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In the early 1970s, marinized versions of BMW's 2.0-litre, 4-cylinder gasoline engine were marketed as the Model 410 and 411. In 1977, BMW AG established a separate marine division, incorporated as BMW Marine GmbH. BMW Marine's head office and assembly plant were located in Verviers, Belgium . BMW Marine continued to marinize BMW's production ...
The problem was how to lure the U-boat to the surface. A solution to this was the creation of the Q-ship, one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war. Their codename referred to the vessels' home port, Queenstown, in Ireland. [5] These became known by the Germans as a U-Boot-Falle ("U-boat trap"). A Q-ship would appear to be an easy ...
History of BMW. The official founding date of the German motor vehicle manufacturer BMW is 7 March 1916, when an aircraft producer called Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (formerly Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik) was established. [ 1][ 2] This company was renamed to Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) in 1922. However, the BMW name dates back to 1917, when Rapp ...
German battleship Tirpitz. Tirpitz ( German pronunciation: [ˈtɪʁpɪt͡s] ⓘ) was the second of two Bismarck -class battleships built for Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine (navy) prior to and during the Second World War. Named after Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the architect of the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the ship was laid down ...
The BMW Welt is a combined exhibition, delivery, adventure museum, and event venue located in Munich 's district Am Riesenfeld, next to the Olympic Park, in the immediate vicinity of the BMW Headquarters and factory. It was built from August 2003 to summer 2007. A solar system with 800 kW of power is installed on the roof of the main building.
Bismarck. / 48.167°N 16.200°W / 48.167; -16.200. Bismarck was the first of two Bismarck -class battleships built for Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched in February 1939. Work was completed in August 1940, when ...
BMW Headquarters. / 48.17694°N 11.56000°E / 48.17694; 11.56000. The BMW Headquarters ( German: BMW-Vierzylinder, lit. 'BMW four-cylinder' ), also known as the BMW Tower (German: BMW-Turm or BMW-Hochhaus ), is a high-rise building located in the Am Riesenfeld area of Munich, Germany. The building has served as the global corporate ...
The BMW Central building is a 270,000-square-foot (25,000 m 2) facility that makes up only 250,000 square feet (23,000 m 2) of the 540-acre (2.2 km 2) campus [6]. Serving 5,500 employees, the building functions as the most important piece of the factory, connecting the three production sheds. Each day, 650 BMW 3 Series sedans [7] pass through ...