Pfiffiger Pfeifenmacher

"Oscar on Friday" TV is on a quest. A search for those who practice a craft, a profession, that is threatened with extinction. For our new series, "The Last of Their Kind," we're looking for professions that belong on a non-existent "Red List." With this, we also want to tell a piece of local history from the Gotha region and create a monument to those craft traditions that seem to have become obsolete. To make this happen, we welcome your tips and suggestions. A short email to [email protected] – and we'll get started! ********************************** "...you can forget about that!" Sounds familiar, right? It used to mean that even the worst weed could still satisfy a nicotine craving in a pipe. Today, smoking is rather frowned upon in society. But just like cigar aficionados, those who light up a pipe also consider themselves connoisseurs. The area around the Inselsberg mountain was once the most important center of German pipe making. But that's long gone. Except for one exception: Frank-Peter Filß. He's the last of his kind...