Annaberg folding star

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Annaberg folding star
Annaberg folding and window stars

The Annaberg Faltstern (also called Friedrich-Stern after its inventor Kurt Karl Friedrich ) is an illuminated poinsettia from Annaberg-Buchholz in the Ore Mountains . The name Annaberger Faltstern is a word mark protected by the city of Annaberg-Buchholz since 2007 . The folding star has been in production since 1924. In addition to the Herrnhuter Stern (since 1821), the Original Hartensteiner Stern (since 1948) and the Original Haßlauer Stern (since 1985), it is a typical traditional Advent star from Saxony.

Annaberger folding star on half-timbered barn

history

The star is named after the place of manufacture Annaberg in the Ore Mountains. The star has been handcrafted there since 1924. At that time, the cardboard box manufacturer Kurt Karl Friedrich constructed a foldable Advent star made of paper, which soon became known beyond the Ore Mountains as the "Friedrich Star". A few copies also illuminated the Deutsches Theater in Munich in the 1920s . In 1926 the star was patented . In addition to the German patent, the foldable star also had a US patent (No. 1653206) since December 20, 1927.

The registration of the trademark “Original Annaberger Faltstern” was rejected by the German Patent and Trademark Office in 2000 because of “lack of any distinctive character and descriptive information”. The “Annaberger Faltstern” brand was approved in 2007.

The Kraft bookbindery, which acquired the license for the star with the 18 points, has been handcrafting the Annaberg folding star since 1994 and 1996 . Around 20,000 stars are produced annually, which are also exported to Switzerland , Sweden and the Netherlands .

description

Erzgebirge window star, half unfolded.

Initially the poinsettia was mass-produced with a size of 65 centimeters. In 2008 there were four different sizes of the star, while in 2013 it was produced in three standard sizes and two basic shapes. The star is made in a variety of colors, including red and purple. The basic material today is lacquered paper weighing 130–170 grams .

The paper star is folded up so that it fits into a flat box in which it is sold. It is unfolded into a spatial object with a single movement; the principle is similar to that of a lantern , with the Annaberg folding star now being electrically illuminated from the inside.

While the three-dimensional Annaberg folding star is usually placed in the middle of the room, the flatter version, the "Erzgebirge window star", can be hung on walls or used for window lighting.

reception

The artist Silke Schatz from Cologne uses the Annaberger Faltstern in a description as an example of a "handicraft object belonging to everyday culture for everyone", which shows the Christmas or Advent star in one of its "most trivial versions".

literature

Web links

Commons : Annaberger Faltstern  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Moravian stars hang in Mali . In: Ostthüringer Zeitung , November 18, 2009, p. OASM918.
  2. ↑ Annaberger folding stars at art + form. Retrieved December 10, 2013 .
  3. ↑ U.S. Patent 1,653,206, December 20, 1927 , accessed December 10, 2013
  4. ↑ Erhard Heinold & Alix Paulsen: Erzgebirgisches Customs-ABC , Husum 2003, ISBN 3-89876-061-8 , p. 7.
  5. ^ German Patent and Trademark Office: Trademark registration 300523157
  6. ↑ German Patent and Trademark Office: Trademark registration 304686816
  7. ↑ a b c Christmas lights up purple. Sternehaus Faltstern in a new color shade . In: Freie Presse , November 29, 2013, p. 2.
  8. ↑ a b Werner Markgraf: The Annaberger Faltstern announces Christmas and tradition in the Ore Mountains. In: Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter . No. 6, 2008, p. 25.
  9. ↑ Erhard Heinold and Alix Paulsen: Erzgebirgisches Weihnachts-ABC , Husum 2004, ISBN 3-89876-005-7 , pp. 10-11.
  10. ^ Walter Fellmann: Sachsen-Lexikon , Köhler & Amelang Munich 2000, ISBN 978-373380-234-9 , p. 92.
  11. ↑ Verena Huber: A sign of the zodiac in the run-up to Christmas: The Annaberger Faltstern , in: Raum und Wohnen 11/2013.
  12. ^ Annaberg folded stars . In: Dresdner Latest News , December 16, 2004, p. 17.
  13. ↑ Anita Shah (ed.), Silke Schatz: Radical Self / Wurzelkind . Book for the exhibition in the Bomann Museum Celle. Kerber, Bielefeld / Leipzig 2011, p. 16.