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Karl Rapp. Karl Friedrich Rapp (24 September 1882 in Ehingen (Danube) – 26 May 1962 in Locarno) was a German founder and owner of the Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in Munich. In time this company became BMW AG.
The history of BMW Group goes back to Karl Rapp & Gustav Otto. Read all about the groundbreaking events since our founding in 1916.
Nov 30, 2023 · Karl Friedrich Rapp was a German mechanical engineer and the founder of Rapp Motorenwerke, a company that eventually evolved into BMW AG. Karl was born on September 24, 1882, in Ehingen, German Empire, and died on May 26, 1962, in Locarno, Switzerland.
Karl Rapp and Julius Auspitzer founded Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH on 27 October 1913 with a capital stock of RM 200,000. The company was established in Milbertshofen on the former site of the Munich branch of Flugwerk Deutschland GmbH, a firm at which Karl Rapp had held a leading position and that had gone into liquidation in the summer of 1913. [4]
BMW's origins can be traced back to three separate German companies: Rapp Motorenwerke, Bayerische Flugzeugwerke and Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach. The history of the name itself begins with Rapp Motorenwerke, an aircraft engine manufacturer which was established in 1913 by Karl Rapp.
The beginnings of BMW date back to Karl Rapp and Gustav Otto. At the instigation of the state of Bavaria, the aircraft factory Gustav Otto became Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke AG (BFW) in 1916.
Karl Rapp (* 24. September 1882 in Ehingen an der Donau; † 26. Mai 1962 in Locarno) war Gründer und Inhaber der Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in München
