Will the Chancellor be happy about this homage?
A company from Bavaria brings Angela Merkel into the living room of Germans.
Coburg - Angela Merkel is now joining Barack Obama and King Ludwig: At the end of their term of office, a Coburg teddy factory produced a stuffed bear that is reminiscent of the Chancellor.
Merkel diamond, Germany chain, blazer and hairstyle make the approximately 40 centimeter tall bear recognizable as the chancellor.
Who will succeed the now 67-year-old must be determined in the course of the federal election * on September 26th.
Merkel souvenir from Bavaria: "This is not a children's toy"
"We try to express moments of contemporary history in teddy bears as an art form," explained Managing Director Martin Hermann to the
German Press Agency (dpa)
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"Personality bears" are a tradition at the 101-year-old Upper Franconian family business: In addition to Obama and King Ludwig, there are replicas of former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Queen Elisabeth II Hermann.
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Parts of future teddies lie next to a finished Merkel teddy bear.
The Hermann Teddy Factory in Coburg has stuffed bears in its range that are reminiscent of King Ludwig, B. Obama or the Queen of the United Kingdom - now the Chancellor has joined them.
© dpa / Nicolas Armer
The Merkel teddy bears cost 189 euros.
“These are not children's toys, they are collector's items,” said Hermann.
500 pieces will be produced - and one of them will go to the Chancellor herself.
CSU MPs should hand over Merkel-Teddy in Berlin
The Bundestag member of the Coburg constituency, Hans Michelbach (CSU), was given the teddy bear with him to Berlin.
The MP should hand over the copy with the number "16" - symbolically for the duration of Merkel's * term of office - to the Chancellor.
(left with dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
