Dornier-Werke

The aircraft manufacturing company was founded in 1922 as part of the Zeppelin Group under the leadership of aircraft designer Claude Dornier (1884-1969). In 1932, it was spun off from the Group and became independent. The company headquarters was moved from Friedrichshafen to Immenstaad in 1935. From 1933, branch plants were established in several locations in Germany, including the Neuaubing plant in 1934, initially in rented buildings belonging to the international Sleeper Society (“Schlafwagengesellschaft”). In 1937, the company acquired the site and subsequently expanded it with several new buildings. From 1935, it produced mainly fuselages for military aircraft. At the beginning of 1944, the company employed around 4,300 people in Neuaubing, including almost 2,000 forced laborers from abroad and prisoners from the Dachau concentration camp. The majority were housed in two company-owned camps (“Barbaraheim” and camp “Sommer”) After the end of the Second World War, aircraft production was initially banned in Germany. From 1956, Dornier again developed and manufactured aircraft in Neuaubing. In 1985, the company was taken over by Daimler-Benz and, after several restructurings, merged into the European aerospace group EADS. Production in Neuaubing was shut down. In the meantime, several companies have settled on the site, which is managed by a real estate company.