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137 relations: ABB, Adolf Hitler, Adolf Rosenberger, Albert Speer, Aluminium, Anton Piëch, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, Arthur Constantin Krebs, Audi, Austria-Hungary, Austro-Daimler, Auto racing, Auto Union, Auto Union racing cars, Automotive engineering, Béla Egger, Bohemia, Bombardier Transportation Austria, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Car Engineer of the Century, Carinthia, Carl Benz, Chancellor of Germany, Chemnitz, Cisitalia, Cisitalia Grand Prix, Czech Republic, Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, Danube, Detroit, Diesel–electric powertrain, DKW, Egger-Lohner C.2 Phaeton, Electric generator, Electric motor, Elefant, Erwin Komenda, Exposition Universelle (1900), Fallersleben, Ferry Porsche, First Czechoslovak Republic, Floridsdorf, Forced labour under German rule during World War II, Four-wheel drive, Franz Joseph I of Austria, Franz Xaver Reimspieß, German National Prize for Art and Science, Germany, Gmünd, Carinthia, Grand Prix motor racing, ... Expand index (87 more) »
- Austrian automobile designers
- Czech automobile designers
- Czech automotive engineers
- German automobile designers
- German automotive pioneers
- German founders of automobile manufacturers
- People from Liberec
- Porsche family
- Volkswagen Group people
ABB
ABB Ltd. is a Swedish–Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Västerås, Sweden, and Zürich, Switzerland.
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. Ferdinand Porsche and Adolf Hitler are Naturalized citizens of Germany.
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Adolf Rosenberger
Adolf Rosenberger (Born: 8 April 1900 in Pforzheim, Germany. Died: 6 December 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA) was a successful Jewish businessman and founder of the Porsche company. Ferdinand Porsche and Adolf Rosenberger are automotive businesspeople and German founders of automobile manufacturers.
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Albert Speer
Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (19 March 1905 – 1 September 1981) was a German architect who served as the Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II. Ferdinand Porsche and Albert Speer are recipients of the Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross.
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Aluminium
Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.
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Anton Piëch
Anton Piëch (21 September 1894 – 29 August 1952) was an Austrian-German lawyer and the son-in-law of Ferdinand Porsche. Ferdinand Porsche and Anton Piëch are automotive businesspeople, Porsche family and Volkswagen Group people.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary.
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Arthur Constantin Krebs
Arthur Constantin Krebs (16 November 1850 in Vesoul, France – 22 March 1935 in Quimperlé, France) was a French officer and pioneer in automotive engineering.
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Audi
Audi AG is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany.
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Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918.
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Austro-Daimler
Austro-Daimler was an Austro-Hungarian automaker company, from 1899 until 1934.
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Auto racing
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.
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Auto Union
Auto Union AG was an amalgamation of four German automobile manufacturers, founded in 1932 and established in 1936 in Chemnitz, Saxony.
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Auto Union racing cars
The Auto Union Grand Prix racing cars types A to D were developed and built by a specialist racing department of Auto Union's Horch works in Zwickau, Germany, between 1933 and 1939, after the company bought a design by Dr.
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Automotive engineering
Automotive engineering, along with aerospace engineering and naval architecture, is a branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software, and safety engineering as applied to the design, manufacture and operation of motorcycles, automobiles, and trucks and their respective engineering subsystems.
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Béla Egger
Béla Egger (1831–1910) was an Austrian scientist and inventor who contributed to the development of the automobile.
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Bohemia
Bohemia (Čechy; Böhmen; Čěska; Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic.
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Bombardier Transportation Austria
Bombardier Transportation Austria GmbH is an Austrian subsidiary company of Bombardier Transportation located in Vienna, Austria.
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Brown, Boveri & Cie
Brown, Boveri & Cie. (Brown, Boveri & Company; BBC) was a Swiss group of electrical engineering companies.
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Car Engineer of the Century
The Car Engineer of the Century was an international award given to the most influential car engineer of the twentieth century.
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Carinthia
Carinthia (Kärnten; Koroška, Carinzia) is the southernmost and least densely populated Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes.
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Carl Benz
Carl (or Karl) Friedrich Benz (born Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant; 25 November 1844 – 4 April 1929) was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. Ferdinand Porsche and Carl Benz are 19th-century German inventors, German founders of automobile manufacturers and German industrialists.
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Chancellor of Germany
The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief of the German Armed Forces during wartime.
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Chemnitz
Chemnitz (from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden.
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Cisitalia
Cisitalia was an Italian sports and racing car brand named after "Compagnia Industriale Sportiva Italia", a business conglomerate founded in Turin in 1946 by industrialist and sportsman Piero Dusio.
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Cisitalia Grand Prix
The Cisitalia Grand Prix is a single-seater car for the postwar 1.5-litre supercharged Grand Prix class, built by Italian sports car manufacturer Cisitalia and introduced in 1949.
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
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Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft
Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (abbreviated as DMG, also known as Daimler Motors Corporation) was a German engineering company and later automobile manufacturer, in operation from 1890 until 1926.
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Danube
The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia.
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Detroit
Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Diesel–electric powertrain
A diesel–electric transmission, or diesel–electric powertrain, is a transmission system for vehicles powered by diesel engines in road, rail, and marine transport.
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DKW
DKW (Dampf-Kraft-Wagen, "steam-powered car", also Deutsche Kinder-Wagen "German children's car".. Das-Kleine-Wunder, "the little wonder" or Des-Knaben-Wunsch, "the boy's wish", from when the company built toy two-stroke engines) was a German car- and motorcycle-marque.
Egger-Lohner C.2 Phaeton
The Egger-Lohner C.2 Phaeton, erroneously called Porsche P1, is an electric vehicle built by Egger-Lohner.
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Electric generator
In electricity generation, a generator is a device that converts motion-based power (potential and kinetic energy) or fuel-based power (chemical energy) into electric power for use in an external circuit.
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Electric motor
An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.
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Elefant
Elefant (German for "elephant") was a heavy tank destroyer (self propelled anti-tank gun) used by German Panzerjäger (anti-tank units) during World War II.
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Erwin Komenda
Erwin Komenda (6 April 1904 - 22 August 1966) was an Austrian automobile designer and Porsche employee, and a lead contributor to the design of the bodies for the VW Beetle and various Porsche sports cars. Ferdinand Porsche and Erwin Komenda are Austrian automobile designers.
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Exposition Universelle (1900)
The Exposition Universelle of 1900, better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next.
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Fallersleben
Fallersleben is a part (Ortsteil) of the City of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population of 11,269 (as of 2010).
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Ferry Porsche
Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche (19 September 1909 – 27 March 1998), mainly known as Ferry Porsche, was an Austrian-German technical automobile designer and automaker-entrepreneur. Ferdinand Porsche and Ferry Porsche are Austrian automobile designers, automotive businesspeople and Porsche family.
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First Czechoslovak Republic
The First Czechoslovak Republic (První československá republika; Prvá československá republika), often colloquially referred to as the First Republic (První republika; Prvá republika), was the first Czechoslovak state that existed from 1918 to 1938, a union of ethnic Czechs and Slovaks.
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Floridsdorf
Floridsdorf (Fluridsduaf) is the 21st district of Vienna (21.), located in the northern part of the city and comprising seven formerly independent communities: Floridsdorf, Donaufeld, Greater Jedlersdorf, Jedlesee, Leopoldau, Stammersdorf, and Strebersdorf.
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Forced labour under German rule during World War II
The use of slave and forced labour in Nazi Germany (Zwangsarbeit) and throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II took place on an unprecedented scale.
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Four-wheel drive
A four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, is a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously.
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Franz Joseph I of Austria
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (Franz Joseph Karl; Ferenc József Károly; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his death in 1916.
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Franz Xaver Reimspieß
Franz Xaver Reimspieß (1900-1979) was an Austrian engineer.
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German National Prize for Art and Science
Through statutes of 30 January 1937, the German Führer Adolf Hitler instituted the German National Order for Art and Science (Der Deutscher Nationalorden für Kunst und Wissenschaft) as a replacement for the Nobel Prize (Hitler forbade Germans to accept the latter award after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize retrospectively in November 1936 to an anti-Nazi German writer, Carl von Ossietzky.) The German National Prize was to be awarded each year to three outstanding German citizens who would each receive 100,000 Reichsmarks which could be equally divided.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
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Gmünd, Carinthia
Gmünd in Kärnten is a municipality and historic town in the district of Spittal an der Drau, in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
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Grand Prix motor racing
Grand Prix motor racing, a form of motorsport competition, has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as early as 1894.
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Great Depression
The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.
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Hans Ledwinka
Hans Ledwinka (14 February 1878 – 2 March 1967) was an Austrian automobile designer. Ferdinand Porsche and Hans Ledwinka are Austrian automobile designers and Czech automotive engineers.
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Hans Stuck
Hans Erich Karl Josef Stuck (pronounced "shtook"; sometimes called Hans Stuck von Villiez; 27 December 1900 – 9 February 1978) was a German motor racing driver.
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Heinrich Nordhoff
Heinz Heinrich Nordhoff (6 January 1899 – 12 April 1968) was a German engineer who led the rebuilding of Volkswagen (VW) after World War II.
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Henry Ford
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and business magnate. Ferdinand Porsche and Henry Ford are automotive businesspeople.
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Henschel & Son
Henschel & Son (Henschel und Sohn) was a German company, located in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment, including locomotives, trucks, buses and trolleybuses, and armoured fighting vehicles and weapons.
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Honorary degree
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.
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Horch
Horch was a German car manufacturer, which traced its roots to several companies founded in the very late 19th and early 20th century by August Horch.
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Horsepower
Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power, or the rate at which work is done, usually in reference to the output of engines or motors.
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Hybrid electric vehicle
A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is a type of hybrid vehicle that combines a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) system with an electric propulsion system (hybrid vehicle drivetrain).
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Hybrid vehicle drivetrain
Hybrid vehicle drivetrains transmit power to the driving wheels for hybrid vehicles.
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Internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.
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International Motorsports Hall of Fame
The International Motorsports Hall of Fame (IMHOF) is a hall of fame located adjacent to the Talladega Superspeedway (formerly Alabama International Motor Speedway) located in Talladega County, east central Alabama. Ferdinand Porsche and International Motorsports Hall of Fame are international Motorsports Hall of Fame inductees.
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Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician and philologist who was the Gauleiter (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945.
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Karl Rabe
Karl Rabe (29 October 1895, Pottendorf, Austria - 28 October 1968) was an automobile designer and was the Chief Designer at Porsche. Ferdinand Porsche and Karl Rabe are Austrian automobile designers.
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Kingdom of Bohemia
The Kingdom of Bohemia (České království), sometimes referenced in English literature as the Czech Kingdom, was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe.
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Klaus von Oertzen
Baron Claus-Detlof von Oertzen (13 April 1894 – 25 July 1991) was involved in the motor industry for most of his long life and is sometimes referred to as the “Father of Volkswagen of South Africa”.
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Lead-acid battery
The lead-acid battery is a type of rechargeable battery first invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté.
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Liberec
Liberec (Reichenberg) is a city in the Czech Republic.
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Lohner–Porsche
Lohner–Porsche is a term encompassing several electric vehicles designed by Ferdinand Porsche and manufactured at Lohner-Werke in the early 1900s.
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Louise Piëch
Louise Hedwig Anna Wilhelmine Piëch (née Porsche; 29 August 1904, in Wiener Neustadt – 10 February 1999, in Zell am See) was the daughter of automotive pioneer Ferdinand Porsche. Ferdinand Porsche and Louise Piëch are Porsche family.
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Ludwig Lohner
Ludwig Lohner (15 July 1858 – 14 July 1925) ran his family's company as it became one of the first manufacturers of cars and airplanes in Austria-Hungary.
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Mercédès Jellinek
Mercédès Adrienne Ramona Manuela Jellinek (16 September 1889 – 23 February 1929) was the daughter of Austrian automobile entrepreneur Emil Jellinek and his first wife Rachel Goggmann Cenrobert.
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Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz, commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926.
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Mercedes-Benz Group
The Mercedes-Benz Group AG (previously named Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler and Daimler) is a German multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Mercedes-Benz SSK
The Mercedes-Benz SSK (W06) is a roadster built by German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz between 1928 and 1932.
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Mercedes-Benz W25
The Mercedes-Benz W25 was a Grand Prix racing car designed by Daimler-Benz AG for the 1934 Grand Prix season, in which new rules were introduced, and no championship was held.
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Mid central vowel
The mid central vowel (also known as schwa) is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages.
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Mid-engine design
In automotive engineering, a mid-engine layout describes the placement of an automobile engine in front of the rear-wheel axles, but behind the front axle.
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National Geographic
National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners.
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Nazi Party
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism.
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NSU Motorenwerke
NSU Motorenwerke AG, or NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873.
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Oberführer
Oberführer (short: Oberf) was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) dating back to 1921. Ferdinand Porsche and Oberführer are sS-Oberführer.
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Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945)
The military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany began with the German annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, continued with the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and by the end of 1944 extended to all parts of Czechoslovakia.
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Panel beater
Panel beater or panelbeater is a term used in some Commonwealth countries to describe a person who restores vehicle bodies back to their factory state after having been damaged (e.g., after being involved in a collision).
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Panhard
Panhard was a French motor vehicle manufacturer that began as one of the first makers of automobiles.
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Panzer VIII Maus
Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (English: 'mouse') is a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in July of 1944.
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Pötting
Pötting is a municipality in the district of Grieskirchen in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
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Petrol engine
A petrol engine (gasoline engine in American and Canadian English) is an internal combustion engine designed to run on petrol (gasoline).
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Piero Dusio
Piero Dusio (13 October 1899 – 7 November 1975) was an Italian footballer, businessman, racing driver and racing car manufacturer.
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Pierre Lefaucheux
Pierre-André Lefaucheux (30 June 1898 – 11 February 1955) was a leading French industrialist and recipient of the Order of Liberation, awarded to heroes of France's Liberation during World War II.
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Porsche
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Porsche 356
The Porsche 356 is a sports car that was first produced by Austrian company Porsche Konstruktionen GesmbH (1948–1949), and then by German company Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche GmbH (1950–1965).
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Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)
Prince Henry of Prussia (Albert Wilhelm Heinrich; 14 August 1862 – 20 April 1929) was a younger brother of German Emperor Wilhelm II and a Prince of Prussia.
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Prinz-Heinrich-Fahrt
The Prinz-Heinrich-Fahrt (Prince Heinrich Tour, also known as Prince Henry Tour), named after Prince Albert Wilhelm Heinrich of Prussia, was a motorcar contest held from 1908 to 1911 and a precursor to the German Grand Prix.
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Reich Chancellery
The Reich Chancellery (Reichskanzlei) was the traditional name of the office of the Chancellor of Germany (then called Reichskanzler) in the period of the German Reich from 1878 to 1945.
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Renault 4CV
The Renault 4CV (quatre chevaux, as if spelled quat'chevaux) is a car produced by the French company Renault from August 1947 through July 1961.
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Royalty payment
A royalty payment is a payment made by one party to another that owns a particular asset, for the right to ongoing use of that asset.
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Schutzstaffel
The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.
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Silver Arrows
Silver Arrows (Silberpfeile) is a nickname typically given to silver racing cars with a significant connection to a German car manufacturer.
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SS-Ehrenring
The SS-Ehrenring ('SS Honour Ring'), unofficially called Totenkopfring (i.e., "Skull Ring", literally 'Death's Head Ring'), was an award of Heinrich Himmler's Schutzstaffel (SS).
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Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.
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Steyr automobile
Steyr was an Austrian automotive brand, established in 1915 as a branch of the Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft (ÖWG) weapon manufacturing company.
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Stroke
Stroke (also known as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or brain attack) is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death.
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Stuttgart
Stuttgart (Swabian: italics) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
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Tatra (company)
Tatra is a Czech vehicle manufacturer from Kopřivnice.
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Tatra 97
The Tatra 97 (T97) is a Czechoslovak mid-size car built by Tatra in Kopřivnice, Moravia, from 1936 to 1939.
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Tatra V570
The Tatra V570 was a prototype 1931-33 car developed by a team led by Hans Ledwinka, Erich Ledwinka and Erich Übelacker.
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Tiger I
The Tiger I was a German heavy tank of World War II that began operational duty in 1942 in Africa and in the Soviet Union, usually in independent heavy tank battalions.
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Tiger II
The Tiger II was a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B, often shortened to Tiger B.Jentz and Doyle 1993, p. 16. The ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 182. (Sd.Kfz. 267 and 268 for command vehicles). It was also known informally as the Königstiger (German for Bengal tiger).
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Tractor
A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction.
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TU Wien
The Vienna University of Technology (Technische Universität Wien) is a public research university in Vienna, Austria.
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Turbine–electric powertrain
A turbine–electric transmission system includes a turboshaft gas turbine connected to an electrical generator, creating electricity that powers electric traction motors.
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University of Stuttgart
The University of Stuttgart (Universität Stuttgart) is a research university located in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Untermensch
Untermensch (plural: Untermenschen) is a German language word literally meaning 'underman', 'sub-man', or 'subhuman', that was extensively used by Germany's Nazi Party to refer to non-Aryan people they deemed as inferior.
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V-1 flying bomb
The V-1 flying bomb (Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile.
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Vienna
Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.
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VK 45.01 (P)
The VK 45.01 (P), also informally known as Tiger (P) or Porsche Tiger, was a heavy tank prototype designed by Porsche in Germany.
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Volkswagen
Volkswagen (VW)English:,. is a German automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Volkswagen Beetle
The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, is a small car produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003.
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Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen AG, known internationally as the Volkswagen Group, is a German public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of passenger and commercial vehicles, motorcycles, engines and turbomachinery.
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Volkswagen Kübelwagen
The Volkswagen Type 82 Kübelwagen, or simply Kübel, contractions of the original German word Kübelsitzwagen (translated: 'bucket-seat car' — but when the contractions are translated literally a back-formation of 'bucket' or 'tub'-car results), is a military light utility vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche and built by Volkswagen during World War II for use by the Nazi German military (both Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS).
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Volkswagen Schwimmwagen
The Volkswagen Schwimmwagen is a light four-wheel drive amphibious car, used extensively by German ground forces during the Second World War.
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Vratislavice nad Nisou
Vratislavice nad Nisou (Maffersdorf) is a self-governing borough of the city of Liberec in the Czech Republic.
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Wanderer (company)
Wanderer was a German manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, vans and other machinery.
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War crime
A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hostages, unnecessarily destroying civilian property, deception by perfidy, wartime sexual violence, pillaging, and for any individual that is part of the command structure who orders any attempt to committing mass killings including genocide or ethnic cleansing, the granting of no quarter despite surrender, the conscription of children in the military and flouting the legal distinctions of proportionality and military necessity.
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War Merit Cross
The War Merit Cross (Kriegsverdienstkreuz) was a state decoration of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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War reparations
War reparations are compensation payments made after a war by one side to the other.
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West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
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Wheel hub motor
A wheel hub motor, hub motor, or in-wheel motor is a motor that is incorporated into the hub of the wheel.
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Wilhelm Exner Medal
The Wilhelm Exner Medal has been awarded by the Austrian Industry Association, (ÖGV), for excellence in research and science since 1921.
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Wilhelm II
Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 300-year rule of Prussia.
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Winch
A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in (wind up) or let out (wind out) or otherwise adjust the tension of a rope or wire rope (also called "cable" or "wire cable").
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Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg (Eastphalian: Wulfsborg) is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Zündapp
Zündapp (a.k.a. Zuendapp) was a major German motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1917 in Nuremberg by Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG and the machine tool manufacturer Thiel under the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau G.m.b.H." as a producer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau is German for Igniter and Apparatus).
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See also
Austrian automobile designers
- Ernst Fiala (automotive engineer)
- Erwin Komenda
- Erwin Leo Himmel
- Ferdinand Porsche
- Ferry Porsche
- Florian Seidl
- Gustav Brunner
- Hans Ledwinka
- Karl Rabe
- Paul Jaray
- Rudolf Hruska
Czech automobile designers
- Ferdinand Porsche
- Julius Mackerle
Czech automotive engineers
- Ferdinand Porsche
- Hans Ledwinka
German automobile designers
- Albrecht von Goertz
- Alfred Böning
- Bruno Sacco
- Christian Felske
- Claus Luthe
- Daniel Simon
- Edgar Heinrich
- Erich Übelacker
- Ferdinand Alexander Porsche
- Ferdinand Porsche
- Friedrich Geiger
- Fritz Fiedler
- Gert Hildebrand
- Gorden Wagener
- Harald Belker
- Helmut Polensky
- Jean Bugatti
- Josef Ganz
- Joseph Vollmer
- Klaus Zyciora
- Leichtbau Maier
- Luigi Colani
- Marc Lichte
- Michael Mauer
- Mitja Borkert
- Nader Faghihzadeh
- Peter Schreyer
- Rainer Buchmann
- Reinhard von Koenig-Fachsenfeld
- Rudolf Leiding
- Stefan Sielaff
- Thomas Ingenlath
- Tony Hatter
- Ulrich Bez
- Ulrich Eichhorn
- Uwe Bahnsen
- Wilhelm Hofmeister (automobile designer)
- Wilhelm Karmann Jr.
- Wolfgang Egger
- Wunibald Kamm
German automotive pioneers
- Adolf Daimler
- August Horch
- Bertha Benz
- Carl von Opel
- Ferdinand Porsche
- Friedrich Wilhelm Sander
- Fritz von Opel
- Gottlieb Daimler
- Hans Gustav Röhr
- Herbert Quandt
- Jörg Bensinger
- Jean Bugatti
- Josef Ganz
- Karl Benz
- Max Friz
- Max Wenkel
- Otto Kässbohrer
- Paul Daimler
- Richard Bruhn
- Robert Bosch
- Rudolf Diesel
- Siegfried Marcus
- Sophie Opel
- Wilhelm Maybach
- Wilhelm von Opel
German founders of automobile manufacturers
- Adam Opel
- Adolf Rosenberger
- August Horch
- Carl Benz
- Carl F. W. Borgward
- Emil Jellinek
- Ferdinand Porsche
- Franz Josef Popp
- Gottlieb Daimler
- Gustav Otto Ludolf Heine
- Heinrich Ehrhardt
- Heinz Melkus
- Richard Bruhn
- Roland Gumpert
- Siegfried Bettmann
- Wilhelm Maybach
People from Liberec
- Egon Hartmann
- Ferdinand Porsche
- František Xaver Šalda
- Harald Kreutzberg
- Heinz Rutha
- Kateřina Průšová
- Marie Hoheisel
- Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz
- Petr Kellner
- Petr Torak
- Zdeněk Bradáč
Porsche family
- Anton Piëch
- Ferdinand Alexander Porsche
- Ferdinand Oliver Porsche
- Ferdinand Piëch
- Ferdinand Porsche
- Ferry Porsche
- Louise Piëch
- Porsche–Piëch family
- Susanne Porsche
- Wolfgang Porsche
Volkswagen Group people
- Éder Taino
- Alfonso Sancha
- Anton Piëch
- Ben Pon Sr.
- Christof-Sebastian Klitz
- David McAllister
- Ernst Fiala (automotive engineer)
- Ferdinand Porsche
- Günter Lach
- Ivan Hirst
- J Mays
- Ludwig Ruckdeschel
- Michael Horn (businessman)
- Michael Lohscheller
- Tang Dengjie
- Thomas Ingenlath
- Winfried Vahland
References
Also known as Dr Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Dr-Ing Ferdinand Porsche, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, Porsche Maja.