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Three small epoch bears from the 1999 HERMANN collection invite bear lovers
to take a journey through mankind. "Oetzi" represents the Stone Age era -
the oldest epoch of human culture. Over 10,000 years ago, primitive man -
Homo sapiens - began to use simple wooden tools to make the earth resourceful.
Oetzi, the glacier mummy, was found in 1991 in the Oetztaler Alps of Austria.
For over 5000 years he was preserved in ice and now he provides valuable
information about the lives of the first man on our planet. With the bear
Perikles, the passage through time continues into the ancient age.
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The cultural elements of the Greek-Roman antiquity like astrology, philosophy,
poetry and rhetoric became the intellectual basis of the western hemisphere.
Perikles lived around 500 BC and was the first democratic statesman of Athens.
Philosophers such as Sophokles were his close friends. With the construction
of the Acropolis, Perikles made himself immortal. Kunigunde, the damsel of
the castle, finally brings our journey to the Middle Ages, which was the
peak of Knighthood. The culture epoch of the Middle Ages, which started around
the 5th-6th century and stretched into the 16th-17th century, was characterized
through the spiritual attitude of Christianity and the church. While the
Enlightenment spoke more of the grim middle ages, the Romantic describes
the Middle Ages as an idealistic time of the religious, knightly community
of the Christian western hemisphere.
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The Year of Johann Strauss
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In the cultural year of 1999, the city of Coburg honors the famous composer
Johann Strauss (1825-1899), who became a citizen of Coburg in 1887. The Hermann
Teddy Bear Company has joined in contributing to this special event. With
their new design of the Johann Strauss bear, the Hermann Company pays homage
to the 100th anniversary of the Waltz King’s death. The new Johann Strauss
bear is very special because he plays the most beautiful and famous waltz
- "The Blue Danube" and enlightens the hearts of bear friends all over the
world. The Vienna born composer became immortal through his waltzes
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and operetta’s. Out of love and after the failure of his second marriage
he became a Coburg citizen. For religious reasons it was not allowed in Vienna
to obtain a divorce, so he moved to Coburg where it was permitted. He converted
to the Protestant religion on August 15, 1887, and then married his third
wife, Adele, who was also from Vienna. The marriage was resisted by many.
Strauss and Adele lived only a few weeks in Coburg. After their wedding they
returned to Vienna. Nevertheless the society of Vienna was upset about the
Coburg marriage. Johann Strauss never again received honors or awards for
his work. Up until his death, he remained a Coburg citizen and is never mentioned
by any Vienna historians.
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Famous Lovers - Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet are one of the most famous romantic couples in world literature.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) who describes the tragic relationship of
these two lovers became famous through his tragedies and comedies. Romeo
and Juliet written (around 1593) is one of his first tragedies. It is
Shakespeare’s first attempt to project a conflict from the past to the
present. Juliet symbolizes the new, which sees love as the highest expression
of freedom. Through the death of the two lovers, the old order appears to
win, but at the grave, the families renounce the revenge tradition and overcome
the old conventions. The effect of Shakespeare’s dramas continues beyond
his time and country and is only reached or surpassed by the influence of
Greek poetry. Especially in Germany, Shakespeare became the leading figure
for young poets of the 18th century. The Storm and Stress period of German
literature would not be conceivable without the influence of Shakespeare.
Many works of Goethe, Schillers and Lessings pervade from Shakespeare’s
intellect. Following Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle the Hermann-Coburg
Company continue the famous lovers series with Romeo and Juliet.
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250th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The Goethe bear, carrying along a complete edition of Goethe’s main
work Faust, commemorates the 250th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(1749-1832) on August 28, 1999. This memoriable event is even more significant
since the Goethe City Weimar was appointed to be the European Cultural Capital
for 1999. Like no other German poet, Goethe understood how to bring life
and his works into fascinating harmony. The indisputable greatest German
poet, Goethe desired to gain knowledge in every subject. His world fame is
a result of his literary works, with Faust as his greatest poetry. Goethe
lived in a historical eventful time, which was characterized through the
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Storm and Stress period. Born as a Patrician son in Frankfurt, Goethe attended
school in Leipzig and studied jurisprudence. After his journeys to Switzerland
and Italy, he accepted an invitation in 1775 from Duke Carl August to come
to Weimer, without foreseeing that his visit would turn into a life-long
stay. Soon after his arrival, a highly educated literary circle was created
in Weimer, which Schiller joined later. Goethe finished the first part of
Faust in Weimer in 1808. The Faust accompanied Goethe through his entire
life and is his bequeathing to mankind. Undoubtedly, Faust is remembered
as one of the greatest creations of world literature. In connection with
the saga from the exorcist Faust, Goethe’s monumental poetry has its
own life, which transforms him from a young rebel to acknowledging the objective
world in its legitimacy. Through the destiny of a single human being, the
symbolic path of all mankind's is described.
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This is a small selection of the HERMANN New items
1997. We will update this page at regular intervals to introduce you to other
Teddy Bears from the 1997 collection.
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