Gläser

Cars with bodies by Gläser

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  Steyr

  220 Gläser Sport-Roadster

  6 Built

  Ultra RareCoachbuilt

Key facts

Founded

1864¹ Independently researched

Founder

Carl Heinrich Gläser² Independently researched

Headquarters

Dresden (Arnoldstrasse works), Germany¹ Independently researched

History

Heinrich Gläser founded a Dresden workshop in 1864 to build carriages and sleighs, and it became a supplier to the Saxon royal stables. Around 1900 it produced about 20 luxury carriages a year with partner Emil Heuer, and in 1904-1905 began series assembly of car limousines. It became a specialist in cabriolet bodies and built prototypes for Mercedes, DKW, Horch and Wanderer. After Heuer's bankruptcy in 1933 the successor Gläserkarosserie GmbH, run by Willy Bochmann, turned to armaments in wartime, and the works was destroyed in the bombing of February 1945. In 1953 the Radeberg and Dresden works were merged into VEB Karosseriewerk Dresden.

Milestones

1. 1864
   Workshop founded in Dresden.¹
2. 1945-02
   Works destroyed in bombing.¹
3. 1953
   Radeberg and Dresden works merged into VEB Karosseriewerk Dresden.¹

Sources

Each number links to the exact facts it supports.

1. 1
   Standort 5: Arnoldstrasse Level C Johannstadt.de

   • Workshop founded in Dresden.
   • Works destroyed in bombing.
   • Radeberg and Dresden works merged into VEB Karosseriewerk Dresden.
   • "das 1864 gegründete Karosseriewerk von Heinrich Gläser"
   • Arnoldstraße site in Dresden
   • company history

   Accessed 2026-11-13
2. 2
   Meeting of Gläser- and KWD-bodied vehicles Level C Automuseums.info

   • "Carl Heinrich Gläser founded a workshop in Dresden for the construction of carriages and sleighs"
   • company history

   Accessed 2026-11-13