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Würzburg at Dusk
A side trip to Würzburg alongside our annual visit to Spielwarenmesse makes a rewarding visit. We arrived in the early evening, which turned out to be perfect timing — the golden hour light along the Main River is something else entirely. Würzburg sits at the northern edge of Franconian wine country, and the terraced vineyards…
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How Anchor Stones are Made
Come take a factory tour by video and see how Anchor Stones are made from natural materials; quartz sand, linseed oil, chalk, and pigment. Anchor Stones have been manufactured in Rudolstadt Germany since the 1880s and enjoy a long and interesting history.
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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 Better Toy Building Block
The 1880 US patent for Anchor Stones states “the object is to produce toy building blocks which will always retain their shape and color, will not be dangerous to children, and will, by reason of their weight, better retain their position than if made of wood as usual.” The result became Richter’s Anchor Stone Building…
