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The Factory – Transparent Phaeton Manufactury
At first, the alliance between Karl Lagerfeld and the transparent factory might seem a little bold, but only at first. The world-famous fashion designer and photographer stands for qualities which Volkswagen’s architectural pride and joy has written on its banner: excellence, unconventionality and avant-garde. more...
The Pope – Benedict XVI
Joseph Ratzinger twice asked his friend Karol Wojtyla for permission to withdraw from the priesthood. The frail man told the doubter: “No, you’re still needed....” Did the predecessor guess who his successor would be? Prof. Joseph Aloysius Ratzinger (78) did not want to become the 265th Pope. more...
The Porcelain – Meissen
Europe’s earliest porcelain has been produced in the valley of the upper Elbe in the mediaeval town of Meissen since 1710. In that year, the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland “August the Strong” (1670-1733) had Europe’s first porcelain factory set up in the Albrechtsburg. more...
The Politician – Helmut Schmidt
“In the basic issues, one must be naïve. And I am of the opinion that the problems of the world and of humanity cannot be solved without idealism. But I also believe that one should be realistic and pragmatic at the same time.” Perhaps no other quotation better reflects Helmut Schmidt’s ambivalent personality. more...
The Police Superintendent – Maria Furtwängler
That’s what you call a successful start. When in April 2002 the first episode of the new NDR series “Kommisarin Charlotte Lindholm”, starring Maria Furtwängler as Inspector Charlotte Lindholm, went to air, 10.22 million viewers were sitting in front of their television sets. Even for ARD, makers of the Tatort crime series, who are spoilt for ratings, this was a record at the time. A record that Charlotte Lindholm herself would soon set again. more...
The Place Of Worship – Cologne Cathedral
Cologne Cathedral is constructed on a terraced hill near the banks of the Rhine, which can look back on a long history rich in mythology. Excavations have revealed remains of a Roman pagan temple, but also traces of an early Christian church structure, which was probably extended in the 6th Century and replaced with the “Old Cathedral” in the 9th Century under Archbishop Hildebold. more...
The Pikkolo – Henkell Trocken
It is no accident that perhaps the most elegant figure in German literature – Thomas Mann’s “Felix Krull” – is the son of a Sekt (sparkling wine) producer. For Sekt is not just a drink but at the same time an expression of a cultivated lifestyle. But in Germany the art of living is tied to one specific name: HENKELL TROCKEN. more...
The Photographer – Andreas Gursky
Currently, the works of German artistic photographers are experiencing a veritable boom. And instrumental in this success is Andreas Gursky who was born in 1955. The oeuvres of the artist and of his former fellow students Candia Höfer, Thomas Ruff and Thomas Struth are in demand as never before. more...
The Philosopher – Peter Sloterdijk
In the 1980s, with his “Kritik der zynischen Vernunft” (“Critique of Cynical Reason”), Peter Sloterdijk became one of the most-read philosophers of the present. With his muchpraised, image-rich, over-the-top language he has become known to a large public outside the circle of academic philosophy. In the “Critique of Cynical Reason”, Sloterdijk deals with the Enlightenment and the concept of reason which it has stamped. more...
The Peppermint – Vivil
VIVIL – the peppermint sweet in a roll refreshes the world. Americans, Asians and Europeans enjoy VIVIL products in over 30 countries of the world. 90 percent of German citizens know the brand VIVIL. At 103, VIVIL is one of Germany’s oldest brand-name products – and as refreshing as on day one. more...
The People`s Festival - Oktoberfest
Known by the locals as the “Wiesn”, Munich’s Oktoberfest is reputably the world’s biggest public festival. Each year some six million visitors converge on the Theresienwiese in the west of Munich to do just one thing, and one thing alone: drink and be merry! more...
The Pencil – Faber-Castell
The seemingly “ever young” pencil is still the world’s most economical writing implement. Despite the ever advancing computerisation of our domestic and working lives, it has retained its place, alongside the mousepad and printers, as a handy tool for editing texts, and also serves as an intellectual and creative aid for drawing sketches or jotting down notes. more...
The Party Service – Käfer
To a German, the word “Feinkost” (“fine foods”) expresses something out of the ordinary; it resonates with sound values. A mixture of the good old days and a whiff of luxury. Combined with the name Käfer, it has become a synonym for quality and hospitality. more...
The Paper Handkerchief – Tempo
“No time, no time” was the name of a hit in the 1920s: “Tempo” was the watchword of the era. So, Tempo was the name given to a totally new product brought onto the market in 1929 by the Vereinigte Papierwerke Nürnberg: the paper handkerchief or “tissue”. Just who had the idea of producing this absorbent and soft, but also tear-resistant, hanky from paper is no longer known. more...
The Palace – Neuschwanstein
The king and his castle: Seldom is a person’s myth so bound up with one place as it is in the case of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Schloss Neuschwanstein near Füssen in the Allgäu region. Not only is the architecture of the world-famous fairytale castle, with its playful, pointed towers, battlements and gables, an exemplary reflection of the romantic Historicism and Eclecticism of the 19th Century, but it also reflects in many ways the world of German mythology, in which Ludwig II would often take refuge in his dreams and longings. more...
The Orchestra – Berlin Philarmonic
It is the virtuosic brilliance of each individual musician and the quite unmistakable sound – from majestic depths of the double basses, the rich sonorous homogeneity of the strings to the complex resonances of the brass section – which have conferred upon the Berlin Philharmonic its legendary status. For over 120 years, the orchestra’s uniquely distinctive timbre has enraptured audiences throughout the world.
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The Opera House – Semper Opera
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The Opera Festival - Bayreuth
“The next revolution must necessarily bring an end to the whole theatre business. They must and will all collapse – it is inexorable.” The desire to destroy a deeply ossified cultural industry resonates from this short extract of a letter by Wagner to his friends and should be seen against the backdrop of the 1849 May Uprising in Dresden. more...
The Open-Mindedness – Wanderlust
“Why seek so far afield when the good is right in front of you?“ Regularly setting new records for travelling the world, Germans no longer appear to be heeding this advice from Goethe. To quench their wanderlust, they spend around 60 billion euros each year – plus, the great poet himself was anything but a couch potato, whereas another intellectual giant of the age, Immanuel Kant, famously never left his hometown of Königsberg despite championing the concept of the world citizen. more...
The Old Town – Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber
That the Bavarians customarily drink from huge tankards is well known, as is the fact that there are men who can empty these tankards in one fell draught. However, to accomplish this feat with a 3-litre goblet of wine may seem rather unusual, and to save a town and the lives of all its inhabitants from death and destruction in the process, simply beyond belief. Yet if we lend credence to the legend then this is exactly what transpired in October 1631 in the town of “Rothenburg ob der Tauber”, at the height of the Thirty Years’ War. more...
