The Kersting-Modellbauwerstätten was a German motor manufacturer in

Waging am See Waging am See (officially: ''Waging a. See'') is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Traunstein (district), Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany. The town, classified as a climatic spa, is located at the Waginger See, the warmes ...

, Upper Bavaria. It was established in 1949 by the industrial designer and architect,

Walter Maria Kersting Walter Maria Kersting (8 July 1889, in Münster – 5 May 1970, in Waging am See) was a German architect and industrial designer. Career In 1928, he published the ''Bilderbuch für Kaufleute'', (‘Picture book for business people’) a publi ...

and his sons Arno, Gerwald and Rainer. The company was initially involved with industrial design. In 1950 the small ‘Kleine Kersting’ motor car was launched with a plywood body without doors and a removable

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. It had three gears and was powered by a

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DKW DKW (''Dampf-Kraft-Wagen'', en, "steam-powered car", also ''Deutsche Kinder-Wagen'' en, "German children's car". ''Das-Kleine-Wunder'', en, "the little wonder" or ''Des-Knaben-Wunsch'', en, "the boy's wish"- from when the company built to ...

engine and was Professor Kersting's original 1920s design.

Bibliography

* Ulrich Kubisch: ''Deutsche Automarken von A-Z.'' VF Verlagsgesellschaft, Mainz 1993, ''The above is a translation based on the article in the German Wikipedia at'' :de:Kersting-Modellbauwerkstätten

External links

GTÜ Gesellschaft für Technische Überwachung mbh (Vintage and Veteran cars)
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Germany {{motorvehicle-company-stub de:Walter Maria Kersting