Stollen is a delicacy typical for the region. It symbolises the baby Jesus wrapped in white swaddling. The cake was a nutritious sweet treat in poorer times and is still a wonderful Christmas dessert today.
Sultanas, almonds, butter, candied lemon peel⦠Even though they are all made from the same ingredients, each butter stollen has its own individual flavour. Production of the original Erzgebirge Stollen. A guest at the Stollen Association Erzgebirge e. The Erzgebirge Christmas stollen combines numerous traditions and stories - handed down from family to family, from village to village and from baker to baker.
In most cases, everyone guards their traditional recipe like a treasure. Many bakeries combine tradition with creativity - resulting in new creations such as the rowanberry stollen. What they all have in common, however, is the semicircular, oval shape, which reminds some people of a stollen in a mine. Most Erzgebirge people, however, see the white powdered loaf as a symbol of the Christ child - wrapped in a white, delicious sugar cloth. Once a year, the Stollen Association Erzgebirge e.
The stollen are purchased anonymously in advance from the bakeries. They are awarded gold, silver, The special climate in the mine makes it a particularly succulent pastry at Christmas time - a genuine original stollen from the Ore Mountains. Further information on the original Erzgebirge Christmas stollen can be found at: www. Stollenverband Erzgebirge e.
This measure is co-financed with taxes on the basis of the Budget approved by members of the Saxon state parliament. World heritage. Weihnachtszeit NEU. Termine und Adressen. Weihnachtstraditionen Christmas markets in the Ore Mountains Mountain parade dates Neunerlei - Nine festive courses on a single plate.
