Henschel & Sohn

German transportation equipment company
Organization business Q163580
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Henschel & Sohn

Summary

Henschel & Sohn is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (221 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Henschel & Sohn is in the country of Germany[3].
  • Henschel & Sohn's image is recorded as Comboio Histórico do Douro 07.jpg[4].
  • Henschel & Sohn's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Henschel & Sohn's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Henschel & Sohn's instance of is recorded as bell foundry[7].
  • Henschel & Sohn's founder is recorded as Carl Henschel[8].
  • Henschel & Sohn's founder is recorded as Werner Henschel[9].
  • Henschel & Sohn's logo image is recorded as HAT-logo.svg[10].
  • Henschel & Sohn's headquarters location is recorded as Kassel[11].
  • Henschel & Sohn's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 133111669[12].
  • Henschel & Sohn's GND ID is recorded as 19618-6[13].
  • Henschel & Sohn's GND ID is recorded as 19619-8[14].
  • Henschel & Sohn's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n89625448[15].
  • Henschel & Sohn's IdRef ID is recorded as 176297731[16].
  • Henschel & Sohn's child organization or unit is recorded as Oberschlesische Lokomotivwerke[17].
  • Henschel & Sohn's child organization or unit is recorded as Fablok[18].
  • Henschel & Sohn's Commons category is recorded as Henschel & Sohn[19].
  • Henschel & Sohn's industry is recorded as mechanical engineering[20].
  • Henschel & Sohn's industry is recorded as manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock (NACE 30.2)[21].
  • Henschel & Sohn's industry is recorded as machinery industry and plant construction[22].
  • Henschel & Sohn's industry is recorded as vehicle construction[23].
  • Henschel & Sohn's industry is recorded as weapons industry[24].
  • +1810-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Henschel & Sohn[25].
  • Henschel & Sohn was dissolved in +1957-00-00T00:00:00Z[26].
  • Henschel & Sohn's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019jnb[27].

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Founding

Founders include Carl Henschel[8] and Werner Henschel[9]. +1810-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Henschel & Sohn[25]. Its location of formation is recorded as Kassel[28].

Leadership

Henschel & Sohn's board member is recorded as Oskar R. Henschel[29].

Operations

Henschel & Sohn's headquarters location is recorded as Kassel[11]. Subsidiaries include Oberschlesische Lokomotivwerke[17] and Fablok[18], a business[30], in Poland[31], founded in 1919[32], headquartered in Chrzanów[33].

Industry

Industries include mechanical engineering[20], manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock (NACE 30.2)[21], machinery industry and plant construction[22], vehicle construction[23], and weapons industry[24].

Ownership

Henschel & Sohn's product or material produced is recorded as truck[34].

Dissolution

Henschel & Sohn was dissolved in +1957-00-00T00:00:00Z[26].

Why It Matters

Henschel & Sohn ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (221 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  27. [34] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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