August horch biography

German automobile engineer, founder of Audi

August Horch (12 October &#; 3 February ) was a German engineer and automobilepioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant that eventually became Audi.

Beginnings

Horch was born in Winningen, Rhenish Prussia.

His initial trade was as a blacksmith, and then was educated at Hochschule Mittweida (Mittweida Technical College).

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After receiving a degree in engineering, he worked in shipbuilding. Horch worked for Karl Benz from , before founding A. Horch & Co. in November , in Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany.^[1]

Manufacturing

The first Horch automobile was built in The company moved to Reichenbach in and Zwickau in Horch left the company in after a dispute, and set up in competition in Zwickau.

His new firm was initially called Horch Automobil-Werke GmbH, but following a legal dispute over the Horch name, he decided to make another automobile company. (The court decided that Horch was a reg