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Ankerstein at Nuremberg Toy Fair 2019
Ankerstein Baukasten (Anchor Stone building sets) exhibited at the Nuremberg Spielewarenmesse (Toy Fair) again this year with a booth in the “Made in Germany” section of Hall 3A. For Anchor Stone, production continues in the same city where the company started in the 1880s – Rudolstadt, Germany. For the 2019 Fair, the new Gropius set…
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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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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.
