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Agricultural tractors - GDR: books - history

A book on agricultural tractors? Explore here illustrated books on the history, types and construction of agricultural tractors from East Germany.

DDR Import-Traktoren

Complete chronicle of all GDR import tractors. Brands such as Belarus from Minsk, Zetor from Brno or Ursus from Warsaw, but also lesser-known ones such as Kirowetz from Leningrad, Nati from Stalingrad or Red Star from Budapest.

From the contents:
- Tractors from the former Soviet Union
- Wheeled tractor U-2
- Kirovetz crawlers
- Nati crawlers
- Maintenance tractor ChTS-7
- Tractor factories in Stalingrad and Leningrad
- Tracked tractor DT-54
- Belarus wheeled tractors from Minsk
- Wheeled tractors from Lipetzk
- Wheeled tractor T 30 A from Vladimir
- Tracked tractors from Volgograd
- Kharkov and Chelyabinsk
- Four-wheel drive tractors from Kharkov and Leningrad
- Tractors from the CSSR
- Zetor tractors
- Small tractors from Agrostroj
- Ursus tractors from the then People's Republic of Poland
- Tractors from the Hungarian People's Republic
- Tractors from the former SFR Yugoslavia
- Tractors from the SR Romania and Bulgaria.

Product details

Author:	Achim Bischof
Details:	128 pages, 28 x 21 cm / 11 x 8.25 in, hardback
Illustrations:	280 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2007)
ISBN:	9783861334552

DDR Import-Traktoren

Language: German

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DDR-Traktoren aus Nordhausen (Schrader Typen Chronik)

After the Second World War, the later GDR was at a great disadvantage in tractor and tow tractor construction. Only two classic manufacturers, both based in Nordhausen, remained in the Soviet occupation zone and had to start practically from scratch.

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The merged Nordhausen works were therefore only able to start modest series production in 1949. Although they had prepared themselves for a great future in tractor construction, the merged Nordhausen works had to cease production in October 1965 by government decree.
What remains is the memory of some unforgettable GDR tractors: This book by Frank Rönicke tells their story.

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Author:	Frank Rönicke
Details:	96 pages, 22 x 24 cm / 8.7 x 9 in, hardback
Illustrations:	42 b&w and 91 colour photos
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2017)
Series:	Schrader Typen Chronik
ISBN:	9783613039650

DDR-Traktoren aus Nordhausen

Language: German

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Landmaschinen und Traktoren der DDR 1945-1990

In the first post-war years, agriculture in East Germany quickly needed new tools. Tractor production in the Soviet Occupation Zone, which was called the German Democratic Republic from October 1949, started under extremely difficult conditions.
As early as 1951, a process of concentration in the agricultural machinery industry began with the formation of the Fortschritt Neustadt/Sachsen combine.

Of the once numerous tractor manufacturers, only the Schönebeck tractor factory remained. Over the years, a surprisingly diverse range of agricultural machinery and tractors from GDR production was created, as Frank Rönicke recalls in this opulent volume.

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Author:	Frank Rönicke
Details:	128 pages, 28.5 x 21.5 x 1.4 cm / 11.2 x 8.5 x 0.55 in, hardback
Illustrations:	150 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2022)
ISBN:	9783613044456

Landmaschinen und Traktoren der DDR 1945-1990

Language: German

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Das große Buch der DDR-Nutzfahrzeuge - Landwirtschaft, Feuerwehr, Lastverkehr

Some names were real nicknames or almost sounded like them: Barkas, Robur, Brockenhexe or Maulwurf. Others were very matter-of-fact: W50, LF 16-TS 8 or KLF-TS-8. We are talking about the GDR commercial vehicles that dominated the streets and fields.

This collection shows, in authentic pictures and with a wealth of knowledgeable background information, fire engines, tractors and trucks that mostly did their job reliably. A nostalgic look at an exciting chapter in automotive history

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Author:	Udo Paulitz
Details:	288 pages, 24 x 17 cm / 9 x 6.7 in, hardback
Illustrations:	250 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	GeraMond Verlag (D, 2019)
ISBN:	9783956130724

Das große Buch der DDR-Nutzfahrzeuge - Landwirtschaft, Feuerwehr, Lastverkehr

Language: German

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DDR-Landmaschinen (Schrader Typen Chronik)

In the area of the former GDR, 4.6 million hectares were ploughed - a task not only for tractors of the type "Aktivist", "Pionier" or "Brockenhexe", but also for agricultural machinery and implement carriers of own production.

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In this magnificent volume of images and text, the author creates a monument to these deserving activists. Meticulously researched and extensively documented, he provides a comprehensive overview of what was cultivated in the fields in the workers' and farmers' state.
Rounded off with technical data, this book once again impresses with its competence, objectivity and period color.

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Product details

Author:	Frank Rönicke
Details:	96 pages, 22 x 24 cm / 8.7 x 9 in, hardback
Illustrations:	160 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2019)
Series:	Schrader Typen Chronik
ISBN:	9783613041486

DDR-Landmaschinen

Language: German

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Traktoren in der DDR

Even in the days of IFA, VEB and planned economy, excellent tractors were designed and produced in the GDR. Popular models such as Pionier, Brockenhexe, Rübezahl, Maulwurf and Urtrack were created.
The author, a proven expert on GDR tractors, presents a complete typology here.

From the contents:
- Previous times: Stock, Primus, Kämper, Normag, O&K, Famo
- New beginning - The year 1949
- Locations Schönebeck, Nordhausen, Brandenburg
- Pionier, Brockenhexe, Aktivist, Rübezahl
- New and further developments of wheel tractors, wheeled tractors, implement carriers, tracked tractors, traction, transport and rubber band tractors
- Import tractors from the USSR
- Wheel tractors from Minsk
- Tracked tractors from Volgograd, Kharkov and Chelyabinsk
- Four-wheel drive tractors from Kharkov and Leningrad
- All-wheel drive tractors from Hungary
- Zetor tractors from the CSSR
- Massey-Ferguson licensed production from the former Yugoslavia
- Wheeled tractors from Romania
- Licensed production and wheeled tractors from Poland.

Product details

Author:	Achim Bischof
Details:	128 pages, 28 x 21 cm / 11 x 8.25 in, hardback
Illustrations:	380 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2004)
ISBN:	9783861333487

Traktoren in der DDR

Language: German

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Verdiente Aktivisten - Traktoren und Ackerschlepper der DDR

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Like in West Germany, agriculture in East Germany needed new machinery quickly after the war. However, while tractor production soon resumed in the West, restarting it in the Soviet Occupation Zone, which became the German Democratic Republic in October 1949, was much more challenging. In the East, the concentration of the agricultural machinery industry began as early as 1951 with the formation of the Fortschritt Neustadt/Sachsen combine.
Despite limited state resources, manufacturers managed to develop an impressively diverse and powerful range of products for field and farm.
Frank Rönicke recalls this remarkable history in this richly illustrated volume.

Product details

Author:	Frank Rönicke
Details:	224 pages, 25 x 21.5 x 1.9 cm / 9.8 x 8.5 x 0.75 in, hardback
Illustrations:	220 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2024)
ISBN:	9783613046870