{"id":89396,"date":"2021-05-31T11:25:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T09:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceskesvycarsko2.vanastudio.cz\/regionalni\/nativity-scenes-in-the-sluknov-region\/"},"modified":"2021-05-31T11:25:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T09:25:46","slug":"nativity-scenes-in-the-sluknov-region","status":"publish","type":"regionalni","link":"https:\/\/www.ceskesvycarsko.cz\/en\/regional\/nativity-scenes-in-the-sluknov-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Nativity scenes in the \u0160luknov region"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exhibitions and construction of nativity scenes, revival of the tradition and craft of woodcarving<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Before 1945, the \u0160luknov region was one of the regions with a great tradition of bethlehem. In the region once known as B\u00f6hmisches Niederland (Bohemian Netherlands), figures were carved and canvases depicting the landscape around Bethlehem were painted. Nativity scenes were built in churches and privately. Nativity scenes were made by local carvers especially in the 1920s and 1930s, when the craft had its heyday. The tradition of building cribs is much older here, e.g. the first crib-making association in Central Europe was founded in 1852 in Fukov\u00e1. In Rumburk, one of the largest moving cribs in Central Europe was built by the Kiesslich family, the torso of which is preserved in the Rumburk Museum. The first crib in the \u0160luknov region was built in 1667, specifically in the Church of St. Wenceslas in \u0160luknov. Thanks to the museum collections, preserved church cribs and contemporary carvers, the cribs are still being visited today, thus preserving this specific folk tradition. <\/p>\n

The phenomenon of Bethlehem carving has a rich historical tradition and at the same time this tradition is currently being revived and revived in many places in the region, especially during the Advent season and lasts until the Feast of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord to the Temple (2.2.).<\/p>\n

List of places where you can visit the crib:<\/p>\n

Rumburk Museum <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Every year, at the beginning of Advent, a Christmas exhibition of nativity scenes is held – historical nativity scenes from the museum’s collections and nativity scenes loaned by regional artists. The exhibition always opens with a meeting with local carvers and demonstrations of their work: http:\/\/www.muzeumrumburk.cz\/vystavy\/betlemy<\/a><\/em> <\/p>\n

From the museum’s collections we exhibit, for example, the torso of Kiesslich’s moving crib from Radni\u010dn\u00ed Street in Rumburk\/ renovated by Jakub Hlou\u0161ek\/, figures by Josef May, a box mining crib from Pol. 17. century from the Cheb region, a crib by contemporary carver Ladislav S\u00fcss from Varnsdorf, paper cribs by Vojt\u011bch Kubasta (1914 – 1992) and Josef F\u00fchrich (1800 – 1871).<\/p>\n

During the year it is possible to visit the museum where these cribs are on display:<\/p>\n