Kronenburg

Kronenburg started manufacturing fire equipment in 1823, later Kronenburg manufactured steam fire engines. During the twenties and thirties Ford TT and the Ford V8 where utilized to build fire trucks. In the fifties Kronenburg built the first crash trucks wich were delivered to, among others, the American and German Army. Crash trucks are still the main speciality of Kronenburg.
During the fifties and sixties Kronenburg was a major manufacturer of municipal fire trucks on mainly DAF chassis.

Kronenburg was acquired by Rosenbauer in 1991.
For some time Rosenbauer kept using the Kronenburg name for the fire trucks made at the Kronenburg plant in Hedel.

In june 2000 Kronenburg was liquidated by Rosenbauer.

1968

Kronenburg / Kaelble KD-8-2

Delivery photo of a Daf firetruck for the Paramaribo FD (Suriname)
Year about 1965

1972

Type K-D-9

Crash trucks

Crash trucks general brochure	Pumper/tanker truck model 32/8H-15	Pumpers general brochure
Airport crash trucks	Rapid intervention vehicles	Kronenburg/Riffaud aerial ladder trucks
	Kronenburg/Detroit diesel brochure 1982

1994

Municipal fire trucks	ARFF trucks	Industrial fire trucks
Industrial fire trucks	Article reprint	ARFF trucks

Municipal fire truck on Daf chassis

The other literature pages:

Ahrens-Fox * American LaFrance * Bachert * Cadillac Gage * Daf * Dennis * Ford * Geesink
Kronenburg * Magirus Deutz * Magirus Deutz ladder trucks * Maxim * Metz
Metz II * Oshkosh * Pirsh * Seagrave * Spangler Dual * Sutphen
Thornycroft

Albert Baas, Heeten, Netherlands
Copyright © 2016 Albert Baas.
Products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders.