Founded as the Zentrale fur Aviatik at Hamburg-Fuhlsbiittel
in late 1911; began by building Etrich/RumplerTaube
monoplanes. In 1913 renamed Hansa-Flugzeugwerke,
merging shortly before the First World War with Brandenburgische
Flugzeugwerke of Igo Etrich, becoming the
Hansa and Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke. This
partnership dissolved in 1916, the Hamburg factory being
renamed Hanseatische Flugzeugwerke Karl Caspar AG.
Next two years spent mainly in license-building other companies'
aircraft, though an interesting cannon-armed twin-engined
fighter prototype by Caspar appeared in late 1918.
Before end of First World War company acquired the ex-
Fokker factory atTravemiinde, eventually closing the Hamburg
works and transferring its activities there. Here, in
1921, the Caspar Werke AG was formed.
