) : Church book . Funerals. No. 101/1903.

personal data
SURNAME	Wimpff, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wimpff, Adolf Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	April 14, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH	June 17, 1903
Place of death	Stuttgart

[1] Hospital Church (Stuttgart) : Church book . Funerals. No. 101/1903.