Und so weiter! - Background

Und so weiter! (And so on!) is a story of people who work for the German company Krüger Gmbh. People meet through business, but socialising and travel are all part of the story. The story takes off with Silke Maier applying for a job as Personal Assistant to the company director, ebullient Horst Krüger. The key players are:
Horst Krüger	Horst is the likeable, somewhat eccentric, Director of Krüger GmbH. Managing the business? No problem! But what about the women in his life?
Silke Maier	What does it take to be Herr Krüger's new PA? Experience? Wit? Diplomacy? Silke is about to find out...
Andreas Brunner	As a salesman, Andreas wrote the book. Privately, though, is it social skill or overkill?
Gabi Herrberg	Gabi is Head of Import/Export and long suffering 'best friend' of Andreas Brunner. Of course she'll just love Silke!
The rest of the cast:
Ulrich Wagner	Ulrich is a friendly young accountant at Krüger GmbH.
Waiter	Works at 'Zu den Linden', getting on in years.
Bärbel Schönemann	Bärbel is head buyer at Elektra KG.
Sanne Schönbrunner	Sanne is a telephonist at Eurotech.
Martina Weiß	Martina works in the sales office at Eurotech.
Frauke Becker	Frauke runs a commercial leasing agency
Two female passers-by	Two passers-by who Andreas asks for directions.
Inge Hoffmann	Inge works as a receptionist at Hotel Stern - is bemused by frivolity.
Ingrid Krüger	Ingrid the artistic wife of Herr Krüger, enjoys entertaining.
Jakob Krüger	Jakob demonstrates an independent spirit and an eye for form.
Anke Sommer	Anke is Herr Krüger's understanding client.
Krüger Gmbh is a small but successful company which produces radios and televisions of top quality. It is well established in the small town of Rosenheim situated in beautiful Bavarian countryside close to forests, lakes and mountains. This region is in the South East of Germany roughly 70 km east of the Bavarian capital Munich, in what has been described by the European Commission as the economically strongest "Super-Region" of the EU. The job market in Rosenheim draws on a well-established network of small businesses with a broad mix of business interests. A number of Rosenheim organisations are active internationally, for example in electronics, engineering, ladies footwear, dairy products, wood products, optics, office systems, office furniture. Source: Wirtschaftsstandort Rosenheim	(Click on the map for a larger version.)
(Click on the map for a larger version.)	The German lands (Länder) On his sales trips, Andreas covers most of the German Länder. Here they are below - check them out on a map and look them up on the Internet: Baden-Würtemberg Bayern Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hessen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Niedersachsen Nordrhein-Westfalen Rheinland-Pfalz Saarland Sachsen Sachsen-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thüringen
Sport There are around 65 registered sports clubs with nearly 30,000 members in Rosenheim. Almost every second citizen is a member of a sports club! Find out more from Sportstadt Rosenhiem.
	Cultural events Find out about cultural events in Rosenheim and look at the Rosenheimer journal online. Rosenheim people also enjoy cultural events in neighbouring Munich and Salzburg, so consult those websites too, for a feel of what is going on.
Munich Weather Station For up-to-date information, including graphs of temperature, rainfall and sunshine, consult the meteorological office in Munich-Schwabing. In particular, look at the Munich Weather Photography Gallery Severe weather diary: Winter 1996-97.
	Transport Rosenheim has good motorway links (München, Salzburg, Innsbruck) and is also on the international rail network. The airports at Munich and Salzburg are close by, around 100 km and 80 km respectively.