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Andreas Stihl
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Andreas Stihl

German inventor (1896–1973)

Andreas Stihl (10 November 1896 – 14 January 1973) was a Swiss-born German engineer and important inventor in the area of chainsaws, and the founder of Andreas Stihl AG & Company KG. He is often hailed as the "Father of the chainsaw".2

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Born Nov 10, 1896, died Jan 14, 1973.1

Companies

Early life and education

Stihl went to the Volksschule in Zürich, before moving to relatives in Germany. He attended the Realschule in Singen (Baden-Württemberg) and the Gymnasium in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel. From 1915 until his dismissal by injuries in 1917, Stihl fought in the First World War in the German Army. From 1917 until 1920, he studied mechanical engineering in Eisenach.

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Career

Occupation: entrepreneur, engineer, inventor.4

  • Date not recordedFounded Stihl3

Personal life

  • BornNov 10, 1896, Zurich5
  • DiedJan 14, 1973, Remshalden6
  • CitizenshipGermany, Switzerland7

In 1929, Andreas Stihl married Mia Giersch (1903–2002), with whom he had four children, among them Hans Peter Stihl (born 1932) and Eva Mayr-Stihl (1935–2022), who succeeded her father in managing the company and remaining Vorstand until 2002. Stihl divorced his first wife in 1960, and married Hannelore Wegener-Doberg (1927–2009) the same year.

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