The Flugmotorenwerke Ostmark (German for ''Aircraft Engine Factory Eastern March'') was a large German

aircraft engine An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines, although a few have been rocket powered and in recent years many ...

supplier during

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 ...

, a part of the

Steyr-Daimler-Puch Steyr-Daimler-Puch () was a large manufacturing conglomerate based in Steyr, Austria, which was broken up in stages between 1987 and 2001. The component parts and operations continued to exist under separate ownership and new names. History T ...

cartel. It specialized in engines for the majority of aeroplanes designed by the

Heinkel Heinkel Flugzeugwerke () was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel. It is noted for producing bomber aircraft for the Luftwaffe in World War II and for important contributions to high-speed flight, with ...

works and had three large factories at its disposal: in

Wiener Neudorf Wiener Neudorf (Central Bavarian: ''Weana Neiduaf'') is an Austrian town in the eastern part of the Mödling district, south of Vösendorf and Maria Enzersdorf, west of Biedermannsdorf, and north of Guntramsdorf. History First settled in 4000 B ...

Biedermannsdorf Biedermannsdorf (; ''Central Bavarian:'' ''Biedamaunsduaf'') is a town in the district of Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Geography The municipality lies in the Vienna basin east of the A2 Autobahn. The Laxenburg-Biedermannsdorf ...

and

Guntramsdorf Guntramsdorf is a town in the district of Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. As part of the "''Industrieviertel''", the industrial region in the southeast of Lower Austria, it is well connected to the country capital Vienna. The loca ...

. It also closely cooperated with the

Steyr Steyr (; Central Bavarian: ''Steia'') is a statutory city, located in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria. It is the administrative capital, though not part of Steyr-Land District. Steyr is Austria's 12th most populated town and the 3rd l ...

company, located nearby. All the factories used

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of the inmates of the

Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp Mauthausen was a Nazi concentration camp on a hill above the market town of Mauthausen, Upper Austria, Mauthausen (roughly east of Linz), Upper Austria. It was the main camp of a group with List of subcamps of Mauthausen, nearly 100 further ...

. After the war, the company's sites were taken over by

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