Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:28 PM 1999-02-28 -0700, Jay LeBlanc wrote: >I've an optical gadget which has Hensoldt Wetzlar printed on it, and would >like to find out about the company. When Carl Kellner opened his optical works in Wetzlar, he found himself flooded with microscope orders. From time to time, one of the gentry would come by in search of field glasses or small telescopes, and Kellner did not wish to divert his small company's efforts to production of one-off items, so he sent them around to a smaller optical shop run by his friend, Hensoldt. Kellner died, and his works eventually became Leica; Hensoldt died, and Zeiss eventually bought the company. All Zeiss binoculars save for the most esoteric are now made at Wetzlar at the Hensoldt works. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!