Incense candle

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Burning incense cones

Incense cones , also known as incense cones or incense cones , are mainly burned during Advent and Christmas to spread various scents in the home.

history

The use of different incense is common in many religions . The origin of the incense cones goes back to the use of incense in the Catholic liturgy .

The manufacture of candles in Crottendorf in the Ore Mountains has been handed down as early as 1750 . But it was only with the advent of modern Christmas customs in the middle of the 19th century and the first smokers that it spread beyond the Ore Mountains.

Components and production process

Ingredients and production steps in the Smoker's Museum in Cranzahl
Incense cones from different manufacturers: KNOX, Crottendorfer and Huss
Incense smoker , in which the candles are placed to burn

The resin of the frankincense tree , charcoal , potato flour , sandalwood and red beech flour are the ingredients from which the small cones are formed. The substances are ground, stirred into a moist dough and put into molds. After a drying process, the incense cones are shipped.

Production takes place mainly at three locations in Saxony :

Other manufacturers from the Ore Mountains are the company Gläser in Bockau , which has been producing the incense scent under the name "Bockauer Räucherkerzen" ("Aecht Bucker Raacherkerzle") since 1997, and the company "Räucherkerzchenmanufaktur OERM" in Aue . Outside of Saxony, incense cones are produced in the "Carl Jaeger Incense Factory " in Höchst im Odenwald and in the "Manufactory for Natural Fragrances - MNW" in Schmidthachenbach .

Fragrances

In addition to the traditional "Christmas scents " such as incense , fir , honey and cinnamon , matching floral scents are also offered at other times of the year. There are also scents that are supposed to drive away insects.

See also

literature

  • Manfred Blechschmidt : The Erzgebirge herb book. Altis, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-910195-19-9 , pp. 174-179.
  • Renate Haas, Klaus Christof: Incense: The scent of heaven. Röll, Dettelbach 2006, ISBN 3-89754-252-8 , p. 219.
  • Gerhard Heilfurth , Erhardt Heinold, Hans Jürgen Rau: Christmas country Erzgebirge. History and stories, folk art, wooden toys, manners and customs, songs, poems and recipes. 3. Edition. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 1993, ISBN 3-88042-284-2 , p. 32.
  • Dietmar Sehn: Christmas in Saxony. Sutton, Erfurt 2013, ISBN 978-3-95400-202-3 , p. 89.

Web links

Commons : Incense Cones  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Incense candle  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations