August Horch Museum Zwickau
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Established | 10 September 2004 |
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Coordinates | 50°43′58″N 12°29′03″E / 50.73278°N 12.48417°ECoordinates: 50°43′58″N 12°29′03″E / 50.73278°N 12.48417°E |
Type | Automobile museum |
Website | August Horch Museum Zwickau (in English) |
The August Horch Museum Zwickau is an automobile museum in Zwickau, Saxony, Germany. Opened in 2004, it covers the history of automobile construction in Zwickau, the home of Horch and Audi prior to World War II, and Trabant during the Cold War-era German Democratic Republic.[1][2]
The museum is housed within the former factory where August Horch established Audi Automobilwerke GmbH in 1910. Its owner and operator is a non-profit making company owned in equal shares by Audi AG and the town of Zwickau.[1]
Gallery[]
Horch 12/28 PS (1912)
-V12 (1932)
Auto Union Typ C (1936)
Audi 920 (1939)
3,5-to-Lkw (1954)
Cabriolet (1956)
(1913)
(1930)
DKW F7 (1938)
IFA F8 (1954)
(1958)
Trabant P50 (1957–1962)
Trabant 600 Kombi (1962–1964)
Trabant 601 Kombi (1964–1990)
Trabant 1.1 (1990–1991)
See also[]
- AutoMuseum Volkswagen
- Autostadt
- List of automobile museums
- museum mobile
- Porsche Museum
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The August Horch Museum Moves to a Worthy Venue". AudiWorld website. Internet Brands, Inc. August 25, 2004. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ Adams, Keith (October 2009). "Sublime to ridiculous". Octane website. Octane Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
Bibliography[]
- August Horch Museum Zwickau (2004). Geschichte des Zwickauer Automobilbaus – Die Ausstellung. Zwickau: August Horch Museum Zwickau. OCLC 747040956.
External links[]
Media related to August Horch Museum Zwickau at Wikimedia Commons
- August Horch Museum Zwickau – official site (in English)
- August Horch Museum Zwickau at Automuseums
- Audi
- Automobile museums in Germany
- European Route of Industrial Heritage Anchor Points
- Horch
- Museums in Saxony
- Zwickau
- Museums established in 2004
- 2004 establishments in Germany