2011 . lukas meindl gmbh & co.kg most commonly known as meindl is a german footwear manufacturer located in kirchansch ring bavaria known for its high quality products including popular hiking boots for hiking and hillwalking . the company was founded in 1683 by petrus meindl and are known for the high quality hand craftsmanship of their boots . meindl currently produces the desert fox combat boots that are issued to soldiers of the british military including royal marines in iraq and afghanistan 1 2 as well as the army pro issued to soldiers of the french army . 3 felix baumgartner also used meindl boots in his 2013 jump from space . 4 references edit house of commons hansard written answers for 13 nov 2007 pt 0010 elliot john ; main graeme 2008 kitstop walking back to happiness soldier magazine magazine of the british army february 2008 44 45 french http www.defense.gouv.fr terre actu terre nos militaires encore mieux chausses http www.meindl.co.uk history external links edit meindl s official web site meindl s official nz web site this german corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article related to a manufacturing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this fashion related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title meindl company & oldid 641876254 categories manufacturing companies of germanymountaineering equipment manufacturersshoe companies of germanygerman company stubsmanufacturing company stubsfashion stubshidden categories articles with french language external linksall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages danskdeutschfran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 10 january 2015 at 14 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view