What is "tatra"

Tatra is a Czech manufacturer producing vehicles in Kopřivnice, it is owned by Tatra Trucks company, based in Ostrava. It is the third oldest company producing cars and has an unbroken history after Daimler and Peugeot. The company was founded in 1850 as Schustala & Company, later renamed Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriksgesellschaft when it became a wagon and carriage manufacturer. In 1897, Tatra produced the first motor car in central Europe, the Präsident automobile. In 1921, it changed its name to Kopřivnická vozovka a.s., and in 1919 changed from the Nesselsdorfer marque to the Tatra badge named after the nearby Tatra Mountains on the Polish-Czechoslovak border at the time (now this range is on the Polish-Slovak border).

During World War II Tatra was instrumental in the production of trucks, and tank engines for the German war effort. Production of passenger cars ceased in 1999, but the company still produces a range of primarily all-wheel-drive trucks, from 4×4 to 18x18. The brand is also known as a result of Czech truck racer Karel Loprais: in 1988–2001 he won the off-road race Dakar Rally six times with the Tatra 815.

Tatra may refer to:

• Tatra Mountains, a mountain range, part of the Carpathian Mountains, between the Slovak Republic and the Republic Poland
• Tatra County (powiat tatrzański), an administrative division of Republic Poland in the region of the Tatra Mountains
• Tatra National Park, Poland, a National Park
• Tatra National Park, Slovakia, one of the nine national parks in the Slovak Republic
• Tatra (company), a car & truck manufacturer from the Czech Republic
• ČKD Tatra, a producer of trams from the Czech Republic
• Tatra (milk), a Czech milk produced by the Mlékárna Hlinsko
• Tatra (beer), a Polish beer produced by the Żywiec Brewery
• " Tatra Tiger", the nickname for the economy of the Slovak Republic during its high growth period since 1998

• Tatra, Estonia, a village in Kambja Parish, Tartu County, Republic of Estonia
• Tatra River in Estonia
• Tátra class destroyer, a torpedo boat class of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
• Tatra Pine Vole, a species of vole
• Tatra father of Grod, ruler of the Crimean Huns after Ernakh.
• FK Tatra Kisač, Slovak minority club based in Kisač, Republic of Serbia