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This conifer, also known by names such as mountain pine, Swiss pine, or stone pine, grows only at high altitudes and under the harshest conditions, freely exposed to the rough forces of nature. These adverse living conditions promote the Swiss stone pine's vitality. And it is precisely this vitality that it stores in its wood in the form of essential oils. When carefully processed, Swiss stone pine wood releases its wonderful, incomparably aromatic fragrance. Once the trunk of a Swiss stone pine has been sawn and carefully transformed into beautifully shaped products, its mystical fragrance is released. For decades.

No other tree does this as distinctly as the Swiss stone pine. It is no coincidence that Swiss stone pine wood rooms become intense fragrance chambers for gentle aromatherapy. The fragrance: “Mild, rounded, warmly vibrating, like dry needles in the autumn sun.” This is how a perfumer describes it. We call this delightful scent the “incense of the Alps.” It is this vitality of Swiss stone pine wood that makes it incomparable and has led people living in the Alps to cherish it as a secret for centuries.

To the Greeks and Romans, the beech was a sacred tree. The Celts associated the beech with a wishing tree. Y-shaped beech branches (→ the letter) were adorned with wishes and tied to beech trees. Today, the associations with the beech are less mystical. The wood—especially that of the European beech—is a popular choice for furniture and veneer. Accounting for just under 14% of Germany’s forest area (and around 9% in Austria), the beech is the most common species. And therefore also one of the most important deciduous woods for utility and industrial purposes in Central Europe. As furniture wood, beech wood remains immensely popular.

Beech is used primarily for heavily used furniture, especially children’s and youth furniture, office furniture, and seating. The wood gained particular fame in the form of Thonet chairs made from bent beech wood. Beech wood is also frequently used to make beds, tables, benches, garden furniture, and deck chairs. In a closed stand, it can reach heights of up to 35 m with a high crown. The scars from dead branches are particularly striking on the smooth, light-grey bark. Because they resemble a dangling beard, they are called “Chinese beards.” The dark green leaves are oval and have entire margins. Beech nuts sit in a brown fruit cup covered with soft spines. The beech owes its fruits, the beech nuts, one of their attributed functions: farmers and country folk believed they could predict the severity of the coming winter by observing the European beech. To forecast the weather for the following winter, an axe was struck into the beech trunk. This was done in early November.

If the wound remains dry, a harsh winter can be expected. An autumn with many beech nuts leads to the same forecast. In Switzerland, the saying “vil Buech, vil Fluech” (many beeches, many troubles) has become established. During times of famine, beech nuts were pressed for cooking oil as late as the 20th century. Beech logs were a staple in every household because of their high calorific value. Michael Thonet utilized the wood’s slight flexibility when steamed to create his worldwide success: affordable and, above all, durable bentwood chairs. But even when unbent, beech wood is still one of the favorites for sturdy chairs.

Strong as an oak. This phrase is characteristic of a tree that can live for up to 2,000 years. It is more likely that a tree anchored deep in the earth will break than that it will be uprooted. Until modern times, the value of oak forests was based on their suitability for fattening pigs. Connoisseurs also highly prize Jamón Ibérico—a Spanish and French ham cured by feeding pigs on acorns. In the Middle Ages, domestic pigs were driven into oak forests, where they feasted on acorns, beech nuts, and chestnuts. The danger of clear-cutting oak forests arose in the 18th century. Excessive shipbuilding took a heavy toll on oak forests. At the same time, however, new stands were planted that are reaching maturity today.

Oak wood is relatively heavy and hard. In general, the wood is easy to work. Improper storage and suboptimal drying can quickly lead to cracking and warping. Oak is one of the most valuable native utility woods for furniture making, interior design, and windows, doors, stairs, railings, and cladding, especially outdoors, as well as for special applications in civil engineering and construction. Often subject to changing fashions, oak wood remains the first choice for elegant furniture. A considerable amount is also used to produce parquet flooring. Traditionally, oak is used for barrel staves, and its use for barrique barrels is considered a privilege, with specific regions of origin preferred.

The mountain spruce is considered a highly versatile wood and is very common in native forests. It also has low site requirements and grows in the mountains. Mountain spruce wood is of very high quality and highly versatile! The range extends from high-quality bedroom furniture to elegant, timeless dining room furniture and wide, elegant wooden structures. This broad range of applications is crowned by exclusive, fine-grained resonance wood, which is used for piano soundboards and string instrument tops. Thanks to its strength and, above all, durability, the wood is particularly well suited for our raised beds!

- Positive effect on concentration and circulation
- Spruce oil clears the respiratory tract and relieves inflammation
- Relaxing appearance

At first, spruce wood has a yellow-white to light-white color. The wood darkens under UV exposure and takes on a brownish color. Spruce wood also looks very similar to Swiss stone pine wood! Mountain spruce is ideal primarily for furniture making. Due to its soft texture, the wood is very easy to work!

The ash is one of the mystical trees. In Norse mythology, it represents the world tree. For the Greeks, the ash trees were the bringers of fire to humanity after Zeus had taken it away. Prometheus brought it back to them by lighting a piece of ash wood. That is why the ash is a Celtic tree symbol for conquerors, explorers, or pioneers. Those born under the ash sign love freedom as well as independence of body and mind. Ash people are born leaders. Ash wood is characterized by high strength and elasticity. When exposed to the elements, the wood’s durability suffers. Ash wood is used for everything from veneer in interior design to furniture making. The wood is popular for tool handles and sports equipment such as sleds, baseball bats, and cue sticks. Bow makers also valued ash wood in the past for making bows. In shipbuilding, ash was used for masts and pins.

Birch species are deciduous, summer-green trees or shrubs. They are among the fastest-growing and tallest-growing woody plants, reaching heights of up to 7 m after just 6 years and up to 30 m when fully grown. The birch can live for up to 160 years. The bark of many birch species is particularly striking, with colors ranging from almost black to dark and light brown and white. The light and, depending on the species, soft to moderately hard wood is almost white to reddish-brown with a fine grain. In Central Europe, silver birch and bog birch are the main species used for wood supply. Overall, birch wood is a light-colored, plain, and highly decorative utility wood depending on the grain, as well as a building material for various furniture and children’s toys.

The leaves of most birch species contain significant amounts of essential oils and vitamin C. In Finland, xylitol, a sugar substitute, is obtained from birch. In Central Europe, native silver birch has historically been used in folk medicine. Its components are particularly valued for their blood-purifying, diuretic, and stimulating properties, which is why it is still used in herbal medicine today. Unlike most tree leaves, birch leaves are edible. Because birch sap contains sugar, it can be enjoyed as birch beer when fermented.

The wood of thebird cherry and sweet cherry enjoyed enormous popularity during the Biedermeier period. At that time, as people in many European countries withdrew into their own homes due to political oppression, they wanted at least one thing: to surround themselves with beautiful things. And cherry wood was an important part of the inward-looking bourgeois coziness of the era. It is primarily the yellowish to reddish-brown color of the heartwood that gives cherry wood its real appeal and elevates it to fine wood. The fact that the wood is easy to work is another important factor in its popularity. One of the most striking properties of cherry wood is that it can be polished to a brilliant shine. A fascinating property of the wood is that it darkens when exposed to light.

It can then take on shades ranging from light golden yellow to dark reddish-brown. With chemical treatment, the wood can even take on the color of mahogany. It is not surprising that cherry wood is one of the more expensive woods. Although the tree, which can grow up to 25 m tall, is found from Central Europe to Turkey and Iraq, North America, Northern India, and North Africa, it is not cultivated or grown as a forest tree. In addition, cherry trees are prone to heart rot and must usually be felled at the age of 70 so that the wood can be used at all.

The wood of the walnut tree is a sought-after raw material for furniture and veneer making. It is also popular for turned goods, musical instruments, and, in the form of figured veneer, expensive dashboards. Walnut chests and trunks protect their contents from moths thanks to their tannin-rich wood. The tree is native primarily to wine-growing regions as an alley tree. Walnut is also a popular courtyard tree because it keeps away mosquitoes and flies. It does not actually grow as a forest tree in our region because it cannot tolerate dense stands. Walnut trees are not particularly long-lived, reaching only an age between 120 and 150 years. The wood can be dried well, although slowly. It is very easy to work, stain, and polish. When glued, alkalis in the glues can cause tannic acid stains. In terms of natural durability, walnut wood is in the middle range; owners of antique walnut furniture know all too well its susceptibility to animal pests. Walnut wood is fundamentally difficult to treat.

Ash is a deciduous tree that is primarily widespread in the temperate climate zones of the Northern Hemisphere. It belongs to the oil-seed family and is of great ecological and economic importance. Ash wood is hard, elastic, and tough, which makes it highly versatile. Typical applications include furniture making, interior design, stair construction, and the manufacture of sports equipment such as tennis rackets and baseball bats. Ash wood is also used to make tool handles, parquet flooring, and veneer.

Popular belief attributes a powerful protection against witches to the maple. Especially in Northern Germany, doors and rooms were sometimes decorated with maple, or maple wood pegs were driven into doors and thresholds. If maple leaves are picked on June 24 and then dried, they are considered healing for all wounds if they have first been softened in boiling water. In the Celtic horoscope, maple people are attributed generosity and individuality. For this species, conservatism is a foreign concept. Maple wood is used primarily for construction and furniture. However, the wood of the mountain maple is considered a fine deciduous wood. Although the annual rings are visible, the sapwood and heartwood do not differ in color. The wood is elastic, tough, and hard, and it also has very little shrinkage. The wood can be bent, but it is hardly weather-resistant.

Maple wood is used for high-quality furniture. It is popular and in demand among fine furniture makers who use maple for marquetry. In the Alpine region, maple was often used for tavern table tops. In the United States, however, maple parquet is considered particularly valuable because of its very high resistance to wear. The wood is also extremely popular for stair construction. A special use of maple is unpainted table tops made from solid wood, for example for tavern tables. American hard maple parquet is considered particularly valuable and is characterized by its high resistance to wear. It is also well suited for stair construction.

Larch wood has long been a popular choice for outdoor applications. This is because larch is the hardest of the European coniferous utility woods and is therefore particularly weather-resistant. European larch grows in the Alpine region at very high altitudes (up to 2,500 m) and is particularly well suited for use in wind and weather. The European larch, originally native to the high mountains, was named Tree of the Year in 2012. Its wood has a high resin content, so it does not need to be treated when used outdoors. Larch wood therefore offers several reasons to use it as a building material for a raised bed in your own garden.

The fine products of the new collection made from borosilicate glass are, of course, mouth-blown and thus “Handmade in the Alps”—for a better day. The new feature of this collection is the high-quality specialty glass. Borosilicate glass consists mainly of silicon dioxide (70–80%) and boron trioxide (7–13%), as well as alkali oxides. This specialty glass is a chemical- and temperature-resistant glass that is used primarily for laboratory glassware, chemical process engineering, and household items. Well-known household brands such as Schott’s Duran, Pyrex, Simax, and Jenaer Glas stand for the heat resistance of this type of glass. The key advantages: It is heat-resistant and unaffected by sudden temperature fluctuations. Our glass products can be used not only for hot drinks. They also withstand the temperatures in an oven without difficulty. In addition, they can be cleaned in the dishwasher at any time, as the glass is also “immune” to a wide variety of chemicals.

The word propolis comes from Greek. It is composed of the word PRO (before) and POLIS (city) and means something like "defense system before a city". The bee glue resin: "propolis" is the most effective natural antibiotic that humans have ever encountered, and surprisingly, this first discovery probably took place more than 4000 years ago – during the mummification of the Egyptian mummies! Propolis is a waxy, balsam-like, resinous mass that protects leaves and flower buds and prevents them from drying out. It consists mainly of resins, waxes, up to 70 essential oils and insoluble components and contains, among other things, tannins, aldehydes, aromatic substances, terpenes, flavonoids (e.g. galangin), benzoic acid and ferulic acid. It also contains valuable trace elements (e.g. zinc and iron) and vitamins (e.g. vitamins B and E). Propolis can be obtained by scraping or scraping the walls and specially designed propolis grids inside the beehive.

The diverse properties of propolis known for 4000 years are:
- Antibiotic effect (natural antibiotic)
- Antispasmodic (especially for bronchial asthma)
- Improvement of bowel movements (peristalsis)
- Antidepressant effect
- Improvement of vitamin C absorption
- Improvement of calcium absorption
- Reduction of cramps (suppression of the toxic effect of lactic acid) - Anti-inflammatory in joints
- Disinfectant effect
- Elimination of intestinal worms
- Accelerates and improves (scientifically proven) wound healing in connective tissue, mucous membranes and bone epithelia.

Using the propolis vaporizer, propolis can be used to eliminate microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, harmful germs and fungi) from the environment. Although humans have not known propolis as long as honey, they already knew thousands of years before our time of its preservative effect. Even the priests of ancient Egypt used it to embalm their mummies or used it in large quantities for chemical purposes. The Greeks and Romans also knew propolis. Further evidence of propolis from ancient times is provided by the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle. He had built a transparent beehive to study the life of a bee colony in detail. But according to his account, the bees did not want to reveal their secrets and covered the transparent wall of the hive with a dark-colored substance, probably propolis. Propolis was also used in Persia and by the Incas, and propolis is also mentioned in medical texts from Georgia dating back to the 12th century.

The pinnacle of the use of propolis can certainly be described as the Boer War in South Africa, where propolis was used around 1900 because of its highly effective disinfectant and wound-closing properties. It was shown that only the wounded who were treated with a propolis solution survived. It is also certain that later Italian violin makers were able to give their instruments tension, firmness and a beautiful dark color with propolis varnish. However, propolis was primarily known as an antimicrobial and germicidal remedy and was used by the ancient Greeks through Napoleon and up to the Russians in World War II as a wound healing agent for war injuries. Today, propolis is being rediscovered by various scientists after being forgotten for a long time.

The name zeolite already says a lot about this mysterious mineral. Composed of the ancient Greek word for boil (zeein) and stone (lithos), it thus means 'boiling stone'. This reaction is then audible when the mineral is heated and vigorously boils up (boils), as the water bound in the finest capillary channels is released. Because around 40% of the weight of zeolite consists of 'bound' water. The mysterious effect of zeolites is mainly explained by their porous structure. Zeolites feature regular arrangements of cavities and channels. These openings add up to a huge internal surface area, which can go up to far beyond 1,000 m2 per gram of zeolite.

Zeolites, especially the sub-type clinoptilolite, are used especially in water purification, as a catalyst and in nuclear processes. During the nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima, zeolites were used to bind radioactive isotopes of these elements from the contaminated wastewater flowing into the sea. They are also used in industry and medicine to bind nitrogen from the air to increase the oxygen content. In cosmetics, micronized zeolite of the clinoptilolite sub-genus is added especially to good creams and ointments. Undisputed is the ability of clinoptilolite to detoxify the skin surface, usually in combination with natural oils and fats. Zeolites are increasingly used in veterinary medicine. After micronizing the mineral into micro- and nano-grain sizes, it can be added to animal feed and ensures a better acid-base balance in the body of animals and thus better growth. The health of the animals is also promoted by the addition of zeolite according to the latest studies.

Our natural wool felt consists of 100% merino wool. Wool felt is a renewable resource that can be further processed in an environmentally harmless way. The material is very elastic, insensitive and wrinkle-free. Wool felt not only insulates against heat and cold, but also dampens vibrations, absorbs sound and stores heat, protects against dirt, cushions and protects against mechanical damage. Furthermore, wool felt is flame-retardant, even under direct fire, the felt merely chars from approx. 320°C.

The textiles of our sleep systems, which are made of natural cotton, were awarded the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certificate from controlled organic farming. Particularly important is the function of the cotton farmers and their families. They receive somewhat higher prices for their raw products and can mostly escape the vicious circle of hunger, poverty and humiliation.

Linen Care Instructions
In order to enjoy the fine natural product of linen for a long time, the correct handling during care is extremely important. Please take the following washing recommendations and care instructions to heart. Deficiencies or damages that have arisen due to demonstrably incorrect care cannot be refunded.

Very much water when washing - linen loves it.
Linen should be soaked extra with water before the washing cycle, so that the water can penetrate well into the linen fiber. The washing machine drum is best suited for soaking, where the damp laundry should ideally "rest" overnight. The washing machine drum should only be lightly filled when washing, so that the laundry can "swim" well in the water. If available, use the "Water Plus" option.

Do not use water-saving programs.
If linen is washed with too little water, irreparable damage occurs in the fabric. With insufficient moisture absorption, the fiber can rub against the washing drum. This destroys the linen fiber and creates pills and lint. Please do not use harsh detergents. We recommend liquid delicate detergents without optical brighteners and bleaching additives. The antistatic properties of linen attract neither dirt nor dust. The natural material therefore needs to be washed less often and requires hardly any detergent to dissolve the dirt. The correct washing temperature is 30 - 40°C.

Be sure to set the lowest spin speeds.
Low spin speeds (400-600 rpm) protect the fibers and increase the lifespan of the fabric! Linen prefers to be air-dried. Before hanging, shake out well and pull smooth, this saves time when ironing. Please do not put the linen in the dryer/tumbler. The dryer damages the linen fiber, destroys the surface of the fiber, the inside of the fiber protrudes and thus lint is created.

The apple leather is made, as the name already says, from apples – more precisely from pomace, which is produced during apple juice production. This is dried and pulverized, applied layer by layer to a canvas and then embossed, so that the leather look is created. The material is, like the apple itself, water-repellent and is in no way inferior to genuine or artificial leather. Discover now the charm of this sustainable material in our innovative apple leather products, which are developed and manufactured in Germany.