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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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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…
