Schultüte
The Cornet ( in many parts of Germany also called sugar cones) for first graders are a custom that is maintained since the 19th century in Germany for enrollment and spread in modern times increasingly going beyond.
History
The history of the cornet in Germany goes back to the year 1810. At that time, particularly sweetens the children starting school in Saxony and Thuringia the way to school. First reasonable evidence come from Jena ( 1817), Dresden ( 1820) and Leipzig ( 1836). There they told the children earlier that in the house of the teacher would grow a cornet tree, and when the Schultüten would large enough, then it would be high time for back to school.
Some attribute the sweet gifts Back to School items to the custom of the Jewish communities back to give children the start of its aligned to the Torah school life sweet letters pastries as a reminder of the words of the Psalm, "Thy word is in my mouth sweet as honey "
Erich Kästner describes his childhood memories when I was a little boy his first day of school in 1906 in Dresden and his " sugar bag with the silken loop ". When he wanted to show the bag to a neighbor, he dropped it, and the contents fell to the ground: he " stood up to the ankles in candies, chocolates, dates, Easter Bunny, figs, oranges, cupcakes, waffles and golden May beetles ".
Schultüten were initially known only in the larger cities. Only gradually, the custom was also in the country. Initially it was the godfather who handed over the bag. Today it is mostly the parents who give their children the rarely homemade treats with her to school. Although a search of the program with the mouse came to the conclusion that the custom of the cornet has spread only after 1950 in West Germany, yet yielded more accurate investigation much earlier data: From Kassel Schultüten are already occupied since 1907. Schultüten are known today primarily in German-speaking countries. In Austria, a native of the Protestant space custom was only introduced in the Nazi era.
Molding
The conical shaped Schultüten are usually filled with candy and small gifts such as crayons or other school supplies. From filling with candy comes in some areas common for cornet name " sugar bag ".
The Schultüten be, if they are not crafted from the parents, or bought ready made by the children still in the nursery itself.
Economic
Largest manufacturer of school bags in Germany is the Nestler Feinkartonagen GmbH in honor Friedersdorf (Erzgebirge). It produces over two million school bags per year.