Hohenzollern Locomotive Works [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Hohenzollern Locomotive Works
The Hohenzollern Locomotive Works (Aktiengesellschaft für Lokomotivbau Hohenzollern) was a German locomotive-building company which operated from 1872 to 1929. The Hohenzollern works was a manufacturer of standard gauge engines and about 400 fireless locomotives as well as diesel locomotives of various rail gauges.
The company was founded on 8 June 1872 in Grafenberg near Düsseldorf. The firm produced around 4,600 locomotives. After the increasingly critical situation in the German locomotive building industry around 1929 the works was closed in November 1929. The Hohenzollern AG had hoped
- Province of Hohenzollern (1850-1952), Prussian province
- "Hohenzollern", yachts of the German Emperors
- House Order of Hohenzollern, chivalric order
- Crown of Wilhelm II, also known as the Hohenzollern Crown
- Hohenzollern Locomotive Works, a German locomotive-building company
See also.
- Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt, battle of World War One (25 September – 15 October 1915)