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  1. Early engines. Karl Rapp and Julius Auspitzer founded Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH on 27 October 1913 with a capital stock of RM 200,000. The company was established in Milbertshofen on the former site of the Munich branch of Flugwerk Deutschland GmbH, a firm at which Karl Rapp had held a leading position and that had gone into liquidation in the ...

  2. en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_BMWHistory of BMW - Wikipedia

    BMW's origins can be traced back to three separate German companies: Rapp Motorenwerke, Bayerische Flugzeugwerke and Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach. The history of the name itself begins with Rapp Motorenwerke, an aircraft engine manufacturer which was established in 1913 by Karl Rapp.

  3. Jul 4, 2023 · Franz Josef Popp, Karl Rapp, and Gustav Otto are credited as the key figures in the founding of BMW. When was BMW founded? BMW was founded on March 7, 1916. Was BMW always a car company? No, BMW initially started as an aircraft engine manufacturer. What was BMW’s first car? BMW’s first car was the BMW Dixi, produced in 1928.

  4. BMW can trace its roots back to Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto. In 1916, the Flugmaschinenfabrik Gustav Otto company had merged into Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke AG (BFW) at government behest. Elsewhere, in 1917, the Rapp Motorenwerke company became Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH, which was duly converted into an AG (public limited company) in 1918.

  5. May 26, 2022 · On the 29th of April, 1913, Karl Rapp, who died on this day in 1962, and a partner founded Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in Munich, Bavaria. The formation of the company and the capital provided by investors allowed for the acquisition of the failing Flugwerke Deutschland, an aircraft engine manufacturing company that Rapp worked at.

  6. de.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › Karl_RappKarl Rapp – Wikipedia

    Karl Rapp (* 24. September 1882 in Ehingen an der Donau; † 26. Mai 1962 in Locarno) war Gründer und Inhaber der Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in München . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Literatur. 3 Weblinks. 4 Einzelnachweise. Leben. Nach seiner Ausbildung zum Ingenieur arbeitete er in Cannstatt bei der Württembergischen Eisenbahnwerkstätteninspektion.

  7. 1916 – Foundation of BMW. The beginnings of BMW date back to Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto. At the instigation of the state of Bavaria, the aircraft factory Gustav Otto became Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke AG (BFW) in 1916. In 1917, Rapp Motorenwerke was turned into Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH, which was converted from a limited company into a ...

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