Bergmeister means "mountain king".

During WW II the Victoria plants were completely destroyed by allied bombers, production slowly came up again by manufacturing small two-stroke engines from survived stock parts. In these times the foundation stone of the later motorcycle boom was layed with the 250 two stroke AERO models, but what if the Victoria riders would want a four stroke engine or, all of a sudden there is demand for a powerful sidecar bike to carry three persons comfortably without being limited to 60 kilometers per hour? The conclusion came fast, a motorcycle in the tradition of the Bergmeister models had to appear, if Victoria would not loose market share to competitors. The "economic wonder" of the 50s was about to grow, and a certain share of the customers were able to spend a higher price for a better motorcycle.

First ideas for the new model, that should be basically different from the competitors, grew in the development department in early 1951. Victoria was bold enough to disregard company tradition. A man was asked for advice who did design jobs for Victoria before the war, and who was now running an independent design bureau in Ingolstadt together with his brother.
A twin engine with good cooling and with the idea of a maintenance-free final drive. So what was better than a V-twin? Exactly like the one Küchen developed as a 750 cc engine for Ardie in 1938, however there was no serial production because of the war.
The idea was taken for Victoria in a 350 cc version. Together came design elements like the chain gearbox and the perfectly plain engine and gearbox housing, features Küchen was famous for and that he had realized in the Zündapp flat twin models.
It was out of the question for Victoria that the new bike should proudly carry the traditional name "Bergmeister" to its type code V35.
Now they created a bike that perfectly fit into the gap between the Horex and BMW singles and the big flat twins of Zündapp and BMW. At 2,475 DM its price was a little higher than for the competition singles, but much lower than for the boxer models.

The sales figures of the Bergmeister could have been higher, if she had been a little earlier in the market.
Introduced in a never produced form in Autumn 1951 on glossy sales prospects, with tool boxes above the rear suspension, the front fork taken from the KR 25 HM models as well as the narrow form of the fenders. Not before the end of 1953 were the first V35s produced. There was a delay of two years in the sales figures. Just three years later, in 1956 they completed the last Bergmeisters in the plant. There was no proper model policy with new developments as for the pre-war boxers with the same name for the smaller sister V35.
She would have matured to an excellent bike, she really had the basis. The twin carburetor competition bikes with rear swing arm showed the way it could have been, if ... , but that's a different story to tell. Considering the long development time of the V twins, the Bergmeister does not have to hide behind the versions of Lilac, Moto Guzzi or the Honda CX models.
A timeless magnificient motorcycle she is anyway.