Erwin Komenda, father of the famous Porsche bodywork, was born on the sixth of April 1904 in Jauern am Semmering in Austria.  He spent his childhood and adolescence in the small market town of Weyer an der Enns near the town of Steyr in Upper Austria.  He held his home town in high regard, acquired a history-laden fifteenth century house there and chose it as his principal place of residence, despite year-long stays abroad as a result of his work.