Manufactured by Hainsberger Metallwerke KG (HMW) of Hainsberg, Dresden.
A bicycle manufacturer dating back to 1902, lightweight motorcycles were produced before and during the second war under the National brand. Post-war, the factory was run by AG Awtowelo under Soviet control, and 100cc Sachs-engined motorcycles of the same general appearance and construction were marketed as HMW.
In 1953 the company became part of VEB Kfz-Zusatzwerke Dresden, which was controlled by the DDR group IFA.
Sources: GTU Oldtimerservice, Tragatsch
N.B. They were not related to the Austrian marque of the same name, nor to the German HMW of the 1920s. See HMW under Disambiguation
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