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Benjamin the Elephant (original German name: Benjamin Blümchen; "Benjamin Small Flower") (1988–2002) is an animated children's television show produced by Kiddinx Studios in Berlin. The show is based on audio stories by Elfie Donnelly. [1] The audio series has been running since 1977 and has 142 stories as of 2019. On the show, the eponymous main character resides at the Newtown Zoo, with friends Otto and Stella. The adventures Benjamin gets involved in often require slipping into various roles, learning new jobs, or discovering new and distant places.
Das Lied von der Erde is an orchestral work for two voices and orchestra written by Gustav Mahler between 1908 and 1909. Described as a symphony when published, it comprises six movements for a large orchestra and two singers as the soloist alternating in the movements. Mahler specified that the two singers should be a tenor and an alto, or else a tenor and a baritone if an alto is not available.
Jasmin Wagner, better known as Blümchen, is a German pop and dance music singer. While she releases her English-language albums under the name Blossom, her German stage name, Blümchen, translates to "floret" or "small flower."
Paul Godwin (1902–1982) was a violinist and the leader of a popular German dance orchestra in the 1920s and 30s.
Paul Maar is a German novelist, playwright, translator, and illustrator notable for his contributions to children's literature.
Helmut Schoeck was an Austrian-German sociologist and writer best known for his work Envy: A Theory of Social Behavior.
Mörsbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Elfie Donnelly is a British-Austrian author, who has written numerous books and radio dramas for children. Her major works are Bibi Blocksberg and Benjamin Blümchen.
Ulrich Noethen is a German actor who has appeared in many movies and TV films.
Ilja Richter is a German actor, voice actor, television presenter, singer, theatre director and author, best known as the presenter of the ZDF show Disco.
Johann Wilhelm Hill was a German pianist and composer.
Erwin Moser was an Austrian children's and young adult books' author and illustrator. He is best known for his children's book series Manuel & Didi, which he illustrated himself, using a text comics format.
Bernhard Paul "Buddy" Elias was a German-born Swiss actor and president of the Anne Frank Fonds, the foundation dedicated to preserving the memory of his cousin Anne Frank.
Edith Hancke was a German stage, film and television actress.
The Wiesloch Feldbahn and Industrial Museum is a narrow-gauge railway and industrial heritage open-air museum established in 2001, at Wiesloch, Germany. The museum is centred around the former locomotive shed of the Tonwaren-Industrie Wiesloch (TIW) brickworks, and houses industrial equipment from large excavators to small machine tools, plus large and small locomotives.
Bibi and Tina are the main characters of the German children's radio drama series of the same name, produced by the network Kiddinx. The Bibi and Tina Riding Farm episodes are a spin-off to the Bibi Blocksberg radio series. Tina and the Martinshof first appear in episodes 43 and 44 of Bibi Blocksberg. In episode 47 they appear once more. The radio series Bibi and Tina began subsequently in 1991. The series consists of 103 episodes, including 2 specials.
Sidonie von Krosigk is a German actress.