Siebel was a German
aircraft manufacturer
An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology industry.
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founded in 1937 in
Halle an der Saale
Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anh ...
.
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History
It originated in the Klemm-Flugzeugwerke Halle that had been founded in 1934 as a branch of
Leichtflugzeugbau Klemm
The Klemm Leichtflugzeugbau GmbH ("Klemm Light Aircraft Company") was a German aircraft manufacturer noteworthy for sports and touring planes of the 1930s.
The company was founded in Böblingen in 1926 by Dr. Hanns Klemm, who had previously work ...
in
Böblingen
Böblingen (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Beblenga'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, seat of Böblingen (district), Böblingen District. Sindelfingen and Böblingen are Geographic contiguity, contiguous.
History
Böblingen was found ...
. Its name changed to Siebel Flugzeugwerke when it was taken over by Friedrich Siebel in December 1937.
After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
the company was revived as Siebel Flugzeugwerke ATG (SIAT) in
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
in 1948, with its headquarters in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
. In 1956, its headquarters were moved to
Donauwörth
Donauwörth () is a town and the capital of the Donau-Ries district in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is said to have been founded by two fishermen where the rivers Danube (Donau) and Wörnitz meet. The city is part of the scenic route called "Roman ...
and the company became WMD-Siebelwerke ATG (WMD/SIAT) in 1958 in cooperation with
Waggon- und Maschinenbau GmbH Donauwörth (WMD). In 1968 the company was absorbed by
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) was a West German aerospace manufacturer. It was formed during the late 1960s as the result of efforts to consolidate the West German aerospace industry; aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt AG merged with the civi ...
after MBB became the major shareholder.
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Products
;Siebel
* Siebel Fh 104
The Siebel Fh 104 Hallore was a small German twin-engined transport, communications and liaison aircraft built by Siebel.
Design and development
In 1934, the Klemm Leichtflugzeugbau set up a new factory at Halle, for production of all-metal a ...
''Hallore'', medium transport
* Siebel Si 201
The Siebel Si 201 was a German air observation post and army cooperation aircraft, designed and built by Siebel.
Evaluated against other types, the Si 201 did not enter production and only two prototypes were built.
Design and development
Designe ...
, STOL reconnaissance aircraft (prototype)
* Siebel Si 202
The Siebel Si 202 ''Hummel'' ("Bumble-bee") was a German light sportsplane of the late 1930s. It was an angular low-wing monoplane, which could be powered by a variety of small engines.
Design and development
In January 1937 Major Werner Junck, ...
"Hummel" sportplane + trainer, 1938
* Siebel Si 204
The Siebel Si 204 was a small twin-engined transport and trainer aircraft developed in World War II. It was based on the Siebel Fh 104, Fh 104 Hallore. Originally designed in response to an Ministry of Aviation (Germany), Ministry of Aviation de ...
, transport + aircrew trainer
* DFS 346
The DFS 346 (''Samolyot 346'') was a German rocket-powered swept-wing aircraft which began development during World War II in Germany. It was designed by Felix Kracht at the ''Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug'' (DFS), the "German Insti ...
, research aircraft
* Siebel ferry
The Siebel ferry (''Siebelfähre'') was a shallow-draft catamaran landing craft operated by Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II. It served a variety of roles (transport, flak ship, gunboat, convoy escort, minelayer) in the Mediterranean, Balti ...
, landing craft
;SIAT
* SIAT 222 SIAT may refer to:
* S.I.A.T. (Sociedad Ibérica de Automóviles de Turismo), the predecessor company of the Spanish car maker SEAT (S.E.A.T., Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo)
* Siebelwerke/ATG, a German aircraft manufacturer
* Sibav ...
* SIAT 223 Flamingo
See also
*List of RLM aircraft designations
This is a list of aircraft type numbers allocated by an institution under the direction of ''Heereswaffenamt'' (before May 1933) and the Reich Air Ministry (RLM) between 1933 and 1945 for German military and civilian aircraft and in parallel to the ...
References
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External links
{{Siebel aircraft
Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Germany