The Augsburger Puppenkiste is a marionette theater in Augsburg, Germany. The Premiere of their first ever show was the fairy tale "Der gestiefelte Kater" (the Puss in Boots). It became famous throughout Germany from 1953, when its productions where filmed and broadcasted on television. Regularly, a new fairy tale was produced for television to be shown in Advent Season.
The most well known stars of the Puppenkiste are Jim Knopf (1961/62, 1976/77) and Urmel (1969/74).
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!