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AEG played an important role in the history of the German railways; the company was involved in the development and manufacture of the electrical parts of almost all German electric locomotive series and contributed to the introduction of electrical power in German railways. Additionally many steam locomotives were made in AEG factories.
The Einsteinhaus (Einstein House) is a museum and a former residence of Albert Einstein. It is located on Kramgasse No. 49 in Bern , Switzerland. A flat on the second floor of the house was occupied by Einstein, his wife Mileva Marić , and their son Hans Einstein from 1903 to 1905.
Behrens' house at the Darmstadt Artists' Colony: music room, with Schiedmayer grand piano 1901 Industrial clock designed by Behrens for AEG in 1909 Three versions of the famous water kettle: 1,25L 1,0L and 0,75L Peter Behrens around 1913 in his office in Berlin A drawing by Behrens for a proposed skyscraper overlooking the canal locks at the Atlantropa project
AEG (German company), Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft ("General Electricity Company"), former German electrical manufacturer AEG (brand), licensed by Electrolux to several companies for a variety of products; Anschutz Entertainment Group, an American entertainment company
The AEG turbine factory was built in 1909, at Huttenstraße 12–16 in the Moabit district of Berlin. It is the best-known work of architect Peter Behrens . [ 1 ] The 100 m long steel-framed building with 15 m tall glass windows on either side is considered the first attempt to introduce restrained modern design to industrial architecture. [ 2 ]
Second-floor rooms on the right side of the house feature doorways into a central hallway. The I-house is a vernacular house type, popular in the United States from the colonial period onward. The I-house was so named in the 1930s by Fred Kniffen, a cultural geographer at Louisiana State University who was a specialist in folk architecture.
During the Second World War, Telefunken was a supplier of vacuum tubes, transmitters and radio relay systems, and developed Funkmess facilities (later referred to as radar devices by the US Navy) and directional finders, as part of the German air defence against aerial bombing. During the war, manufacturing plants were shifted to and developed ...
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