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Mettenschichten. The mettenschicht a true miners christmas celebration the last shift underground before christmas and the miners celebration of the end of the year is still celebrated today in almost all of the region s more than 20 show mines and in many towns and villages usually with hearty miners music speckfettbemm sandwiches and mulled wine. As part of a long standing tradition a mettenschicht a miner s last shift on christmas eve is still being celebrated by former miners guests or others who still venerate old customs. 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. Mettenschicht celebrations and candlemas the ore mountains christmas land has traditions that are not known everywhere and is happy to share them with you. Visiting mines such as the röhling stolln or the mine herkules frisch glück still hold mettenschichten during the advent time. 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. Saar bergbau verabschiedet sich für immer mit einem bewegenden festakt verabschiedet sich der bergbau endgültig vom saarlan.

The visitors can experience folk music from the ore mountain first hand and enjoy a typical. 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. It is the name given to the last shift worked before christmas which ends early with a celebration and meal. Visiting mines such as the röhling stolln or the mine herkules frisch glück still hold mettenschichten during the advent time. Since real mining is extinct nowadays the mettenschichten are usually held for reasons of preservation and for tourists. The mettenschicht for instance.