D-96450 Coburg-Cortendorf /
Germany
HERMANN-Spielwaren GmbH
D-96450 Coburg-Cortendorf /
Germany
When Max Hermann died in 1955, his son Rolf-G. took over the leadership of the company. Soon Rolf-G. Hermann becomes one of the most known personages of the German toy industry.
Rolf-G. Hermann, 1922-1995
More information about Rolf-G. Hermann
Beside the manufacture
of many traditional soft toys and Teddy Bears in the Fifties, Sixties
and early Seventies, the company developed under the management of Rolf-G.
Hermann to become the most famous manufacturer of soft toy Characters for
the German speaking countries. Mickey Mouse and
Donald Duck, Winni the
Pooh, Paddington Bear or
Yogi Bear belonged to the HERMANN manufacture
line.
The company grew fast. This picture shows the employees of 1958.
For a picture of the employee in the early
50th.
More information about the HERMANN-Coburg Teddy Bears of the Fifties,
Sixties and early Seventies.
More information about the soft toy Characters made by HERMANN-Coburg
in the Seventies and Eighties.
In 1951 Rolf-G. Hermann married Dorle Engel, one of the heirs of the big Sonneberg LEVEN Toy Company.
Dorle (Dora-Margot) Hermann, nee Engel - 1925-1992
More information about the LEVEN Bears.
Until her death in 1992, Dorle Hermann was responsible for the designs of the HERMANN-Coburg soft toys and Teddy Bears. In 1995 Rolf-G. Hermann died. Since this time the company has been lead by his children Martin-J. and Dr. Ursula (Ulla) Hermann, the 3rd generation of the family.
To continue with the
present generation.
