Willi Seiger (right, BVM President) and Klaus Korff (left, Chairman of the Evaluation Committee) with the participants of the German Championship in Metalworking (Photo: © BVM/Anna-Lena Stolte)
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December 2025
Many skilled metalworkers come from Bavaria. They won four medals at the German Championships. The top scorer also hails from the Free State: metal and bell founder Melissa Kraus.
Germany best metalworkers and metalworkers They demonstrated their excellent metalworking skills at the "German Craft Skills" national competition on November 15, 2025. [The following appears to be a list of unrelated entries:] ... demonstrated their excellent metalworking skills at the national "German Craft Skills" competition on November 15, 40 state winners The awards ceremony for the German Championships took place in the well-attended town hall in Northeim, together with the graduation ceremony for the graduates of the Northeim Master School and the award ceremony for the federal competition "Die Gute Form - Gestaltung im Metallhandwerk" (Good Design - Design in Metalworking), according to the organizers. Federal Association of Metal in a press release.
On the big stage, the President of the Federal Association of Metal, Willi Seiger, and the Chair of the Evaluation Committee, Klaus Korff, all participants and presented the certificates. The Federal Association awarded gold, silver and bronze medals to the top three places. Melissa Kraus With her outstanding work, she achieved the best result in the entire competition. Metal and bell founder collected 97 points out of a possible 100 points.
The Ranking of the German federal states leads to Bayern and Lower Saxony The participants from the Free State won three gold medals and one bronze medal. Lower Saxony shone with two gold and two silver medals. Three national champions were also produced. Rheinland-Pfalz (one gold, two bronze). Participants from [location omitted] each took second and third place. Saxony and Baden-WürttembergThe participants each returned with a medal. Nordrhein-Westfalen (Gold), Hessen (Gold), Thuringia (silver), the Saarland (Silver) and Hamburg back home.
German champion was Maximilian Guggenberger (Training company: Philipp Krause Metal Construction) out Bayern. Second place went to Joshua Hermann Graff (Training company: Freund Metallbau GmbH) from Saxony. came in third place Markus Kellermann (Training company: Kellermann Locksmith) out Baden-Württemberg.
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Robin Adam Muth (Training company: Metal design by Thomas-Maria Schmidt) out Rheinland-Pfalz is the first national champion of metal designers. The runner-up was Felix Neidhart (Training company: MetalArt Art Forge Martin Tretter) out Baden-Württemberg. won bronze Kai Eric Funk from Saxony.
With the gold medal returns Patrick Düwel (Training company: Muscle) from the Federal Competition back to Nordrhein-WestfalenSilver went to Niclas Groth (Training company: Moetefindt Fahrzeugbau) out Lower SaxonyThird place went to... Johanna Barth (Training company: Siloking Mayer Maschinenbau) out Bayern.
The German champion of metal and bell foundry 2025 is Melissa Kraus (Training company: Anton Gugg Bell and Art Foundry) out Bayern.
The competition for precision mechanics could Moritz Keller (Training company: Anton Bauer Tool and Special Machine Construction) out Hessen to win. The silver medal was secured by Eske Mia Kranich (Training company: University of Oldenburg) out Lower Saxony. Third place was achieved Jan Wolfgramm (Training company: University of Hamburg Institute for Experimental Physics) out Hamburg.
As the first federal winner, he finished Dennis Kreher (Training company: Reuter Technology) out Bayern the competition for machining technicians. Behind him were... Tim Kummer (Training company: NWS Germany Production W. Nöthen) out Thuringia and Maximilian Skoda (Training company: Reca plastics) out Rheinland-Pfalz, who finished second and third respectively.
There was only one national winner among the machining mechanics specializing in lathe systems. Paul Lennard Weiss (Training company: Jens Böttcher Hydraulics and Mechanical Engineering) out Lower Saxony was able to secure the title.
Marvin Becker (Training company: WZT-Wendland Machining Technology) out Lower Saxony She was awarded the gold medal. The runner-up was... Lisa Sophie Linke (Training company: HK Tool and Fixture Construction) from the Saarland. He finished third. Diego Liguori (Training company: Stock construction) out Rheinland-Pfalz the German Championship for CNC Machinists Milling Machine Systems.
The celebratory event for Conclusion of the performance competition takes place on 5 December 2025 The ceremony takes place in the Palmengarten in Frankfurt am Main. During the event, the Central Association of German Crafts (ZDH) the winners of the German Championship and the design competition "Good form in crafts - craftsmen design".
Source: German Metalworking Association
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