Alois Wolfmüller

Alois Wolfmüller (24 April 1864 – 3 October 1948) was a German engineer and inventor.

Hildebrand und Wolfmüller, 1894 in Zweirad-Museum Neckarsulm

German stamp 1983

Commemorative plaque in Landsberg am Lech

Life

Wolfmüller was born in Landsberg am Lech. Together with Heinrich and Wilhelm Hildebrand he developed the Hildebrand & Wolfmüller motorcycle.^[1][2] Heinrich and Wilhelm Hidebrand were steam-engine engineers before they teamed up with Alois Wolfmüller to produce their internal combustion Motorrad in Munich in 1894.^[1]

Wolfmüller was a friend of German pioneer Otto Lilienthal and developed different kind of early flying objects.

He died, aged 84, in Oberstdorf.

External links

• Literature by and about Alois Wolfmüller in the German National Library catalogue
• History of the company Hildebrand & Wolfmüller, Munich^{[permanent dead link]}
• Duplicate of a "Hildebrand & Wolfmüller" in spring 2008