55 Mettenschichten

The mettenschicht is an old german mining custom in the ore mountains.

Mettenschichten. The last shift underground before christmas is also the miners celebration of the end of the year and is duly celebrated. Saar bergbau verabschiedet sich für immer mit einem bewegenden festakt verabschiedet sich der bergbau endgültig vom saarlan. For instance history comes alive in the seiffen toy museum in the saigerhütte in olbernau in the manufaktur der träume manufacture of dreams in annaberg buchholz in more than 25 exhibition mines or in a hutz nohmd as called in local dialect with carving men and women making bobbin lace gathered in a merry round. Visiting mines such as the röhling stolln or the mine herkules frisch glück still hold mettenschichten during the advent time. The visitors can experience folk music from the ore mountain first hand and enjoy a typical. Mettenschicht celebrations and candlemas the ore mountains christmas land has traditions that are not known everywhere and is happy to share them with you. Since real mining is extinct nowadays the mettenschichten are usually held for reasons of preservation and for tourists.

Zschorlau lies nestled in the gentle hills in the western ore mountains some 5 km from aue and is overhung in the south by the steinberg the community as is so with many former forest homestead villages waldhufendörfer in the ore mountains grew up on a stream in this case the zschorlaubach which rises southwest of the community on a broad moory plateau known in the. Since real mining is extinct nowadays the mettenschichten are usually held for reasons of preservation and for tourists. It is the name given to the last shift worked before christmas which ends early with a celebration and meal. The mettenschicht for instance. What made this last shift unique was a knocking sign by the pit foreman a sign for the miners that their shift was terminated much earlier than was usual. Visiting mines such as the röhling stolln or the mine herkules frisch glück still hold mettenschichten during the advent time.