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Founded in 1774 by Johann Adam Birkenstock and headquartered in Neustadt (Wied), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the company's original purpose was to create shoes that support and contour the foot, compared to the flat soles of many shoes during that time. In 1896, the Fussbett (footbed) was designed, and by 1925, Birkenstocks were sold all ...
Rieker is a footwear and accessories retailer that manufactures shoes and bags for men and women to around 9,000 independent retailers, mainly in Europe.The head office is in Thayngen (), Switzerland and the company employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide in sales, design and production.
The presentation of period and social history on the second floor covers the years 1918 to 1945. Here there is a still fully working "modern" shoe factory, which is in operation daily. On the lower floor, the years from 1945 until now are covered. Here the museum shows the impact of the Second World War on the shoe industry and types of shoes made.
Ami Bar-Nahor was assigned to be a consultant for Naot Mordechai as part of a class exercise. He came up with the idea of modernizing both the product and production to attract the new health-conscious shoe consumer. "I aimed at a sort of Israelization of Birkenstock,” said Bar-Nahor, referring to a well-known German footwear manufacturer ...
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Birkenstock is a German shoe manufacturer. Birkenstock may also refer to: Arne Birkenstock, a German film director and screenwriter; Johann Adam Birkenstock, a German composer and violinist; Uwe-Karl Birkenstock, a South African cricketer
In 1829, it became privately owned, and was a cigar and liqueur factory for some time. Next to the castle was a school and residential building. The castle was vacant for some time. Since its renovation in 2010 it serves as an elementary school with rooms rented to the music school of Bad Friedrichshall and painting school for children.
Herzogenaurach (German: [hɛʁt͡soːɡn̩ˈʔaʊʁax] ⓘ; Mainfränkisch: Herziaura) is a town in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, in Bavaria, Germany. It is home to two major international sporting goods companies, Adidas and Puma , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and Schaeffler Group , a car parts manufacturer.