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: This page is about tool for cracking nuts. For the bird of this name, see Nutcracker (bird). For the popular ballet, see The Nutcracker.A nutcracker is a device for cracking nuts. It works on the principle of moments derived from Archimedes' discovery of the lever.
Nutcrackers as wood carvings of a soldier, knight, king, or other profession have been known since at least the 15th century. These nutcrackers are carvings of a person with a big mouth that is opened by pressing a lever in the back of the figurine. Originally one could insert a nut in the big-toothed mouth, press down and thereby crack the nut. Modern nutcrackers in this style are mostly for decoration.
The carving of nutcrackers as well as religious figures and cribs developed as a cottage industry in forested rural areas of Germany. The most famous nutcracker carvings come from Sonneberg, ThuringiaState Service Flag Civil Flag Statistics Capital: Erfurt Area:16,171 km² Inhabitants:2 392 000 2003 pop. density:148 people/km² Homepage: ISO 3166-2:DE-TH Politics Minister-President: Dieter Althaus ( CDU) Ruling party: CDU Map The Free State of Thuringia, also a center of dollA doll is a model of a human (often a baby), a humanoid (like Bert and Ernie), an animal or a fictional character (like a Troll or a Smurf), usually made of cloth or plastic. Sometimes, intended as keepsakes or collections for older children and adults, i making, and from the Ore MountainsThe Ore Mountains ( German Erzgebirge Czech KruSne hory are a mountain range in Germany and the Czech Republic. They form the border between both countries for 150 km, extending from the western border of Saxony to the Elbe river. The western portions of. Wood carving was usually the only income for the people living there. Today their income is supplemented by the travel industry bringing visitors to the remote areas.
Nutcrackers have become popular in the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in as well and a recreated "Bavarian village" of Leavenworth, WashingtonLeavenworth is a city located in Chelan County, Washington. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,074. History Leavenworth was officially incorporated on September 5, 1906. A small timber community, it transformed itself into a Bavar even features a Nutcracker Museum. Many other materials were used for the decorated nutcrackers, such as porcelainPorcelain is a type of hard semi-translucent ceramic fired at a higher temperature than glazed earthenware, or pottery. It is white, but mildly translucent and can be decorated to provide colour. Chinese Porcelain Chinese porcelain is made from a hard pas, silverThis page is about Silver the element. For the color, see Silver Silver is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ag ( L. Argentum and atomic number 47. A soft white lustrous transition metal, silver has the highest electrical and th, and brass, and can be seen at the museum.
Carvings by famous names like Jungbanel, Mertens, Karl, Kolbe, Petersen, Ulbricht and especially the Steinbach nutcrackers have become collectors' items.
