From the Alps to Argentina: a crib exhibition worth seeing in Schliersee
Created: 12/16/2022, 2:00 p.m
By: Christine Merk
Crib collectors at work: Ludwig Pschierl is looking forward to many visitors to his exhibition.
© Thomas Plettenberg
The figures in the cribs that can be seen in the old Schliersee school building until Epiphany are up to 100 years old.
We looked at the exhibition.
Schliersee
– The smallest Maria and Josef figures in the crib exhibition in Schliersee are about three and a half centimeters tall.
Ludwig Pschierl calls this nativity scene a trulli nativity scene because the Holy Family is set up in front of two trulli, round houses with a stone roof.
Buildings that, in this form, represent a type of construction typical of Apulia.
The figures themselves are Argentinian, in addition to Maria and Josef there are five musicians, one of them with a pan flute.
So there is a bit of the exotic in this collection that Pschierl has put together and which he is presenting in the Old Schoolhouse in Schliersee until Epiphany.
The cribs are from his father, from private individuals and two from the Tegernseer Tal crib friends.
The figures are up to 100 years old, Pschierl knows.
"Take your time to discover details, secrets and hidden things," he urges visitors on a small poster at the entrance.
And it's a good idea to bring enough time with you.
In fact, the exhibition offers some surprises.
For example Gundula Gellert's crib, who lived in Schliersee 50 years ago.
She made this crib when she was 14.
She collected clay in the forest, formed people and animals, let them dry and then painted them.
The colors of the figures still shine, next to the Holy Family a shepherd with eight sheep, each in a different posture, which indicates a very precise power of observation on the part of the student at the time, as well as the Three Wise Men and a camel.
Nativity scenes embedded in different landscapes
The figures are placed in various landscapes with buildings from many cultures.
There are Roman column houses, oriental stone buildings, alpine huts or just a cave under roots.
A hut that his father built even hides a tiled stove inside, a door on the outside wall leads to the “Klo-häusl”, and a soldier is sitting at the table in front of the house with a beer mug in his hand;
if you look closely, you will see the coat of arms of the Hofbräuhaus.
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People have always placed the story of the birth of Jesus in their own culture, and this becomes clear once again.
And the variety in which nativity figures were designed.
Many are carved, one nativity scene is made of Marolin, a type of papier-mâché made from paper, pulp and binding materials.
The figures of an oriental crib are cast in lead, like tin soldiers.
Another comes from Resi Prosel, who lived in the Leitzachtal in the last century and was known for her little angels and burlap dolls.
The heads of these nativity figures are painted wooden balls, the clothes are sewn from fabric and felt, and the sheep have real fur.
Exhibition to see Epiphany
Pschierl succeeds in presenting the cribs with a special magic.
All are decorated with natural materials: rustic roots, selected stones, cones and seed pods.
Pschierl built Heumandl, piles of wood, fences and palm trees.
Last but not least, a small campfire flickers in many crèches or a candle burns.
The exhibition can be seen until January 6th.
It is open Thursday to Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Admission is free, a donation welcome.
If you want, you can enjoy the exhibition with a cup of coffee or tea.
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