Free video about Christmas Stars. This free video was created for you by http://epsos.de and can be used for free under the creative commons license with the attribution of epSos.de as the original author of this Christmas Star video. Thank you for supporting the creative commons movement !! The Christmas Star is a Christian symbol representing the Star of Bethlehem is supposed to represent. This star is of the wise men from the east by Bethlehem to the birthplace of the Child Jesus. Christmas jewelry that has a direct reference to Christianity. Especially in the Erzgebirge Christmas stars are, in part, with a long tradition, made ​​in a variety of color schemes and sizes. As a Moravian Star is called an illuminated Advent or Christmas star, symbolizing the star of Bethlehem. Named is the star to the Moravian Church, which its headquarters in Herrnhut in Lusatia, has a by the descendants of the Evangelical Brethren Moravia on 17 June 1722 founded place. Many parents went as missionaries to the world, the children came in boarding schools. There, the first Moravian star originated. At the beginning of the 20th Century began manufactory moderate production and sales of the original Moravian star. The particularly suitable for industrial production version with 25 tines supplied from the 1920s, the Star mbH in Herrnhut. Even in the GDR led the VEB Stern production continued, albeit under the conditions of socialism with state-specified conditions. From 1968, the stars were produced in a operation that is actually produced electrical system accessories. Today manufactures Moravian Star GmbH with 60 workers a range of over 60 different stars and their accessories for lighting. Early May 2011 consecrated the Moravians in Herrnhut Star GmbH its new manufactory. Moravian stars are mathematical star body consisting of a Rhombicuboctahedron as the base body with attached pyramids exist. In commercial star, the topmost peak, which would make it the real star body missing - there, the suspension is attached. The star is acquired disassembled. The Moravian Advent and Christmas star consists of a (small) Rhombicuboctahedron with 26 faces, 17 square and 8 triangular points. In the package also include mounting brackets, a hanging bridge and two spare spikes. There are Moravian star made of paper and plastic, as well as a light chain with twelve small plastic stars. Paper stars are there in the diameters 40 cm, 60 cm, 70 cm and 80 cm. The plastic star for outdoor use are available in diameters of 13 cm, 40 cm, 68 cm and 130 cm. The tradition of using Advent stars in Sweden was introduced by Julia Aurelius (wife of Sven Erik Aurelius ) 1912. The first stars, Moravian star, was globular with tags in all directions. The Moravian star is better known as Herrnhutstjärna ( Herrnhuter Stern ) in Sweden. Julia and Sven Erik Aurelius settled in Lund and the star hung up in the home and more families began to hang this type of stars. More general became the Advent star after 1934, when a paper merchant in Lund started importing them. The great popular breakthrough came in the early 1940s when Erling Persson launched the sjuuddiga yellowish red advent star, the so-called "proletarian star". Advent Star or Poinsettia is a star-shaped decorations with electric lighting, which hung in the window at the first Advent. It will remind you of the Star of Bethlehem. The tradition comes from Germany where it was originally part of the Moravian tradition. In addition to Germany's Advent star also common in including Sweden. Advent Star usually plucked at Twentieth knot. The Haßlauer poinsettia is a lighted Christmas star out of town Wilkau-Haßlau in the Erzgebirge. Named after its place of origin is the star Haßlau in the Erzgebirge. There the star is handmade since 1985. Because of the shortage economy in the GDR Erzgebirge products for the Christmas decorations were in the traditional "Christmas Country" available in adequate amounts. Matthias from Wilkau-Haßlau therefore constructed mid-1980s, a star with twelve points, the time still with patterns brackets held together had to be. The mid-1990s made ​​it possible technical modifications that the star points turned up and the star could be equipped with electric lighting. In addition to the Moravian Star from Upper Lusatia the Haßlauer counts poinsettia together with the 1924 first produced Anna Berger Faltstern and the Hartensteiner Adventsstern to today in the Erzgebirge tradional crafted Advent Stars. Haßlauer Christmas stars are in mathematical point of star bodies. The main body is a pentagonal dodecahedron, ie, a body formed of twelve areas. It involves twelve regular and equal pentagons. In contrast to the Moravian Star every twelve plugged star points are the same size and shape. They symbolize the twelve apostles and the twelve months. Thank you for supporting the creative commons movement !!

• published: 07 Dec 2013
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