Christian Ulbricht Mini Drummer Nutcracker

Description

Records document the Ulbricht family as wood turners from the 1700s. Otto Ulbricht, a professional wood turner who started his own business in 1928, built a new factory in 1934. The Story of UlbrichtWood-turning on lathes, the Ulbricht grand tradition, can be traced back to the small German mining town of Seiffen, in the mountains of the Erzgebirge. After World War II, when the area became the East German Zone and private industry was taken out of the hands of individuals, Otto took his family across the border where they resettled in the Bavarian town of Lauingen, near Augsburg. Once settled, with his Erzgebirge wood-turning traditions transplanted to Bavaria, Otto began again. Otto Ulbricht, a professional wood turner who started his own business in 1928, built a new factory in 1934. Records document the Ulbricht family as wood turners from the 1700s.

Key Features

• The Story of UlbrichtWood-turning on lathes, the Ulbricht grand tradition, can be traced back to the small German mining town of Seiffen, in the mountains of the Erzgebirge.
• Otto Ulbricht, a professional wood turner who started his own business in 1928, built a new factory in 1934.
• Once settled, with his Erzgebirge wood-turning traditions transplanted to Bavaria, Otto began again.
• After World War II, when the area became the East German Zone and private industry was taken out of the hands of individuals, Otto took his family across the border where they resettled in the Bavarian town of Lauingen, near Augsburg.
• Records document the Ulbricht family as wood turners from the 1700s.