Fritz Nallinger (6 August 1898 in
Esslingen am Neckar
Esslingen am Neckar ( Swabian: ''Esslenga am Neckor'') is a town in the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany, seat of the District of Esslingen as well as the largest town in the district. Within Baden-Württemberg it is t ...
– 4 June 1984 in
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
) was a German automobile engineer and executive.
Biography
Nallinger joined
Benz & Cie. in 1922. He played an important part in the development of all-round independent suspension for passenger cars and in the introduction of (relatively) high speed diesel engines to passenger cars in the 1930s,
[ something which has remained a key strength for the company ever since.
During the Nazi period, he enjoyed the status of ]Wehrwirtschaftsführer
''Wehrwirtschaftsführer'' (WeWiFü) were, during the time of Nazi Germany (1933–1945), executives of companies or big factories called ''rüstungswichtiger Betrieb'' (company important for the production of war materials). ''Wehrwirtschaft ...
, reflecting the important war-time contribution from European auto-makers to military equipment production in the principal belligerent states. He was appointed a director on the research and development side of the business in 1940, and in 1941 was appointed to the executive board. At this time, he was also appointed a member of the "Deutschen Akademie der Luftfahrtforschung".Ernst Klee
Ernst Klee (15 March 1942, Frankfurt – 18 May 2013, Frankfurt) was a German journalist and author. As a writer on Germany's history, he was best known for his exposure and documentation of medical crimes in Nazi Germany, much of which was concer ...
: ''Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945''. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Zweite aktualisierte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main 2005, , S. 428 ''(German Academy of aircraft research)''.
After the war, he continued to play a leading role in the Daimler Benz
The Mercedes-Benz Group Aktiengesellschaft, AG (previously named Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler and Daimler) is a German Multinational corporation, multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It ...
Research and Development department, associated in particular with the company's return to racing in 1954.[
Fritz Nallinger retired from Daimler-Benz in December 1965.] He was succeeded by Hans Scherenberg
Hans Scherenberg (born Dresden 28 October 1910, died Stuttgart 17 November 2000) was a German automobile engineer and executive.
After studying engineering at the Technical Universities of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, between 1930 and 1935, Scherenb ...
.
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1898 births
1984 deaths
People in the automobile industry
Mercedes-Benz Group people
Businesspeople from Stuttgart
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Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Mercedes-Benz in Formula One
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