August Horch Museum Zwickau

August Horch Museum Zwickau
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Established	10 September 2004
Location	Audistraße 7; 08058 Zwickau; Germany;
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)

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

[museum_moves-1] 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.

[o_10-2009-2] Adams, Keith (October 2009). "Sublime to ridiculous". Octane website. Octane Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2013.

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