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Fuchs survived the two world, but only with heavy losses. Production had to be stopped or almost all its employees had to be made redundant on several occasions. Attempts were made to diversify to other products such as tractors or diggers, but with little success.
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In addition to railway wagons, in its early days the firm also built bridges and other facilities for the railways. Major customers for its wagons and coaches in the early years were the
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The firm was founded in 1844 by Johann Schäfer in Heidelberg and was sold after his death in 1861 to Heinrich Fuchs, who formed the
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in 1862. Fuchs moved the factory from the district of Weststadt in Heidelberg to the neighbouring district of
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In memory of Heinrich Fuchs, a street in the Heidelberg district of Rohrbach is named Heinrich-Fuchs-Straße.
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Today the site of the former Waggonfabrik Fuchs factory is a modern housing estate
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From about 1901 the production of tramways began. Customers included the
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Triebwagen-Design aus Heidelberg – Die H. Fuchs Waggonfabrik AG
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Eisfelder Talmühle
Heidelberg
Baden-Württemberg
Germany
railway wagons
tramways
Rohrbach
Baden State Railways
U-Bahn
Berlin U-Bahn
glass train
Dillinger Hütte
Saargebiet
International Harvester Company
combine harvesters
list of references
related reading
external links
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introducing
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