Heinrich Lanz AG

Heinrich Lanz
Type	Aktiengesellschaft
Industry	Tractor
Fate	Merger
Successor	John Deere
Founded	1859
Defunct	1956
Headquarters	Mannheim, Germany
Area served	worldwide

Heinrich Lanz AG was an agricultural machinery manufacturer from Mannheim, Germany.[1] The company and its brand LANZ was acquired in 1956 by the American agricultural machinery manufacturer John Deere. The company won numerous awards at the Strasbourg agricultural fair in 1866. (4xGold, 5xSilver and 3xBronze).[2]

History

Lanz Bulldog in Romania, 1939.

The Heinrich Lanz Company was founded in 1859 by German engineer Heinrich Lanz. It produced the first steam-powered stationary threshing machines in 1879 and the first crude-oil-fuelled tractor - the Lanz Bulldog - in 1921. In 1956, Heinrich Lanz AG merged with Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois, United States.[3]

References

Various (Mar 1930). "Engineering Societies Library". A.I.E.E., Journal of the. IEEE. 49 (3): 245–248. doi:10.1109/JAIEE.1930.6538592.
Various (1866). Journal d'agriculture pratique, de jardinage et d'économie domestique [Journal of agricultural practice, gardening and home economics] (in French). Paris: Librairie de la Maison rustique du XIXe siècle. ISSN 0368-1149. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
E.Timm; N.Honecker; E.A.Hartmann; J.Gund; R.Sell (November 12–14, 1998). R. Chatfield; S. Kuhn; M. Muller (eds.). Learning Organization - A Lasting Concept. PDC 98 Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference. CPSR. ISBN 0-9667818-0-5. Retrieved May 10, 2014.

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[1] Various (Mar 1930). "Engineering Societies Library". A.I.E.E., Journal of the. IEEE. 49 (3): 245–248. doi:10.1109/JAIEE.1930.6538592.

[2] Various (1866). Journal d'agriculture pratique, de jardinage et d'économie domestique [Journal of agricultural practice, gardening and home economics] (in French). Paris: Librairie de la Maison rustique du XIXe siècle. ISSN 0368-1149. Retrieved May 10, 2014.

[3] E.Timm; N.Honecker; E.A.Hartmann; J.Gund; R.Sell (November 12–14, 1998). R. Chatfield; S. Kuhn; M. Muller (eds.). Learning Organization - A Lasting Concept. PDC 98 Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference. CPSR. ISBN 0-9667818-0-5. Retrieved May 10, 2014.