Dates in the history of Wanderer

1885
On February 26, establishment of "Chemnitzer-Velociped-Depot Winklhofer & Jaenicke" 

1887
On January 4, adoption of the WANDERER name for the company's bicycles 

1896
Change of company name to WANDERER Fahrradwerke AG, formerly Winklhofer & Jaenicke, Schönau/Chemnitz, on May 5

1900
Start of machine tool production

1902
Start of motorcycle production

1904
Start of typewriter production ("Continental" brand)

1905
First experiments in automobile design

1908
From January 15 on: WANDERER Werke, formerly Winklhofer & Jaenicke AG; capital: 1.6 million Marks, increased in 1915 to 5.25 million Marks 

1913
Start of WANDERER automobile production

1918
By this year, well over 10,000 motorcycles and over 2,000 automobiles had been built.
The price of the 1.5 hp motorcycle was some 750 Marks; the WANDERER Puppchen automobile cost 4,000 Marks 

1926
The Wanderer W 10 with a 30 hp, four-cylinder engine appeared on the market. This model was available in various versions until 1932 

1927
Wanderer's car production operations were moved from the main plant in Chemnitz-Schönau to a newly erected plant in the Chemnitz suburb of Siegmar 

1928
The new Wanderer six-cylinder Type W 11 extended the model range upwards 

1929
Wanderer motorcycle production wound down. The production facilities were sold off to NSU and the Czech company Janacek. Establishment of the JAWA company (Janacek/Wanderer) in Prague 

1931
Ferdinand Porsche developed a modern generation of six-cylinder engines for Wanderer Werke AG

1932
Wanderer Werke AG sold off its car division to Auto Union AG. The machine tool, office machinery and bicycle production divisions remained within Wanderer Werke AG