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Kaiserpreis

The Kaiserpreis (Emperor's Prize) auto race, named after Emperor Wilhelm II, was held in 1907. Like his brother's Prinz-Heinrich-Fahrt held from 1908 to 1911, it was a precursor to the German Grand Prix.

As Camille Jenatzy had won the Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing in 1903 with a Mercedes, Germany had to stage the 1904 event. A long track in the Taunus mountains was selected, from Oberursel to Weilburg and back. The Cup was won by Léon Théry in a Richard-Brasier, and the Gordon Bennett race returned to France for 1905 and 1906, but was not continued as such in 1907, as Grand Prix motor racing evolved.

On the same track as the Gordon Bennett three years earlier, Germany staged its second large international event in 1907, the Kaiserpreis auto race (after sailing and rowing events were also named so). Entries were limited to touring cars with engines of less than eight litres. The race was won by Italian Felice Nazzaro in a Fiat, against competition from Opel, Mercedes, Eisenach, Adler and others.

In 1908, the Prinz-Heinrich-Fahrt resumed until 1911.

External links

http://www.gpracing.net192.com/history/golden_age.cfm

http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gpw1.htm

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Kaiserpreis-Autorennen (13.6.1907)

Order: Reorder
Duration: 0:51
Published: 2008-08-05
Uploaded: 2010-08-21
Author: filmarchivesonline

(c)Deutsches Filminstitut - DIF eV Germany 1907 Director: Julius Neubronner English title: Emperor Prize Motor Race (13.6.1907) Synopsis: Julius Neubronner (1852-1932), a chemist and inventor from Kronberg was one of the first people to film in the Rhine-Main region. He purchased his first camera in 1903, a "Kino" manufactured by Dresdner Foto-Firma. With his camera Neubronner recorded historical events as well as the everyday life of his family. Furthermore, he also shot short sketches performed by himself and his family on a stage set-up in the garden of their home. The "Emperor Prize Motor Race", as prompted by the German emperor, was designed as a reversal of the Gordon Bennett Motor Race, covering the same track and starting at Castle Saalburg in Bad Homburg, but going in the opposite direction. The still footage shows the passing cars in one part of the track. Brought to you by 'filmarchives online', the web gateway to European film archives: www.filmarchives-online.eu With the support of the MEDIA Plus programme of the European Community.

Kaiserpreis-Rennen

Order: Reorder
Duration: 3:57
Published: 2007-06-16
Uploaded: 2010-12-22
Author: kickers31

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