Ernst Leitz in 1869 (Ernst Leitz Wetzlar), in Wetzlar, Germany. The name Leica is derived from the first three letters of the founder's surname (Leitz) and...

Jacob Schmidheiny, the company Heinrich Wild, Werkstätte für Feinmechanik und Optik (later known as Wild Heerbrugg, Wild-Leitz AG, Leica Geosystems, Leica...

Wild's Geodätische Instrumente", later "Wild Heerbrugg AG", later "Wild-Leitz". The company was linked with Leica in 1989, then it became part of Leica...

co-founders of Lehman Brothers Ernst Leitz II (1871–1956), owner of Leitz Camera Louis Leitz (1846–1918), founder of Leitz Carl von Linde (1842–1934), founder...

pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯çsˌzɪçɐhaɪ̯t͡sˌhaʊ̯ptʔamt] , RSHA) was an organization under Heinrich Himmler in his dual capacity as Chef der Deutschen Polizei (Chief of German...

countries. Leica Microsystems emerged in 1997 out of a 1990 merger between Wild-Leitz, headquartered in Heerbrugg Switzerland, and Cambridge Instruments of Cambridge...

with the optical firm of Ernst Leitz of Wetzlar in 1987, acquired a majority interest in Kern in 1988, was renamed Wild Leitz AG in 1989, and became part...

Bartov, Omer (1999). "Soldiers, Nazis and War in the Third Reich". In Leitz, Christian (ed.). The Third Reich: The Essential Readings. London: Blackwell...

Schlossberg Weingut Georg Breuer Weingut Carl Jung Weingut Josef Leitz Weingut Dr. Heinrich Nägler Assmannshausen vineyard Höllenberg, famous for its red...

Switzerland during the World Wars Weinberg 2005, A World At Arms, p. 174 Leitz, Christian (2000). Nazi Germany and Neutral Europe during the Second World...