5) In 1902 in Giengen an der Brenz, northwest of Augsburg in Germany, the first teddy bear was created by Richard Steiff, a bear-admirer working in his Aunt Margarete's toy factory. 6) The drawing ...

"Not only was he made by the foremost teddy bear maker, Steiff ... on her 7th birthday on 4 October 1908. Few Steiff toys were imported from Germany at the time and the bear would have been ...

3,000 teddy bears went missing in 1903 ... In 1902, the first ever toy bear was designed in Germany by Richard Steiff: Bär 55 PB, a lifelike bear with joints, a humped back and a snout.

From modern cities like Berlin and Frankfurt to storybook villages along the Romantic Road, like Rothenburg ob der Tauber, ...

Many German products have made it to the top by sporting the label "Made in Germany". But Germany has also succeeded in securing a leading position in Europe by means of a very special service ...

The Beetle is a classic German car but it was first produced by the British after World War Two. By 1955, one million of them had been made. Volkswagen sold more abroad than at home and the car ...

While the SPD – party of the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz – may have won another term at the helm of Brandenburg’s state parliament yesterday, it is hard to consider them the true winners ...

On May 10, 1933, university students in 34 university towns across Germany burned over 25,000 books. The works of Jewish authors like Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud went up in flames alongside ...

Whether it can secure the SPD another term in the chancellery remains to be seen. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats, whose popularity is currently at an all-time low ahead of the 2025 ...

Polar bear cub born at zoo in Germany News / Apr 28, 2023 / 08:25 AM EDT A playful baby polar bear was seen frolicking and cuddling with its mom at a zoo in Hamburg, Germany recently.

The New Hatred for Politicians Why Are Attacks and Incitement on the Rise in Germany? Violent attacks, arson attacks, death threats: Brutal hostilities against politicians are shaking democracy in ...

German solar manufacturer Autarq has announced it will ramp up the capacity of its solar tile manufacturing facility in the eastern German city of Prenzlau, where production started in 2018. The ...