generation change at the Easter Rieder crib in Fürstenfeld: Anton und Anneliese Hirschvogl, the care since 1999, the gem, handed over to the Director on the jewel to her granddaughter and her husband. Withdrawal Rates – because the whole of the Hirschvogls don’t want to say goodbye to “her” crib.

Fürstenfeldbruck – It’s all not so easy as before. With its 81 years, Anton Hirschvogl’s hard to find now a little to keep the crib in the monastery Church in the shot. But as is so often with cherished things: The parting is difficult. But, in the meantime, Anton Hirschvogl and wife Anneliese look with a clear Conscience in the future. Because the responsibility for the crib with the figures of the famous Munich sculptor and crib artist Sebastian Osterrieder (1864 to 1932) remains in family hands. Granddaughter Marina Frustaci and her husband Andreas to take over the gem. “She’s in good hands,” says Anton Hirschvogl.

but the grandpa is in command of the crib. His passion for the nearly 50 figures, the modeled landscape, the barn and everything that still belongs to the Nativity scene behind the heavy iron grille gate in the nave of the monastery Church, is tangible. His wife would him not, and to apply the brakes, the many Details about the crib would gush without end out of it.

+ Anneliese deer bird shows Marinas husband Andrew Frustaci, the well-finished figures. ©Gehre

the Hirschvogls did not know at the outset what you will Appreciate it in the Prince field to do. The two had privately collected Cribs for a long time. Because you lived your enthusiasm in the Clubs and at exhibitions, was in the parish of St. Magdalene’s attention to you and asked if you wanted to deal with the crib in the Prince field, which was discovered there in 1999. Which was then in a poor state. Anneliese Hirschvogl realized quickly that she was something special. She had confirmed a suspicion Pasgol of experts, among others, by the Bavarian national Museum – then the presumption is. It was an Easter Rieder crib.

Anton Hirschvogl wrote countless letters to the necessary Finance to raise funds for the restoration. The cost estimate was around 18 000 euros. Additional funds were used for professional storage, a new crèche building, additional animals, and the purchase of a original camel group.

+ sheep and donkey, with a manger of course. ©Gehre

For the couple Hirschvogl is the Easter Rieder crib a piece of culture and Tradition. “And every year it is the New beautiful when she’s ready”, say both. And to the great happiness of the grandpa and grandma and also granddaughter shares that passion. The 25-Year-old connects with the theme of Nativity, particularly beautiful childhood memories. The grandparents had been in the past several Nativity scenes at home. “I was laid, so to speak, in the cradle,” says Marina Frustaci.

The passion for Nativity scenes is the one. The ability to properly deal with the delicate figures and the landscape to the other. However, the Frustacis the necessary tools also. Marina knows as a dental technician handles with a delicate hand, her husband Andreas tinkering in his spare time for years in model Railways – the future of the Osterrieder crib in Fürstenfeld is so secured.

Tobias Gehre