The Caspar-Werke was a German aircraft manufacturer of the early 20th century. It was founded in 1911

1911 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1911:-January:* 18 January – Eugene Ely lands on a platform constructed over the deck of the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, U.S.A. marking the first time an aircraft lands on a ship.* 26 January – Glenn H...

 by Karl Caspar under the name Zentrale für Aviatik in Fuhlsbüttel

Fuhlsbüttel

Fuhlsbüttel is an urban quarter in the north of Hamburg, Germany in the district Hamburg-Nord. It is known as the site of Hamburg's international airport, and as the location of a prison which served as a concentration camp in the Nazi system of repression....

. In its early years, the firm built Etrich

Etrich

Etrich was a short-lived aircraft manufacturer founded by Igo Etrich.The company became part of Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke in 1914, which then, in turn, became part of Hansa-Brandenburg....

 and Rumpler

Rumpler

The Rumpler Tropfenwagen was a car developed by Austrian engineer Edmund Rumpler.Rumpler, born in Vienna, was a designer of aircraft when on the 1921's Berlin car show he introduced the Tropfenwagen. It was to be the first streamlined car . The Rumpler had a Cw-value of only 0.28...

 types under licence, and was dissolved following World War I.

In 1921, Caspar re-established the firm at Travemünde

Travemünde

Travemünde is a borough of Lübeck, Germany, located at the mouth of the river Trave in Lübeck Bay. It began life as a fortress built by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, in the 12th century to guard the mouth of the Trave, and the Danes subsequently strengthened it. It became a town in 1317 and in...

 with Ernst Heinkel

Ernst Heinkel

Dr. Ernst Heinkel was a German aircraft designer, manufacturer, Wehrwirtschaftführer in the Third Reich, and member of the Nazi party. His company Heinkel Flugzeugwerke produced the Heinkel He 178, the world's first turbojet aircraft and jet plane, and the Heinkel He 176, the first rocket aircraft...

 as chief designer. Heinkel left in May the following year after a dispute over rights to a design, and was replaced by Ernst Ritter von Lössl. Later, Hans Herrmann

Hans Herrmann

Hans Herrmann is a former Formula One and Sports car racing driver from Stuttgart, Germany.In F1, he participated in 19 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on August 2, 1953...

 from the former Udet Flugzeugbau, was the designer. The company ceased operations in 1928.