Laurin & Klement
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Laurin & Klement was a Czech automobile, motorcycle and bicycle manufacturing company founded in 1895 in Mladá Boleslav, Kingdom of Bohemia, by automotive pioneers Václav Laurin and Václav Klement. Ca
Founders Václav Klement (left) and Václav Laurin (right, both highlighted) next to the Czechoslovak president Tomáš Masaryk
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Škoda and Laurin & Klement hood ornament and plaques
Statue of Laurin & Klement at the Škoda Museum
Škoda Works
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The Škoda Works was one of the largest European industrial conglomerates of the 20th century. In 1859, Czech engineer Emil Škoda bought a foundry and machine factory in Plzeň, Bohemia, Austria that ha
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…production commenced in 1905, and the company soon became the largest car manufacturer in Austria-Hungary. It was acquired by industrial conglomerate Škoda Works in 1925 and re-branded as Škoda Auto, which is today the largest car manufacturer in the Czech Republic and a part of the Volkswagen Group. The company…
Škoda Works 1945
Share of the Škodawerke AG, issued 1. February 1900
Škoda 75 mm Model 15
Panzer 35(t) tank