German politicians have been trying to improve the nation's flagging birthrate for years. The answer, it seems, lies not in childcare subsidies or school places but in a successfully staged World Cup, with a bit of good weather thrown in.
Nine months after the Uefa World Cup it is German midwives who are having to be on the ball as the country celebrates an unprecedented baby boom, being attributed to the euphoria of last summer, when the team performed well and the nation basked in a successful tournament.
A survey by Die Zeit shows that in some parts the birthrate last month was up by almost 30% on the same period last year. The development is welcome in a country with one of Europe's lowest birthrates at around 1.4 children per woman.
The offspring have been dubbed the Klinsi Generation after the football coach Jürgen Klinsmann, who unexpectedly led the national team to third place.
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