Emil Ziehl (1873
im Register der Deutschen Biographie – 1 June 1939) was a

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engineer and entrepreneur. He grew up with five other siblings in his father's blacksmith's and cart workshop in Brandenburg, and was supposed to start an apprenticeship in the family business. Due to the drawing talent shown by the young Ziehl, his teacher convinced Ziehl's father to send him to the Rackow Drawing School. He then continued his studies at the technical university in Brandenburg. Following his professor's recommendation, he started working at

AEG Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft AG (AEG; ) was a German producer of electrical equipment founded in Berlin as the ''Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft für angewandte Elektricität'' in 1883 by Emil Rathenau. During the Second World War, AEG ...

as an engineer. In the development of electro-motors, he pioneered in the messing and testing of generators. In 1897, he began at

Berliner Maschinenbau AG Berliner Maschinenbau AG was a German manufacturer of locomotives. The factory was founded by Louis Victor Robert Schwartzkopff on 3 October 1852 as ''Eisengießerei und Maschinen-Fabrik von L. Schwartzkopff'' in Berlin. History The factor ...

, where he developed the first rotor powered by electricity with cardanic suspension and with that the first external rotor motor. The German patent was given in 1904, with the US-patent already granted on 27 November 1900. With the Swedish investor Eduard Abegg he founded in early 1910 the company

Ziehl-Abegg Ziehl-Abegg SE (own notation ZIEHL-ABEGG SE, until 2013 ''Ziehl-Abegg AG'') is a German manufacturer of fans for ventilation and air conditioning applications, as well as drive technology for elevators and motors with matching control technolog ...

. Ziehl had big expectations for Abegg, who was to develop wind turbines.The Electro-locomotives of the Berharnd Station
/ref> After the company's logo (with Abegg's name on it) was already made public, Abegg failed to bring the promised funds. The introduced patent for the wind motors also turned out to be unsuitable. Abegg left the company two months later. Ziehl had three daughters and two sons. The eldest son,

Günther Ziehl Günther Ziehl (5 September 1913 – 20 July 2002) was a German engineer and businessman. His father, Emil Ziehl, founded ZIEHL-ABEGG, a company which was later led and rebuilt by Günther Ziehl. Childhood Günther Ziehl was born in Berli ...

, was born on 5 September 1913 and the youngest, Heinz, in 1917.''Söhne und Töchter der Stadt Künzelsau''
on kuenzelsau.de Günther Ziehl began his studies in 1935 at the Technical University in Berlin-Charlottenburg and later led his father's company. The

Schöntal Schöntal is a municipality in the district of Hohenlohe in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is principally known as the location of Schöntal Abbey. Subdivisions The munisipality consists of the following districts. * Aschhausen * Berlichin ...

community in Baden-Württemberg acknowledged the work of Ziehl in 2015 naming a street after him. The street is located in Bieringen, a locality of Schöntal where Ziehl-Abegg has a production plant. The street sign was presented on the occasion of the 50-year celebration of production work at Schöntal-Bieringen. The mayor, Patrizia Filz, presented this sign to the grandson of Ziehl, Uwe Ziehl. Al zeichnung.jpg, First Design of an external rotor motor Außenläufer Emil Ziehl Patentzeichnung.png, Drawing of the external rotor motor from the US-Patent US662484 A

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ziehl, Emil Businesspeople from Brandenburg 1873 births 1939 deaths 20th-century German inventors