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Barkas

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East German vehicle manufacturer

Barkas (VEB Barkas-Werke) was an East German manufacturer of small delivery vans and minibuses named the B 1000. In addition to delivery vans, Barkas also made engines for Trabant cars. The van was built in a new factory in Chemnitz (then known as Karl-Marx-Stadt) on a site which was formerly home to the Framo car plant, the old Framo factory having been crated up and shipped to the Soviet Union as part of a larger war reparations package in the late 1940s.2 It is part of Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau.1 It ceased to exist in 1991.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1958Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersChemnitz1
  • Founded inHainichen1
  • Legal formVolkseigener Betrieb1

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Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F089036-0034, Köthen, Polizeitransporter Barkas
Photo: Joachim F. Thurn, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons4

Barkas (VEB Barkas-Werke) was an East German manufacturer of small delivery vans and minibuses named the B 1000. In addition to delivery vans, Barkas also made engines for Trabant cars.2

Corporate structure

Barkas is part of a group headed by Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau. 7 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • car

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Framo1

Timeline

  1. 1991Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1958Founded Founded in Hainichen1

Sources

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