It ends at the Romanesque House. She successfully advertised her products in national and international magazines and placed them in shops throughout Europe and the USA. The Romanesque House in Bad Kösen was once part of a farmyard that had been donated by the Bishop of Naumburg, Udo I, to the Cistercian monastery that had been relocated from Schmölln to Schulpforte. They went on to have four more children, all sons.
Corona-Info: The Käthe-Kruse-Doll-Museum and Werner Egk Meeting Place are open again. Since 1859, Bad Kösen has officially been known as a "brine spa".

Käthe Kruse-Puppen im Puppenmuseum Bad Kösen Zu Zeiten der DDR-Regierung konnte Käthe Kruse in der ihr gebührenden Art nicht geehrt werden.

The building dates back to 1630 and was elaborately renovated by the town. The Museum of Local History is open on request.It is mandatory to wear a face covering in the museumPlease use hand disinfectant provided in the museumFor reasons of safety only a limited number of visitors can be admitted to the museum. Bad Kösen was in East Germany so Käthe sent Michael and Max into the west zones to set up production there. At a 'telephone booth' you can listen to an original recording of Käthe Kruse who tells the charming story of her dolls. Find the perfect kaethe kruse stock photo. Texts and pictures give interesting facts and details of Käthe Kruse's life and work, about the history and development of the doll company, which was founded in Berlin, relocated in Bad Kösen and, today, is situated in Donauwörth. In 1912, the family moved from Berlin to Bad Kösen, where the dolls continued to be handmade, despite the large number of orders. Die weltbekannte Puppengestalterin Käthe Kruse (1883-1968) lebte und wirkte von 1912 bis 1950 in Bad Kösen. You will see doll bodies stuffed with reindeer hair, hand-knotted real hair wigs, fabrics, tools and equipment and a painter's workplace. She had three daughters with sculptor Max Kruse before they married. At a 'telephone booth' you can listen to an original recording of Käthe Kruse who tells the charming story of her dolls. Erst nach der politischen Wende erhielt die Straße, in der sich bis 1971 die Werkstätten befanden, ihren Namen. Texts and pictures give interesting facts and details of Käthe Kruse's life and work, about the history and development of the doll company, which was founded in Berlin, relocated in Bad Kösen and, today, is situated in Donauwörth. You will see doll bodies stuffed with reindeer hair, hand-knotted real hair wigs, fabrics, tools and equipment and a painter's workplace. The factory was expropriated and continued as a state company until 1967 with the production of her dolls.

One room is completely dedicated to the making of Käthe Kruse dolls. The building dates back to 1630 and was elaborately renovated by the town. All the different work steps are explained and give a good picture of the elaborate handcraft that is necessary to make a Käthe Kruse doll.Monday through Thursday: 08:00  - 12:00, 14:00 - 16:00 Opening hours: cityoffice / residents´ registration office: Texts and pictures give interesting facts and details of Käthe Kruse's life and work, about the history and development of the doll company, which was founded in Berlin, relocated in Bad Kösen and, today, is situated in Donauwörth. The unique doll collection was donated to the town by Käthe Kruse's daughter Hanne Adler-Kruse and her husband Heinz Adler in 1988. In 1955 the museum was opened in the Romanesque House, which presents the history of the settlement and monastery as well as the history of the Bad Kösen Saltworks presents. The world famous doll designer Käthe Kruse lived in Bad Kösen from 1912 to 1950. By 1925, counterfeit copies of her dolls were being made and she won her first copyright suit. The building dates back to 1630 and was elaborately renovated by the town. Käthe Kruse, born Katharina Simon (17 September 1883 in Breslau – 19 July 1968 in Murnau am Staffelsee) was a notable pioneer of German doll-making and went on to establish manufacturing principles which persist to this day. The tour leads you to the places of Käthe Kruse's work and the doll production in Bad Kösen.

Among the most important dolls are the small 1916 "Dollhouse Dolls", the 1922 "Doll II - Schlenkerchen", the "Doll V - Träumerchen" and the 1925 "Doll VI - Du Mein". Käthe Kruse realized that she couldn´t possibly produce that amount of dolls in her living room.

Nach Einstellung der Puppenproduktion spezialisierte sich der Betrieb auf die Anfertigung von künstlerisch wertvollen Plüschtieren. Corona-Info: The Käthe-Kruse-Doll-Museum and Werner Egk Meeting Place are open again. Hier begann sie ihre professionelle Tätigkeit als Unternehmerin, baute ihre ersten Puppenwerkstätten auf und entwickelte mehr als fünfzehn verschiedene Puppentypen. The unique doll collection was donated to the town by Käthe Kruse's daughter Hanne Adler-Kruse and her husband Heinz Adler in 1988. Käthe KRUSE décide de produire seule ses poupées, quitte Berlin et installe ses ateliers à Bad Kösen. She had three daughters with sculptor Max Kruse before they married. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100+ million high quality, affordable RF and RM images. Her original dolls remain very collectible due to their realism and durability, and fetch high prices from collectors. Max moved to Bad Pyrmont and successfully set up production there making an inexpensive doll called ‘Child of Fortune’ and Michael moved part of the production to Donauworth. As an artistic young woman, she studied acting and appeared on stage in Berlin, Warsaw, and Moscow.
Käthe Kruse realized she could not continue to make her dolls in her living room and opened a factory in Bad Kösen, In the early years the factory was located in a small house on Friedrichstraße. Käthe Kruse was born in Dambrau, Prussia (now part of Poland) in 1883. During the summer months

Three years later she exhibited at the Paris Expo. Finally, between 1150 and 1175, the two-storey Romanesque house was built of shell limestone and served the monastery and later the Pforta Provincial School for the following centuries as a farm building with stables, storage and living quarters.In 1955 the museum was opened in the Romanesque House, which presents the history of the settlement and monastery as well as the history of the In an outbuilding we show in Käthe Kruse's doll world one of the biggest exhibitions of Käthe Kruse dolls worldwide.