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Urmel is the prehistoric creature from Max Kruse's Urmel aus dem Eis, adapted by Augsburger Puppenkiste as a German marionette TV film in 1969.
Jim Knopf is Michael Ende's child hero adapted by Augsburger Puppenkiste; the German marionette TV version followed the 1960 novel in 1961.
Lukas der Lokomotivfuhrer is Jim Knopf's engine-driver companion in Michael Ende's story, made famous on German TV by Augsburger Puppenkiste in 1961.
Kalle Wirsch is the earth-manikins' king from Tilde Michels's 1969 children's book, adapted by Augsburger Puppenkiste in four TV episodes in 1970.
Matthias Seutter was an 18th-century German cartographer based in Augsburg who served as the Imperial Geographer and produced ornate world atlases.
Kater Mikesch is Josef Lada's talking tomcat, retold in German by Otfried Preussler and adapted by Augsburger Puppenkiste for TV in 1964.
