A Brief History of the Marque
Manufactured by Paul Artur Kreutzer in Kiel, Germany, 1926 to 1931.
Initially they used their own 348 & 398cc two-strokes using a Hurth three-speed gearbox, but soon progressed to larger four-strokes from JAP, Blackburne and the E 500 single and E 750 twin powered by MAG. The 1928 range listed a 1000cc twin-cylinder machine, the Z 1000.
They also used engines from MGH, Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Heilbronn, who built them to the Küchen design. These were introduced in 1929 as the Atlantis 500.
The range for 1930 included a Blackburne 600cc ohv twin-port Rennsport model.
In total, some 50 machines were built.
N.B. It is possible production began in 1925 using the company name Motoren- und Fahrzeug-Werk Kreutzer & Schlüter.
Sources: Tragatsch p79; kradblatt.de; Motopedia; et al
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