Albert Einstein is perhaps the most famous owner of a German sausage dog, alongside – on the less illustrious end of the scale – Kaiser Wilhelm II and Erwin Rommel, the Afrika Korps commander.

A German city set a new Guinness World Record by hosting a parade with nearly 900 dachshunds, also known as sausage dogs.

In the late 1970s, the German Democratic Republic developed the Ketwurst, a hot dog sausage dipped in ketchup and served in a roll with a specially-shaped tubular hole. The name combines 'ket ...