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He was born in Winningen , Moselle. He was educated in Mittweida.

He worked for Carl Benz from 1896 before founding A. Horch & Cie in November 1899 in Ehrenfeld, Cologne, Germany. The first Horch automobile was built in 1901. The company moved to Reichenbach in 1902 and Zwickau in 1904. Horch left the company in 1909 after a dispute and set up in competition in Zwickau. His new firm was initially called Horch Automobil-Werke GmbH, but following a legal dispute over the Horch name he was oblidged to change the company name. (The court decided that Horch was a registered trademark on behalf of August Horch's former partners and August Horch was not entitled to use it any more.) Consequntly, Horch renamed his company to Audi Automobilwerke GmbH in 1910, Audi being the Latinization of Horch.

In August 1928 the DanishKongeriget Danmark ( In Detail) Motto of the Queen: Guds hjaelp, Folkets kaerlighed, Danmarks styrke (English: God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength) Official language Danish Capital Copenhagen Kobenhavn Monarch Margrethe II Prime Ministe engineer Jørgen Skafte RasmussenJorgen Skafte Rasmussen ( 1878 1964) was an engineer and industrialist of Danish origin. He moved to Germany and established several automobile and motorcycle manufacturing companies, including DKW and Framo. See August Horch Auto Union Rasmussen, Jorgen of DKWDKW is an historic car and motorcycle brand that originates back to 1916 when the Dane Jorgen Skafte Rasmussen founded a factory in Saxony in Germany to produce steam fittings. In 1916 he tried to make a steam driven car, called DKW (Damp Kraft Wagen). acquired a majority holding in Audiwerke. In June 19321932 is the leap year starting on Friday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 3 British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel January 8 In Britain the Archbishop of Canterbury forbids church remarriage of divorcees Jan Audi, DKW, Horch and WandererThe word Wanderer can refer to: A novel by Fritz Leiber, The Old English poem, A song by U2, A 1988 album by Kevin Rowland, formerly of Dexy's Midnight Runners Wanderer (car) a German automobile manufacturer between wars. merged to form Auto UnionAuto Union was the joint venture of four German automobile manufacturers established in 1932 in Zwickau, Saxony during the Great Depression. The Auto Union brand The trademark of Auto Union was a sign of four rings symbolizing the four member companies (t AG, the new company's logo was four interlinked rings, one for each of the founder companies. Horch was on the supervisory board of Auto Union.