Ore Mountains and the Christmas Pyramid

The mountains, which are in Saxonia south of Chemnitz between the Vogtland and Saxonian

Switzerland are well-known under the name Ore Mountains. It owes these because of its original

culture landscape, which originates from the mining industry. Mountain cities, mountain villages,

mining industry associations and humans in the mountains keep the tradition upright.

Supraregional are apart from the mining industry also the various Ore Mountain Christmas

Traditions, in particular in the form of traditional Christmas decorations like smoking males,

Christmas Pyramids, flying buttress or mountain men and angel figures. Particularly in the upper

ore mountains villages with their decorated windows transform the cities into the Christmas time

into a light sea.

And in Addition to that, the church services everywhere to Christmas attract many visitors.

The Ore Mountains Christmas Pyramid

In the middle Ages it was a tradition to suspend fir branches because of the bad ghosts, which

came out in the dark season. Candles were used to light up the houses all the night long. This was

the reason for the people to create pyramids with artful figures. This is very similar to the Christmas

tree’s history, which developed in huge cities. But in rural districts the poor population preferred

simple racks with four rods, which were entwined with fir branches. Inside the rods

the manufacturers placed artful figures. The name for the pyramids is shaped by Napoleon

Bonaparte, who made at this time one of his numerous campaigns to Egypt. The Pyramids there

reminded the farmers their racks with lights.

But only in year 1830 the pyramids came into fashion, because at that time the cheaper paraffin

was found and so also the poor population could afford the christmas pyramid.

Here you find a website over christmas nutcracker.