Please understand if not all vehicles can be seen in the exhibition at all times.
Historic Hall Overview
Scenery around LEUNA fuel pumps
Gleiwitzer Straße
citizen garden / Pub
Stoewer, after Daimler and Benz the oldest German car manufacturer-The usual way to become a car manufacturer in Germany -sewing machines-tool machines-typewriters-bicycles-motor bikes-cars
Look into the Hall
A place to relax with a drink
The Motor Bike Park
Technically extraordinary but not an economic success,
The Magnet – very popular as a taxi in the suburbs of Berlin in the 10th of last century
The Phaenomobil – earliest ancestor of the ROBUR commercial vehicles
The Megola – superb technology
DKW cars and motor bikes have earned the money for the Auto Union
DKW – the vehicle to mobilize the people and the biggest motor bike manufacturer in the world
DKW commercial cars,the solution for small shops and workmen made by Auto Union
… and for a journey with the family on the weekends
…and with the DKW Luxury Convertible for the very demanding driver/ family
The Sonderklasse was designed to be DKW‘s full size sedan,technically very interesting, but economically not successfull
The stunning sports car,the DKW F 5 Roadster
Wanderer – the reliable middle class made by Auto Union
The motor cycles were the start of Wanderer‘s road vehicle production after being extremely successful with their typewriters
The first car made by Wanderer – the Puppchen
W 8 in original condition with about 2500 km on the meter
An absolutely original Wanderer Grand Prix race car based on a W 8 chassis
A W 8 chassis never being sold to a customer,it has never been running
W 22 – one of the first models after the merger
W 25 K The beautiful sports car during the Auto Union era
W 25K
The W 40 In the middle of the 30ties the solid and reliable sedan for middle class buyers
and the W 26 Pullman-Limousine for higher demands and buyers with a bigger wallet
The new face of Auto Union cars after 1935
The existence of Auto Union‘s centralised R&D department carried the first fruits
W 24 – the reliable small Wanderer
W 23
W 23 – it‘s more luxurious brother
AUDI – the Auto Union – ring for the individualist and the sportsdriver
The first new Audi after the merger – the UW 40,
technically very interesting but did not live up to the expectations economically…
…facelifted to the type 225…
…here as a six window sedan with Golde sunroof
Gläser has manufactured 25 units of a beautifully shaped Special Cabriolet
Audi 225 (open / closed)
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Audi 225 (open / closed)
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Audi with the new face
The Audi 920 was the top development and product launch of the Auto Union before the production of civil cars came to its end.It was expensive but buyers were excited by its shape and performance. Unfortunately WW 2 has stopped manufacturing of this very promising car and only a few of them have survived
Audi 920
Audi 920
Gläser Cabriolet Audi 920 , absolutely original condition and with exciting history
Audi 920 Gläser Cabriolet similar historic background, “returned from the East“
Gläser Cabriolet Audi 920 carries the colours of the original sales brochure
Horch – the luxury ring of the Auto Union
Horch
The 830 family with long wheelbase
… the Pullman Sedan for the „boss“ on the right rear seat
The „ small „ Horch cars with the V 8 engine were just developed before the four companies have merged and were the most successful Horch‘s in terms of manufactured units
… and if he was fancy for „topless“ as a four door Sedan Convertible
The new face for this line came 1937 as Horch 930 V,manufactured as a reliable four door sedan,here with sunroof
…as a Sport Cabriolet, here the one off made by Gläser
… and as a stunning Roadster,one of 35 units made by Gläser
Horch 930V (open / closed)
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The big Horch‘s were amongst the top products of the German Automobile Industry,definitely the number one in terms of sale of luxury cars.
The straight eight with overhead camshaft has already been introduced before the merger and was manufactured up to the end of civil car production with several modifications
Horch has brought the model 750 to the “wedding” – here as an Open Tourer, one of two known survivors
… the 780 Sport Cabriolet
..the 851 Pullman Sedan, it was the last model manufactured with rigid rear axle up to 1937
… and the crown of Horch‘s existence,the 670,twelve cylinder introduced in the time of the Great Depression,extremely expensive,six cars are known to have survived
One of the first developments after the merger was the beautiful and very succesful
853 Sport Cabriolet
and it‘s facelifted brother 853 A – here the parade car of the president of the Berlin Police,in use up to 1951
Horch 853 (closed / open)
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Horch 853 (closed / open)
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The „luxury liners“ from Horch came with an extreme long wheelbase and were called 951 and 951 A (facelifted)
The period sales brochure showed the Pullman Sedan
…the very expensive Pullman Convertible made by Gläser,here in unique original condition
The four door Sedan Convertible was never part of the brochure,just manufactured by Gläser on special request
7 units of the beautiful short wheelbase Roadster were manufactured with a Horch body
Auto Union during World War 2 and it’s preparation
During the historically short existence of the Auto Union it received frequently orders from the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht.
The war was the reason for the end of the manufacturing of civil cars and at the end of the Auto Union as well.
It was the reason that the number of military vehicles manufactured by the Auto Union was bigger than that of all civil motor cars.
We want to introduce just two examples wearing the modified well known V 8 engine…
KFZ 15 – Military Staff Transporter and
KFZ 17 – Radio Car
It usually will not fit to the Auto Union theme but last but not least very important for our home town Wurzen is the exhibited Polymobil.
It is in very original condition but ready to run and was the first motor car in Wurzen
The manufacturer were the Polyphon – Musikwerke in Leipzig. Leipzig was the world centre of manufacturers of mechanical music instruments at the beginning of the last century. Polyphon, one of the big three started manufacturing of cars first with the name Polymobil and later as DUX.
Polymobil 1904
We are very glad to introduce two new “members of our family”.
One of the very few survivors Horch 670 found its way from California to Wurzen and can be seen at Zündmagnet now.
The only known Horch 500 B with 4 door Glaser-Sedan-Convertible body is part of the exhibition now. After some service measures we will bring it back to the road in 2023.
The following clips illustrate that we really move our vehicles.
