Weihnachtsberg

Part of a Weihnachtsberg in the Manufaktur der Träume

A Buckelbergwerk with its doors opened and set up in the Keilberghaus near Schneeberg.

A Weihnachtsberg is a decorative, mountain-like model of the landscape of the Ore Mountains (between Germany and the Czech Republic), which is set up indoors during the Christmas period. ^[1] It portrays the nativity scene and mining motifs as well as local themes. The figures and objects are often movable and mechanically driven.

The Weihnachtsberg has its origins in the so-called Buckelbergwerk models of the 18th century, which only had mining subjects. In the 19th century, Christmas scenes were added.

Literature

• Fachschule für Tourismus des Instituts für Soziale und Kulturelle Bildung e. V. (pub.): Heimat- und Weihnachtsberge des Sächsischen Erzgebirges. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft 1996, ISBN   388042795X
• Claus Leichsenring: Weihnachtsberge & Heimatberge: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Volkskultur im sächsischen Erzgebirge. Chemnitz: Gumnior, 2004. ISBN   3-937386-08-4
• Gunter Bergmann: Kleines sächsisches Wörterbuch. Reclam, Leipzig

References

1. Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu. "The Giant Mechanical Nativity Scene from the Ore Mountains". www.smb.museum. Retrieved 2025-06-15.

External links

• "Neue Weihnachtsberge" ...der Bau von Weihnachtsbergen und Buckelbergwerken Archived 2012-12-14 at the Wayback Machine