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Die Brücke (the Bridge) was an institute founded in Munich, Germany in 1911. The official name was Internationales Institut zur Organisierung der geistigen Arbeit Die Brücke (International institute to organise creative works Die Brücke).
Die Brücke was founded by Emperor Wilhelm II. The directors were Wilhelm Ostwald and Wilhelm Erner.
It is not very clear what the institute actually did or planned to do, as historical evidence is very scarce. The following tasks were mentioned and (partially) carried out :
The archive seems to have existed, but what happened to the archives after Die Brucke went bankrupt is not known. The college never started, the journal was published and a world standard was set.
One of the main tasks of Die Brücke was to make a world standard for published materials. This was a new idea at the time. The idea was very simple and was based on two rules :
The standards were named World Standards (Weltformat) I-XVI and had the following sizes:
I : 1 x 1.41 cm
II : 1.41 x 2 cm