Editing Stoewer (section)

==History==
The first company was founded by the Stoewer brothers, Emil (lived 1873 – 1942) and Bernhard (1875 – 1937) in 1896 for manufacturing [[sewing machine]]s in Stettin.

In 1899, the Stoewer brothers founded the firm ''Gebrüder Stoewer, Fabrik für Motorfahrzeugen'' and started to produce automobiles. Their first automobile was the [[Großer Stoewer Motorwagen]], with 6.5&nbsp;hp (4.8&nbsp;kW) and {{cvt|17|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}} maximum speed.

[[Image:Stoewer sedina 1937-1940 2.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Stoewer Sedina 1937-1940]]

In 1908 Stoewers constructed the ''Stoewer G4''. This model was successful for them at the time – 1070 cars were built. In 1910, Stoewer cars were built under licence by [[Mathis (cars)|Mathis]] of Strassburg.
In 1916, the family-owned company was transformed into a limited company under the name of ''Stoewer-Werke AG, vormals Gebrüder Stoewer''.

In the mid-20s a new class of cars was introduced: the ''D-Types'' included ''D3'', ''D9'' and ''D10'' with four-cylinder engines, as well as ''D5'', ''D6'' and ''D12'' with six cylinders.
Something special was the 1921 ''D7'' with a proprietary six-cylinder [[aero engine]] with {{cvt|120|hp|abbr=on}}. Of the fifty "D10" made, the only survivor was in Melbourne, Australia in original condition.  It was on display at the 2014 MotorClassica.  It is now in Germany.

[[Image:Stoewer sedina 1937-1940.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Hood ornament depicting the [[griffin]] of [[Pomerania]].]]
[[File:Stoewer R200 special.JPG|thumb|right|World War II Stoewer R200 (light off-road car, 1940–1943)]]
[[File:Stoewer Arkona, Bj. 1940 (4) 2009-10-13.jpg|thumb|right|Stoewer Arkona Limousine, built in 1940]]
[[Image: Stoewer Motorvierrad (1899).jpg |thumb|left|220px|Stoewer Motorcycle Four Wheels 1899]]
[[Image: Stoewer elektrischer Phaeton (1899).jpg |thumb|left|220px|Stoewer electric phaeton 1899]]
[[Image: Stoewer D3 Lieferwagen (1920-1923).jpg |thumb|right|220px| Delivery vehicle based on Stoewer D3 (1920-1923)]]


In 1928 the company started to build ''S8'' and ''G14'' models with eight-cylinder engines.
At the beginning of the 1930s Stoewers delivered their highlights: ''G15 Gigant'', ''M12 Marschall'' and ''P20 Repräsentant'', each with eight-cylinder engines, with 60 to 120&nbsp;hp (45 to 90&nbsp;kW) and {{cvt|130|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}} maximum speed.<ref>{{cite web|last=Apral|first=K|title=Stoewer 1930|url=http://www.classiccarcatalogue.com/STOEWER%201930.html|work=www.classiccarcatalogue.com|accessdate=10 July 2013}}</ref> The production of these cars had to be cancelled after 2,500 vehicles being produced due to worldwide economic troubles. In 1931 Stoewer constructed one of the first cars with [[front-wheel drive]] at all, class ''V5'' 25&nbsp;hp (19&nbsp;kW), {{cvt|80|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}} maximum speed. The model named ''Greif Junior'' was built under the licence of [[Tatra (car)|Tatra]].<ref name=B00ZLN91ZG>Odin, L.C. ''World in Motion 1939, The whole of the year's automobile production''. Belvedere Publishing, 2015. ASIN: B00ZLN91ZG.</ref> Its successor ''V8 Greif'' was the last car constructed by Stoewer himself; class ''Arkona'' and ''Sedina'' were the last civilian cars produced by the company.

In 1936 the Stoewer factory developed the 'uniform light off-road car' (''le.E.Pkw'', [[Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht#Leichter geländegängiger PKW|leichter geländegängiger Einheits-PKW]]) for the [[Wehrmacht|German army]], a versatile [[four-wheel drive]] car, the Stoewer R200<ref name=B00ZLN91ZG/> initially (until 1940) equipped with [[Steering#Four-wheel steering|four-wheel steering]]. Due to capacity-limitations, the cars also had to be produced by [[Automobilwerk Eisenach|BMW-Factory Eisenach]], as BMW 325, and by [[Hanomag]] in [[Hanover]] as the Type 20{{nbsp}}B.<ref name=B00ZLN91ZG/> Together the three manufacturers made a total of ca. 13,000 units. 
Stoewer was one of many German companies that exploited slave labour during [[World War II]] and had its own camp for prisoners.<ref>Pomorze Zachodnie na przełomie dwu epok, 1944-1946 Kazimierz Golczewski Wydawn. Poznańskie,page 29, 1964</ref>
After World War II, the [[Red Army]] seized the remaining production facilities, dismantled the factory and sent the equipment to the [[Soviet Union]]. The company subsequently ceased to exist.