1919

  • January 1919
  • The Sindelfingen plant begins manufacturing furniture to keep the staff in work and make use of the stocks of wood piled up for aircraft production. By mid-1919 the plant produces hundreds of bedroom suites in simple quality along with high-quality living room and bedroom furniture with fine wood veneer.
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  • 18 March 1919
  • Benz & Cie. submits a patent application for the "combustion engine with ignition chamber" developed by Prosper L'Orange. This "funnel patent" (patent no. DRP 397 142) opens the door to the practical implementation of the high-speed diesel engine for use in (road) vehicles.
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  • March 1919
  • In view of the inflationary trend, employees at the Sindelfingen plant go on strike for a cost-of-living allowance. In the course of the year, the workers strike repeatedly at all three factories of DMG.
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  • 6 June 1919
  • The "Daimler-Werkzeitung" employees' newspaper, edited by cultural philosopher Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, receives its first print run. This in-house publication is intended to inform the workforce in particular about new economic thinking during a period of political and social upheavals following the end of the First World War. The last issue is published on 26 August 1920, the day after the closure of Daimler's Untertürkheim plant.
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  • 11 - 15 September 1919
  • The three-wheeled Benz-Sendling T 3 motorised plough makes its debut at the DLG (German Agricultural Society) exhibition in Magdeburg and wins a silver medal. The newly established Benz-Sendling Motorpflug GmbH in Berlin is a joint undertaking of Benz & Cie. and Munich-based Motorenfabrik München-Sendling. Production of motorised ploughs takes place at Automobil-und Aviatik AG in Leipzig, in which Benz & Cie. have held an interest since 1915.
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  • 12 November 1919
  • The "Daimler-Werksnachrichten" is published as an information bulletin for employees of DMG in the Untertürkheim and Sindelfingen factories. It ceases publication in October 1922.
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