Schwibbogen (Arches)

GLAESSER’s ‘Schwibbogen’ — decorative candle-holders in the shape of an arc — are part of the mining traditions in the Ore Mountains. They symbolise the entrance to the tunnel, where the miners once hung up their pit lamps.Traditionally used with candles, in the late 1980s the first Schwibbogen featuring electric candles went on sale. Nowadays electric Schwibbogen are popular items since they can be safely left lit up in the window at Christmas time.Typical designs Typical GLAESSER Schwibbogen feature designs beneath the arc such as famous churches (e.g. the church in Seiffen, the Church of our Lady in Dresden, or the Church of our Lady in Munich), village scenes or Christmas fairs.The churches and houses also radiale warm light from their Windows, augmenting the lights on the arc. Some Schwibbogen depicting Christmas fairs have a Christmas pyramid at the centre. Hand-turned figures rnake for a lively village scene. Sometimes children can be seen playing beneath the illuminated Christmas trees.