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      07-26-2013, 12:28 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Dackelone View Post
Well... BMW first started out building motorcycles in Garmisch. Then they moved to Munchen to build airplane engines and motorcycles. Their cars (at that time) were built in Eissenacht(up North) in the former East Germany.

Eissenacht Werk...
Attachment 892076

And my photo tour...
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=431041


Here is some historical info on BMW's factories...

http://www.bmwgroup.com/e/0_0_www_bm...lensteine.html

"After the end of the war, railway brakes and inboard engines were manufactured following the prohibition on the production of aero-engines. After the company was sold to Knorr Bremse AG in 1920, financier Camillo Castiglioni acquired engine production along with the workforce and production facilities, the company name and the logo in white and blue. He then transferred everything to “Bayerische Flugzeuge-Werke AG” (BFW). That same year the company relocated to the production facilities of BFW at Munich’s Oberwiesenfeld airfield. The main plant and the Headquarters of the BMW Group are still at this location today."

Here is a rare pic(bellow) of that factory/building(pre WWII).... (I do not believe it is still standing today. ? I've been to the address and its just a bunch of high rise buildings today)!
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Thanks for the info!
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