The Erzgebirge (Ore Mountain) region is located in the eastern part of Germany not far from Dresden at the Czech border. About 400 years ago when silver mining subsided in that region, and the silver miners turned to toy making in order to make a living. Over the centuries they developed extraordinary wood carving skills that were inherited from generation to generation. Such items as the nutcracker were created in the Erzgebirge in the last century and became famous all over Europe. The German Poet E.T.A. Hoffman wrote a fairy tale about the nutcracker, and the Russian composer Tschaikowsky built a musical monument for the nutcracker by composing the Nutcracker Suite.
The nutcracker in its present appearance has been created by the House of Fuechtner in Seiffen in 1870. Significantly, the original nutcrackers have distinguished features the way the eyes and nose have been carved, and the artisans painted phantasyfully their wonderful uniforms. Original Seiffen nutcrackers never were dressed up. Collectors recognize the value of the art of painting the nutcracker or it's pure wood work in its original variety
Since the sixteen-hundreds the products of the Erzgebirge found their way throughout Europe from the cities of Leipzig and Prague. The village of Seiffen was located close to the so-called 'salt street', a trade route that brought salt from the Halle/Leipzig region to Prague. Using this rout the toy-makers from the Erzgebirge mostly sent their products to Leipzig, a trading place for European goods for more than a thousand years
You can find many beatiful original Ore mountains handcrusted pices, from Seiffen too. Visit our warehouse in Seiffen.">
The Erzgebirge (Ore Mountain) region is located in the eastern part of Germany not far from Dresden at the Czech border. About 400 years ago when silver mining subsided in that region, and the silver miners turned to toy making in order to make a living. Over the centuries they developed extraordinary wood carving skills that were inherited from generation to generation. Such items as the nutcracker were created in the Erzgebirge in the last century and became famous all over Europe. The German Poet E.T.A. Hoffman wrote a fairy tale about the nutcracker, and the Russian composer Tschaikowsky built a musical monument for the nutcracker by composing the Nutcracker Suite.
The nutcracker in its present appearance has been created by the House of Fuechtner in Seiffen in 1870. Significantly, the original nutcrackers have distinguished features the way the eyes and nose have been carved, and the artisans painted phantasyfully their wonderful uniforms. Original Seiffen nutcrackers never were dressed up. Collectors recognize the value of the art of painting the nutcracker or it's pure wood work in its original variety
Since the sixteen-hundreds the products of the Erzgebirge found their way throughout Europe from the cities of Leipzig and Prague. The village of Seiffen was located close to the so-called 'salt street', a trade route that brought salt from the Halle/Leipzig region to Prague. Using this rout the toy-makers from the Erzgebirge mostly sent their products to Leipzig, a trading place for European goods for more than a thousand years
You can find many beatiful original Ore mountains handcrusted pices, from Seiffen too. Visit our warehouse in Seiffen.">
The Erzgebirge (Ore Mountain) region is located in the eastern part of Germany not far from Dresden at the Czech border. About 400 years ago when silver mining subsided in that region, and the silver miners turned to toy making in order to make a living. Over the centuries they developed extraordinary wood carving skills that were inherited from generation to generation. Such items as the nutcracker were created in the Erzgebirge in the last century and became famous all over Europe. The German Poet E.T.A. Hoffman wrote a fairy tale about the nutcracker, and the Russian composer Tschaikowsky built a musical monument for the nutcracker by composing the Nutcracker Suite.
The nutcracker in its present appearance has been created by the House of Fuechtner in Seiffen in 1870. Significantly, the original nutcrackers have distinguished features the way the eyes and nose have been carved, and the artisans painted phantasyfully their wonderful uniforms. Original Seiffen nutcrackers never were dressed up. Collectors recognize the value of the art of painting the nutcracker or it's pure wood work in its original variety
Since the sixteen-hundreds the products of the Erzgebirge found their way throughout Europe from the cities of Leipzig and Prague. The village of Seiffen was located close to the so-called 'salt street', a trade route that brought salt from the Halle/Leipzig region to Prague. Using this rout the toy-makers from the Erzgebirge mostly sent their products to Leipzig, a trading place for European goods for more than a thousand years
You can find many beatiful original Ore mountains handcrusted pices, from Seiffen too. Visit our warehouse in Seiffen.">
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