Baedeker "baedekering" became an English-language term for the purpose of traveling in a country to write a travel guide or travelogue about it. Fritz Baedeker became the most successful travel guide publisher of all time and turned the publishing house into the most famous and reputable publisher of travel guides in the world. In 1909, Leipzig University conferred an honorary Ph.D. (a rare honour at the time) on him at its 500th anniversary convocation. This era in its history was brought to an end by the outbreak of World War I, after which the house of Baedeker went into decline, the
Karl Kübel Foundation for Children and Families the Philippines. Since 1990 - with a ten-year interruption - the Karl Kübel Foundation has awarded the Karl Kübel Prize, which has been promoted nationwide. Karl Kübel Foundation for Children and Families The Karl Kübel Foundation for Child and Family is a legal foundation founded in 1972 by Karl Kübel, based in Bensheim, South-East of Germany. The foundation was founded in 1972 by the entrepreneur Karl Kübel, who contributed the proceeds of his "3K-Möbelwerke" sold in 1973 and most of his private assets to the foundation. In addition to the income from the foundation, third-party funding and donations form the