Ore Mountain folk art
The Erzgebirge folk art is a kind of ornate wood processing. Typical products of Erzgebirge wood art are Bergmann figures, nutcrackers, Christmas angels, arches, tires Pets, Smokers, music boxes and wing pyramids. To date, they are primarily made entirely by hand in smaller firms.
The center of production Erzgebirge folk art lies in the region of Seiffen, which is also known as " Toy angle". Here that a major part of the manufacturer to Hess, the co- turners, sculptors, wood and toy manufacturer has teamed up. One of the largest collections Erzgebirge folk art offers the Erzgebirge Toy Museum in Seiffen. In the neighboring village Neuhausen is the first nutcracker museum in Europe with more than 5,000 copies is also home to the largest nutcracker collection in the world. The Museum of Saxon Folk Art in Dresden also has a large collection of Erzgebirge folk art.
Genesis
Since the 12th century the rich mineral resources have been developed in the Erzgebirge. After work, the miners tried to recreate something the diverse motives in mining artistic.
End of the 16th century left after the ore, so that fewer and fewer workers found employment in the mines. The people were forced to seek new employment opportunities. Since wood was plentiful as raw material in nature, became the new livelihoods from the Feierabend employment of miners. So quickly developed new branches of production of wood processing; in the Western Ore Mountains, especially in the area Schneeberg and Annaberg woodcarving and in the central Erzgebirge to the towns of Marienberg, Pobershau Seiffen and the wood turning, which was in contrast to the carving from the beginning operated as a profession.
Middle of the 17th century saw the plates and Spindeldreher who initially mainly manufactured consumer goods for everyday life. Over time, the production of toys and figures like mountain men, angels and pyramids developed.
Processing of tires animals ( Seiffen, 1929)
Painting of incense smokers ( Seiffen, 1947)
Light arch with nutcracker (middle) and incense smokers ( left, right) in Seiffen
Christmas pyramid from the home Tilgner
In December 1967, the GDR issued two stamps with folk art from the Erzgebirge. The brand with the nominal 10 Pfennig shows a nutcracker and two smoking men the other mark to 20 Pfennig light angel and miner. The design came from Dietrichsdorf Stecher.
Word mark
" Erzgebirge folk art " is a registered word mark of the Association Erzgebirgischer artisans and toy manufacturers for the products: Nutcracker made of wood; Musical instruments, namely made as craft turners, carvers and carpenters goods musical boxes with decorative features and Klimperkästen with built- musical work; Goods of wood, namely, room and table decorations made of wood; Boxes and chests of wood; Wall decorations and dioramas made of wood and in combination with glass, metal and textile materials; Erzgebirge pyramids; Busts, namely Räucherfiguren, figural nutcracker, figurative miniatures, nativity scenes; fumigating; Smoking little house; Easter decorations made of wood, namely Easter figures, Easter eggs and daffodils of wood; Table decorations; Birthday numbers; Birthday figures; Sculptures made of wood; Chandelier spiders made of wood and in combination with glass and metals; Flying buttress made of wood and metals; turned wooden parts for craft work; Wooden toys, straw or textile materials, in combination; Christmas tree ornaments made of wood, straw, or metals, in combination; Erzgebirge Christmas decorations; Bells and bells for Christmas trees.
The association also has numerous other stamps related to the Erzgebirge folk art, such as " Erzgebirge wood art ", " Erzgebirge Nutcracker ", " Olbernhauer horseman ", " Seiffen tires cattle" etc.
Associations and retailers ring logo each show a miner on a rocking horse.