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Thuringia Exhibition Features Anchor Stones
The exhibition “Experience Industrial Culture – Innovative Thuringia since 1800” in Pößneck, Germany includes Anchor Stone building sets (Anker Steinbaukasten) that were first developed in Rudolstadt in the 1880s and are the first building toy system in the world. As part of the program, the famous Dresden church, Frauenkirche, was built from Anchor Stone blocks…
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Einstein, a Notable Anchor Stone Builder
With a more than 125 year history there’s bound to be interesting stories about people who became users and supporters of the product. In our case, we have the well documented use of Anker Steinbaukasten by Albert Einstein (1879-1955). Einstein famously said that “Imagination is more important than knowledge because knowledge is limited” and “I…
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A Quick German Lesson, Anker?
Anker Steinbaukasten? Anchor Stone? Yes, and yes, as Anker translates to “Anchor” and Stein translates to “Stone”. Baukasten can be broken apart to “building box” or “building set”. So in German, the company and brand name is currently Anker and Steinbaukasten describes the product – stone building sets.
