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Holzbildhauerei Stiegeler
Holzbildhauerei
Meisterhafte Holzbildhauerei im Schwarzwald — von Hand geschnitzte Skulpturen, sakrale Kunst und kunstvolle Ornamente.
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About
Holzbildhauerei Stiegeler is a wood-carving atelier run by Simon and Lillian Stiegeler in Grafenhausen, deep in Germany's Black Forest. From their workshop at Kirchsteig 5, they create hand-carved sculptures, sacred art, ornamental reliefs and bespoke decorative elements. Every cut is made by hand — no CNC, no shortcuts — honouring a tradition that stretches back centuries in the Schwarzwald.
Company story
Simon Stiegeler learned the art of wood carving from his father, continuing a family tradition rooted in the Black Forest's rich woodworking heritage. Together with his wife Lillian — a trained restorer — they operate a two-person atelier where commissions range from church altar figures and crucifixes to contemporary sculptural installations for private collectors. Their workshop, housed in a former farmstead overlooking the Schluchsee valley, is filled with the scent of linden, oak and walnut. The Stiegelers are also dedicated to preservation, regularly restoring 18th- and 19th-century carved altarpieces for churches across Baden-Württemberg.
Selected work
Reference projects
2022
Altar Figure Restoration — St. Blasien Abbey
Conservation and restoration of four 18th-century carved linden-wood angel figures from a side altar. Work included structural consolidation, recarving missing fingers and wing tips, and careful retouching of original polychrome paint layers.
2024
Garden Sculpture — Private Collector, Freiburg
A 1.8 m free-standing oak sculpture of intertwined tree forms, commissioned for a private garden. Carved from a single 400-year-old oak trunk salvaged from a storm-felled tree in the Hotzenwald forest.
2023
Ornamental Door Surround — Schwarzwald Gasthaus
Hand-carved decorative door frame in walnut featuring traditional Black Forest motifs: pine cones, cuckoo birds and intertwined vines. Installed at the main entrance of a historic Gasthaus in Todtmoos.