Gebr. Knecht AG is a

transportation Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, ...

company based in

Windisch, Switzerland Windisch is a municipality in the district of Brugg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. Etymology Windisch is situated at the site of the Roman legion camp Vindonissa. Originally a Celtic God, the name ''Vindos'' points to a widespread preh ...

. The company was founded in 1909 by Johann Knecht, a forester from Beznau. As of 2009, the company has 800 employees. It operates a range of public

autobus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for ...

lines for

Swiss Post Swiss Post (french: La Poste suisse, it, La Posta Svizzera, german: Die Schweizerische Post, rm, La Posta Svizra) is the national postal service of Switzerland. A public company owned by the Swiss Confederation, it is the country's second larg ...

and other Swiss public transportation companies, as well as charter buses and travel bus lines from Switzerland under such brands as Eurobus, ''Knecht Reisen'', ''Kira Reisen'' and others. It is part of ''Knecht Holding AG'', a family-owned group of transportation and services enterprises.

References

External links

Knecht website
{{in lang, de Transport companies established in 1909

Knecht Knecht, in German and Dutch, means a male servant. Etymologically, it is the cognate of English "knight". It may also refer to: ;People * Émile Knecht (1923–2019), Swiss rower * Guillaume Knecht, rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s ...

Swiss companies established in 1909 companies based in Windisch