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This 1961 Hymer 'Caravano' is based on Borgward B611 chassis
When Bad Waldsee-based Hymer celebrates its 50th birthday this year, the company will look back at a long, successful run in the business of building camping caravans.
The company's roots go back to 1956, when Erwin Hymer built his first caravan in the small repair workshop his father, Alfons, opened in 1923.
Mass production of the "Hymermobil" began in 1961, just in time for Germany's postwar recovery phase, nicknamed the "Wirtschaftswunder" or "economic miracle." Suddenly flush with disposable income, Germans started taking vacations in southern Europe - often in converted VW buses.
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When Bad Waldsee-based Hymer celebrates its 50th birthday this year, the company will look back at a long, successful run in the business of building camping caravans.
The company's roots go back to 1956, when Erwin Hymer built his first caravan in the small repair workshop his father, Alfons, opened in 1923.
Mass production of the "Hymermobil" began in 1961, just in time for Germany's postwar recovery phase, nicknamed the "Wirtschaftswunder" or "economic miracle." Suddenly flush with disposable income, Germans started taking vacations in southern Europe - often in converted VW buses.
Read Morehttp://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15353342,00.html