Private company
Lanz Bulldog
Tractors made by Heinrich Lanz in Germany
The Lanz Bulldog was a series of tractors manufactured by Heinrich Lanz AG in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Production started in 1921 with the Lanz HL, and various versions of the Bulldog were produced up to 1960, one of them being the Lanz Bulldog D 9506. John Deere purchased Lanz in 1956 and started using the name "John Deere Lanz" for the Lanz product line.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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- HeadquartersMannheim1
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The Lanz Bulldog was a series of tractors manufactured by Heinrich Lanz AG in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Production started in 1921 with the Lanz HL, and various versions of the Bulldog were produced up to 1960, one of them being the Lanz Bulldog D 9506. John Deere purchased Lanz in 1956 and started using the name "John Deere Lanz" for the Lanz product line. A few years after the Bulldog was discontinued, the Lanz name fell into disuse. The Lanz Bulldog was one of the most popular German tractors, with over 220,000 of them produced in its long production life. The name "Bulldog" became the general term for tractors in some German regions, most notably in Bavaria.2
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- WikipediaLanz Bulldog
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- WikidataQ1805627
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- 1WikidataLanz Bulldog on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaLanz Bulldog on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsLanz Bulldog photo by Palauenc05, CC BY-SA 4.0