Hand-carved and finely milled wooden figures, nativity figures and crosses as well as restorations and custom-made pieces to customer requirements.
Holzschnitzerei Wlach
Mühlhausen (Industriestraße 5)New on Amplifa
About Holzschnitzerei Wlach
Holzschnitzerei Wlach in Mühlhausen (Upper Palatinate) is a family business founded in 1978 and a specialist store for wood carvings and wooden nativity figures. The product range includes hand-carved saint figures, Madonnas, angels, modern wooden crosses, wooden panels as well as Alpine and modern nativity figures from various series. The materials used are mainly lime and sycamore maple, partly also stone pine; figures under 40 cm are finely milled from maple, larger works are carved by hand. The company's own workshop also produces custom-made pieces and one-of-a-kind items to customer specifications, supplemented by repairs, restorations, oil paint finishes, 24 karat Poliment gilding with gold leaf and hand-burned engravings. Surface finishing includes natural finishes, waxing, staining (2x/3x/multiple coats), color painting, watercolor and real gold. Sales are conducted via the retail store in Mühlhausen, the company's own online shop (since 1998) and worldwide shipping by DHL parcel.
- Site
- Mühlhausen
- Processes
- Wood carving / wood sculpting (hand-carved wooden figures), Fine milling of wooden figures, Custom-made pieces to customer specifications (one-of-a-kind items), Repairs and replacement of missing parts, Restoration of old carvings, Painting / antiquing / glazing with oil paints, 24 karat Poliment gilding / gold leaf finishes, Engravings (hand-burned into the base or cross beam)
- Materials
- Maple (sycamore maple), Lime, Stone pine, Sycamore maple
- Founded
- 1978
- Industries
- Wood carving/wood sculpting, Religious art and church supplies, Nativity figures, Gift items, E-commerce/online retail
- 01
Design based on customer idea or photo template
- 02
Carving or fine milling of the figure from lime or maple
- 03
Surface finishing (natural, waxing, staining, color, watercolor, real gold)
- 04
Engraving and painting as desired
- 05
Shipping by DHL parcel
Wood species and processes
Lime
Soft, almost knot-free hardwood with hardly visible grain, classic carving wood for hand-carved figures.
Sycamore maple
Hard precious hardwood with light grain, used mainly for fine milling of figures under 40 cm.
Stone pine
Used for selected custom-made pieces such as portrait figures.
Locations
Mühlhausen
DEWorkshop, retail store and online shop shipping
- Lot size
- Single-piece production to series products
- Materials
- Lime, sycamore maple, stone pine
Components and products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood carving / wood sculpting (hand-carved wooden figures)Engineering | – | – | – | Single-piece production | Lime, Maple, Stone pine |
| Fine milling of wooden figuresMachining | – | – | – | – | Maple, Lime |
| Custom-made pieces to customer specifications (one-of-a-kind items)Engineering | – | 120 cm (golfer) | – | – | Lime, Maple, Stone pine |
| Repairs and replacement of missing partsAssembly | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Restoration of old carvingsSurface | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Painting / antiquing / glazing with oil paintsSurface | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| 24 karat Poliment gilding / gold leaf finishesSurface | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Engravings (hand-burned into the base or cross beam)Surface | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Production of figure blanks / wooden milled blanksMachining | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Surface finishing: waxing, staining (2x/3x/multiple coats), color painting, watercolor, real goldSurface | – | – | – | – | Wood |
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1978
Founding of the company 'Land´l Versand' by Anton and Marianne Wlach – production and sale of figure blanks for hobby carvers, distribution throughout Germany
- 1980
Expansion of the range to include hand-carved secular and sacred wood carvings; conversion of the double garage into a sales room; since then specialization in selling high-quality wood carvings and nativity figures
- 1988
Groundbreaking in June for a new building with a large workshop and sales room in the Mühlhausen industrial area on the old B299
- 1989
Relocation and production in the new building in spring; opening of the retail store in winter; renaming to 'Holzschnitzerei Wlach'
- 1990
Alexander Wlach begins an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor in the Bavarian Forest
- 1993
Completion of training as a wood sculptor; chamber champion of Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate as well as 2nd state champion of Bavaria
- 1998
One of the first wood carving businesses with online sales; registration of the first domain www.wlach.com
- 2000
In January the business was handed over to Alexander Wlach; second, self-built online shop goes online
- 1999
Copyright notice of the website from 1999 (since 1999-2026)