Inventions from Germany! Germans have invented many things we couldn’t live without anymore. We’ve limited a very long list to our personal “TOP 10 Inventions, Discoveries and Breakthroughs”. We hope not to have missed the one invention that has completely changed your life ;-)

Adidas The Shoes with the Three Stripes Adidas is the second largest sportswear manufacturer worldwide and was named after its founder, Adolf (Adi) Dassler. Adolf started producing shoes in the 1920s in Herzogenaurach near Nuremberg with the help of his brother Rudolf, who later formed the rival shoe company Puma.

Aspirin The White Wonder In 1897, the company Bayer developed the first pain remedy with minimal side effects. Aspirin is one of the world’s most-favored medications for pain, fever and inflammation.

Automobile The Freedom of Movement The idea for a vehicle that would permit rapid, independent locomotion came to two German inventors. In the year 1886, Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler made humankind mobile. At first, Germans were unenthusiastic about the new invention. “Too loud, too fast, too dangerous” was the judgment.

Beer (allowed for people older than 16 !!!) Beer was invented by german monks at bavarian monestries. The oldest still existing brewery in Germany was founded in 1040.

Bicycle The Wooden Horse The first early version of the bicycle was invented by Baron Karl von Drais. His “Laufmaschine” (1817) were foot- powered wooden devices without pedals.

Book Printing Johannes Gutenberg was a German craftsman and printer who invented the first printing press in Printed materials were made available to the masses for the first time in history.

Christmas Tree In 1419, a Christmas tree was mentioned for the first time. This tree was decorated with candy and pastry and set up by bakers in Germany’s Southwest. The tradition to set up such a decorated tree at Christmas time spread throughout Germany and the whole world. Emigrants brought the Christmas tree to America, and in 1889 the first Christmas tree was set up in the White House.

Kindergarten The American Pre-School Friedrich Froebel was a German educational reformer who invented the kindergarten ("garden of children"). He opened the first Kindergarten in 1837 to protect children from misery at the beginning of industrialization.

Toothpaste Good taste on your tongue The person responsible for healthy teeth is the pharmacist Ottomar von Mayenburg. He experimented in 1907 with tooth powder, mouthwash and ethereal oils. What he came up with was a toothpaste he named Chlorodont. And we’ve been brushing our teeth regularly after breakfast and before bedtime ;-)

X-Ray Technology X-rays were discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Konrad von Röntgen. X-rays were soon used as an important diagnostic tool in medicine.

By the way: The COMENIUS Exchange Programm was invented in As one of the best inventions ever it enables us to make friends all over Europe! THANK YOU !!!