Introduction

Richard Glaesser GmbH Seiffen

In the year 2008 the Richard Glaesser wood crafters looked back on 75 years of manufacturing and selling the typical wooden Christmas decoration from the Erzgebirge region.

Many of our handmade Christmas pyramids, music boxes, candle arches, smoking figures and nutcrackers have decorated the living rooms for many generations during the Christmas season in Germany and abroad. The traditional relation between our products and the development of our home, the Erzgebirge region, is carefully kept by our staff. Every day it is newly created by sensitive hands and bound to high-quality requirements.

It is very important to us to keep and continue with the typical craft techniques, e.g. turning and wood-shaving. Our company logo with the musician angel is the product seal attached to our products. It helps you with the decision-making and guarantees the originality. The images that follow and the PDF-catalogue, are designed to help you in making an informed buying decision.

We thank you for your visit and shopping this site!

Tradition from the Ore Mountains

The history of the Ore Mountains was largely shaped by the mining of its rich deposits of ore following the arrival of the first human settlements. The mining of ore became one of the main ways for people in the region to earn a living back in the 12th Century.

However, when the deposits of tin, silver and copper began to dwindle in the mid-17th Century and mining became increasingly insignificant, many miners were forced to turn their hand to activities like wood-carving and lathe work in order to make a living. Nevertheless their mining activities provided an endless source of subjects to be depicted in wood in the evenings. Typical varieties of local craftsmanship such as creating wood-shaving trees made arts and crafts from the Ore Mountains world-famous.

These traditional techniques and designs continue to be nurtured with great love and creativity.

Wood-turning and painting of wooden figurines, looking after and building on the existing wealth of products, as well as introducing the customs of the Erzgebirge to others are our daily work. We invite you to participate in our work. We have opened a demonstration workshop, an extensive showroom that displays the wide variety of our treasures and our Raststueb´l will take care of your well-being. The Seiffen Toy Museum and the famous Seiffen church are in the immediate vicinity of our company.

The following presentation will introduce you to our world and hopefully give you interesting information about the Erzgebirge and the Richard Glaesser company in Seiffen.