Scharfenstein CastleThe people’s art
For centuries the Ore Mountains lived from that which gave it its name – especially the silver mines, which made this picturesque mountain range a prosperous region. But when the face-workers in the sixteenth century started to bring even less white ore out of the tunnels, the people of the Erzgebirge had to look for new sources of income.
Therefore, what previously had been a way of passing the long winter nights became their way of earning their daily bread: the production of wooden figures and Christmas decorations. It is possible to see the fruits of this rich craft tradition in Scharfenstein Castle, for this 800-year-old castle possesses the Martin collection, a special treasure of folk art objects and toys from all over the Ore Mountains.
Scharfenstein is widely known as the “Castle for Families and Experience” amongst the Saxon castles, for here you can best experience and be astounded, play and discover, try out and join in! Fairy tale weekends, carving, painting and assembling workshops for children are all part of the themed tours for younger visitors. But adults too can be entertained by the exhibitions on folk art traditions, castle history as well as by “the Robin Hood of the Erzgebirge”, Karl Stuelpner, and learn something about the region. So anybody who would like to come as near as possible to such items as the carved wooden animal, the smoking man, the Christmas arch or the Christmas pyramid, should come to Burg Scharfenstein as soon as possible.
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Burg Scharfenstein
Schloßberg 1 | D-09435 Scharfenstein
Phone +49 (0) 37 25 70 72-0
Fax +49 (0) 37 25 70 72-50
info@die-sehenswerten-drei.de
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