The Flugmotorenwerke Ostmark GmbH (German for Aircraft Engine Factory Eastern March ) was a large German aircraft engine supplier during World War II. It operated as part of the Steyr-Daimler-Puch conglomerate [1] [2] [3] and specialized in the manufacture of aircraft engines for Heinkel.
Three large factories were established, all in or around Vienna: in Wiener Neudorf, in Biedermannsdorf, and in Guntramsdorf. [4] [5] These sites were closely interconnected with the Steyr-Daimler-Puch HQ located nearby. Two branch factories were established; one in Brno in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and another one in the Slovenian Maribor, which was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1941. [2] [6] [7] [8] All these sites used slave labour performed by inmates of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.
After the war, the company's historic sites were taken over by de:Ecoplus, the Business Agency of Lower Austria. The site of the Zweigwerk factory in Brno-Líšeň was turned over to Zbrojovka Brno and became Zetor, a manufacturer of tractors and agricultural equipment. [9] The iron foundry, which was part of the Brno site, was later acquired by the German company de:Heunisch-Guss. [10] The fate of the Slovenian site in Maribor is unknown.
