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Lighten Up with Candle Arches - German Schwibbogen

Candle Arches - German Schwibbogen

The tradition of candle arches goes back to the Erzgebirge miners of the 18th century. The miners used to hang their pit lamps on the pit entry hole every last shift before Christmas. The early light arches expressed the longing for light that the miners did not see during their workdays. All early Schwibbogen that have been found had a different number of lights but they all had an odd number of lights. As a consequence there was always one light in the middle of the candle arch. Until the 20th century, most Schwibbogen were made with iron. Then wood became the most popular material for an Erzgebirge light arch.

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