motorcycles - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2012 - 145 Euro Cent

With the present special stamp "Lohner L 125 1959" the popular series "Motorcycles" now finds its attractive continuation. The brand image shows the legendary scooter from bygone days, with which the proud owners in the sixties were equally casual and elegant. The "Lohner" was not only highly appreciated for its ease of use, but also for its great comfort, which was reflected in two luggage compartments, among other things. Of course, the L 125 enjoys something of a cult status and always enjoys great interest in exhibitions and fairs. On the history of the Lohnerwerke: The company was founded in March 1821 by a certain Heinrich Lohner, a master cartwright, who had fled from Germany before being conscripted into the French Army of the Rhine. He summarized in his factory, the hitherto individually acting carriage construction industry. His son and successor Jacob Lohner, world-famous car manufacturer, specializes in luxury and ambulance cars. As a "royal court purveyor", Jacob Lohner and his brother-in-law Josef Brauner, also active in the Wagner trade, joined forces in 1868 under the new company name "Jacob Lohner & Comp." In the meantime, the company has annually produced 300 to 500 cars per year, and a few years later, in 1873, 10,000 vehicles have already been produced. As a result of the Vienna Danube regulation, the factory had to be relocated to Floridsdorf, but the management building remained in Vienna's 9th district. After Jacob Lohner's departure from the company, his son Ludwig Lohner took over the company management - under whose leadership the Lohnerwerke became the largest horse-drawn car factory in the monarchy. In 1897 Lohner was allowed to put petrol motor vehicle into operation, later electric cars were produced as standard. From 1909 Ludwig Lohner turned to aircraft construction and became the leader in Austria-Hungary. In addition to Carl Marius and Sebastian Armbruster Lohner was during the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph, the most commissioned car factory. On January 15, 1918, the company was finally converted into the so-called "Lohnerwerke GmbH Wien". After many decades, the Canadian Bombardier Group took over the company in 1970. In the course of internal changes, the former Wiener Lohnerwerk was specialized in the production of light rail rail vehicles and now operates under the name "Bombardier Wien Schienenfahrzeuge" (BWS).