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Zündapp

German motorcycle manufacturer

Zündapp (a.k.a. Zuendapp) was a major German motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1917 in Nuremberg by Fritz Neumeyer, together with the Friedrich Krupp AG and the machine tool manufacturer Thiel under the name "Zünder- und Apparatebau G.m.b.H." as a producer of detonators (Zünder- und Apparatebau is German for Igniter and Apparatus Building/Assembly).2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1917Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersMunich1
  • Founded inNürnberg1
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1

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The story

Founded by Fritz Ludwig Neumeyer in 1917, in Nuremberg.1

Leadership

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Products and brands

  • motorcycle

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1984Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1917Founded Founded in Nürnberg1

Sources

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