POSTCARD N.169 - GERMANY 

Postcrossing Postcard sent on the 28th October, received on the 31st October 2024

Postcard image: August Horch Museum, in Zwickau

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Vielen Dank Christian, for a Postcrossing meet up postcard sent from Zwickau, containing the personal stampmark of no fewer than 17 Postcrossers. 

I'm sure they all had a great time, and so did I upon receiving this nice memento of their reunion.

August Horch (1868 - 1951) was a german industrialist and car designer, who became famous for founding not only the brand that would carry his name, but also the original Audi  company,  nowadays part of the VW universe.

Horch would also be linked to Auto Union, the company which created the four interconnecting rings as a logo, that is now used by Audi after its second resurgence in 1965.

Each of the Auto Union logo's rings represented a company integrated into the new car making conglomerate established in 1932, on which August Horch would serve as a member of the board, these companies being:

DKW - founded by Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen in 1916;

Horch -  Founded by August Horch in 1904

Audi - also founded by August Horch in 1909

Wanderer - established in 1911

The August Horch Museum, inaugurated in 2004 occupies the building in which August Horch instaled the Audi car manufacture plant in Zwickau, in 1910, its collections illustrating the evolution of the Horch and Audi brands throughout the years.

The role of the plant in the production of Trabant cars during the years of the DDR is also highliughted in the permnet exhibitions of the museum.

The 0,95€ stamp on the postcard was issued on 01MAR2024 as part of a two stamp set in the "Landmarks of Germany" series, initiated in 2022. It depicts the St. Pauli Piers of Hamburg, on the Elbe river, with its distinctive clock tower.