hörbert turns 10! A Look Back in Pictures (Part 1)

hörbert celebrates its 10th birthday, and we are reminiscing each year with you.

Today, we focus on hörbert’s “birth year”: 2011

History 2011: Founding of Winzki GmbH und Co. KG, the first hörbert finds its home in Siberia
Homemade wooden music player with a large letter M, speaker, toggle switch and carrying handle
Early wooden music player with Winzki sticker, colourful buttons, speaker and toggle switch
Early wooden music player with colourful buttons, speaker and toggle switch, viewed at an angle from the front

From prototype to prototype, Rainer Brang developed and optimized until he had set the final and carefully thought-out design of hörbert.

Roll-up banner "hörbert – mein Hörspieler" with photos of children and two hörberts in a hallway
Small attic office in warm light with screen, printer and plants

Then it could finally begin. A small apartment was repurposed into an office, workshop, and warehouse.

Opened pallet box with hörbert wooden cases in a paved yard
Opened pallet box full of wooden cases, with a hörbert with coloured buttons on top
Older hörbert lying on an ice sculpture in a snow-covered square in a city

When the first delivery of the enclosures arrived from the carpenter, it became snugly tight in the apartment. The assembly and quality control was initially done by the inventor himself. Of course. As a previously 1-man operation, he wears the hat for every role.

The first sold hörbert even moved to Siberia with his new family.

What an exciting year.