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There is an older plan in hohenhameln in northern germany. A 14inch large nutcracker is traditionally produced in about operations and can contain up to 60 individual parts. Every nutcracker we carry is a real german nutcracker from erzgebirge by chrrisian ulbricht or steinbach. Nutcracker vintage wooden soldier made in german democratic republic. Gaststatte kalkwerk kalkwerk 2 09514 pockau lengefeld telefon. Our typical german nutcrackers are handmade from wood and certificated. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The history of decorative nutcrackers goes back to the 17th century. Miniaturendrechslerei uwe uhlig from lengefeld erzgebirgepalace. Shipping charges may apply all sizes in inches are approximate. Due to the large deposits of silver and tin during the 16th to the 18th centuries, the erzgebirge region was a very wealthy area.
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The very first nutcracker, long before the german erzgebirge nutcrackers that are so popular today, was crafted by the greek aristotle who was seeking to invent a device to aid in the cracking of nut shells. Erzgebirgische volkskunst seiffen santa father christmas. Buy german christmas nutcracker santa claus 30, 0 cm 12 inches authentic german erzgebirge nutcrackers christian ulbricht. We offer more than 550 christmas pyramids, candle arches, nutcrackers and smokers. The erzgebirge is part of the german state saxony and lies close to the border to the czech republic. The nutcracker production center of germany today is in erzgebirge. We have been collecting them for 20 years and will be adding photos and descriptions of our collection to this website. We offer you a wide selection of wooden arches, nutcracker, smokers, pyramids, easter decoration.
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