Michael Wolff Metternich

Michael Graf Wolff Metternich zur Gracht (1920-2018) was a German automobile historian.

Born on 21 July 1920 in Eupen, the trained farmer and later representative of a large insurance company operated since the 1960s in the German classic car scene.

Among other things, he wrote standard works on the automotive brands Maybach and Rumpler, also on topics like Tricycles and Rocket cars.

Wolff Metternich is a founding member of Automobile History Society (AHG).

The family lived in the Castle Weilbach in Florsheim am Main, where he died on 14 February 2018.