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Favorit was a
Favorit was a Czechoslovak
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*A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93)
**First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38)
**Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39)
**Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60)
**Fourth Czechoslovak Repub ...
brand of bicycles manufactured in Rokycany
Rokycany (; german: Rokitzan) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument ...
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History
The factory inRokycany
Rokycany (; german: Rokitzan) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument ...
was founded in 1922 by František Hering together with Heinrich Kastrup and Ambros Swetlik, founders of Es-Ka, another bicycle manufacturer from Cheb
Cheb (; german: Eger) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 30,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Ohře.
Before the 1945 Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, expulsion of the German-speaking population ...
. The factory was manufacturing bicycles branded ''Tripol'' until 1934, when the company was split into two, and the manufacture of ''Tripol'' was moved to a newly build factory. The old factory remained to Hering, who founded his own brand, ''Tudor''.
In 1948, both factories have been nationalised and made part of the state-owned ČZ Strakonice. Following a reorganisation in 1950, factories were made part of the newly created state-owned company Eska Cheb. Since two previously factories were making bicycles of two distinct brands, in 1951 the head of the company Josef Bochníček, suggested a new brand for the united company, ''Favorit''.
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