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TRADITION Our forefathers were carpenters. In the summer they worked on a building site, but in the winter they were jobless. Turning a need to the virtue, the wood-carving knife and other wood turning tools had to provide for supporting the large families.
In later years the Seiffen nutcracker originated from the wooden figures that the Füchtners had produced in the past. The figure of the nutcracker attained its poetic representation in Heinrich Hoffmann's stories “King nutcracker and the Poor Reinhold“ in 1851 . With his "Nutcracker Suite" Peter Tschaikowsky has contributed substantially to the popularity of the nutcracker in the USA. Gotthelf Friedrich Füchtner (1766 – 1844) had already offered his handmade articles at the Dresden market in 1809. Wilhelm Friedrich Füchtner, his grandson, was born in Seiffen on August 23 rd, 1844. Like his forefathers he also learned the occupation of wood carving. Wilhelm Füchtner produced the first Erzgebirge nutcracker of spruce in 1870. The figures created by him were the prototypes of the world-renowned Seiffen nutcrackers.
The family business stands in its 6th generation and will remain loyal to its tradition in the future. Now the old Füchtner family tradition has been continued by Volker Füchtner who was born in 1951.
The old Füchtnerische family tradition is now maintained by Volker Füchtner, Seiffen / Ore |
Chronology Gotthelf Friedrich Füchtner Lobegott Friedrich Füchtner
Wilhelm Füchtner
Albert Füchtner
Kurt Füchtner
Werner Füchtner
Werner Füchtner (middle) Volker Füchtner (right) |
