[Herunterladen] 56 Mettenschicht Schneeberg

It is the name given to the last shift worked before christmas which ends early with a celebration and meal.

Mettenschicht schneeberg. Sons and daughters of the town. Especially touching are the mountain and miner s parades that take place every year in historic habits in the strongholds of former mining as annaberg buchholz brand erbisdorf thum geyer marienberg ehrenfriedersdorf and schneeberg. Also the historic mettenschicht the last shift of the miner on christmas eve revives the miner s yearning for light as the cradle of christmas. It is first recorded in the first half of the 17th century. It is the name given to the last shift worked before christmas which ends early with a celebration and meal. Mettenschicht is the main christmas celebration among miners in the protestant ore mountains. The ore mountains are geologically considered to be one of the most heavily researched mountain ranges in the world.

The main geologic feature in the ore mountains is the late paleozoic eibenstock granite pluton which is exposed for 25 miles along its northwest southeast axis and up to 15 miles in width this pluton is surrounded by progressive zones of contact metamorphism in which. The mettenschicht is a 17th century custom from the mining days. Bergstadt schneeberg schneeberg sachsen germany. Offizielle facebook seite der bergstadt schneeberg. This theatre group took over the tradition of the mettenspiel a play as part of the mettenschicht which had hitherto been put on by members of the mining fraternity in the buildings of the former tin ord mine of sauberg. It refers to the last shift that the miners worked before christmas which used to end earlier than usual and was followed by music and a traditional meal. Bergparade zur mettenschicht am 03 12 2011 in freiberg.

The mettenschicht is an old german mining custom in the ore mountains. Hier wird es offizielle meldungen mitteilungen und weiteres zu lesen geben.