The design of Hummel figurines comes from Maria Innocentia Hummel, a franciscan sister of lower Bavaria. The porcelain factory W. Goebel in Rödental in upper franconia Coburg/Germany and today the Hummel factory in Rödental are manufacturing these colored glazed porcelain ceramic statuettes. In 1945 the first American soldiers brought Hummel figurines as a souvenir from Germany to the USA. These timeless figures are still popular and well-known all over the world.