There is a saying, “an apple never falls far from its tree” and similarly a carrossier needs strong antecedents. The Grümmer family had been in the saddling and coachbuilding business long before the creation of the Grümmer company in Clichy, France, in 1924. The oldest traceable origins of the family have been found in the region of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. In about 1500, one of its members left for Hungary, and in 1541, fleeing the Turkish invasion, the family returned…
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