Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken, thanks for sharing. I visited Leica Solms many years ago. It was a generic industrial flat roofed building that still had a few magic elves inside. Leica had a miraculous turn around from imminent bankruptcy with Dr Andreas Kaufmann?s investment. How fortunate we all are to still have a company producing some of the world?s outstanding optics. Be well, Richard Richard Clompus Roanoke, VA > On May 12, 2023, at 5:23 PM, Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> wrote: > > I was on a road trip around Germany and visited Wetzlar last week. Stayed > at the "Ernst Leitz Wetzlar" hotel in the Leitz Park complex, ate breakfast > at "Oskar's", had a tour of the museum and the factory and strolled around > Wetzlar. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kiisaka/europe2023/IMG_5069.jpeg.html > > The older former Leitz complex is now occupied by Leica Microsystems, on > Ernst Leitz Strasse, while there really seems to be no sign of Leitz/Leica > left in the neighboring Solms any more. > > I was a little surprised to see that Zeiss had a significant presence in > Wetzlar as well. The Carl Zeiss Wetzlar was formerly the Moritz Hensoldt, > and continues to produce binoculars and other scopes. > > -- > Ken Iisaka > first name at last name dot org or com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information