00:00These pop up all around Germany ahead of Christmas.
00:03They appear in all sizes and colors, but always with at least 25 spikes.
00:08The Herrnhut Stars.
00:09They were named after the Saxonian village where they were invented more than 200 years
00:14ago.
00:15Students of Christian boarding schools would make them by hand, a symbol for the star of
00:19Bethlehem.
00:20In 1925 businessman Peter Hendrik Werbeck secured the patent for the stars.
00:26He made sure that they were exclusively produced in Herrnhut.
00:31The hardest thing is really the falcon.
00:33That you get a perfect look.
00:35That the sides fit exactly the same, the star is equal to the same.
00:39Each year, hundreds of thousands of stars are sold across the globe.
00:43Large stars made of plastic service decorations on prominent buildings, like the Frauenkirche
00:49in Dresden.
00:50Have you ever seen these stars where you live?
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