{"id":51610,"date":"2026-04-17T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/ein-besen-fuers-leben\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:38:04","slug":"a-broom-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/en\/a-broom-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A broom for life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Harald Klein runs the last brush making manufactory of the Palatinate region together with his family in Ramberg. The town might be small, yet it looks back at a long history of craftsmanship.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harald Klein runs the palm of his hand over the black-and-white bristles of the hand broom, picks up a pair of oversized scissors and cuts lengthwise across the tufts several times. Shearing is what this is called. It is the final step in the brush or broom making process when the last protruding bristles are removed. After all, the brooms, hand brooms, bottle and pastry brushes, the dusters and the furniture brushes are supposed to do a perfect job of brushing and sweeping in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"BorlabsCookie _brlbs-cb-youtube\"><div class=\"_brlbs-content-blocker\"> <div class=\"_brlbs-embed _brlbs-video-youtube\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_brlbs-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/plugins\/borlabs-cookie\/assets\/images\/cb-no-thumbnail.png\" alt=\"YouTube\"> <div class=\"_brlbs-caption\"> <p>Mit dem Laden des Videos akzeptieren Sie die Datenschutzerkl\u00e4rung von YouTube.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Mehr erfahren<\/a><\/p> <p><a class=\"_brlbs-btn _brlbs-icon-play-white\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Video laden<\/a><\/p> <p><label><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"unblockAll\" value=\"1\" checked> <small>YouTube immer entsperren<\/small><\/label><\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><div class=\"borlabs-hide\" data-borlabs-cookie-type=\"content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-id=\"youtube\"><script type=\"text\/template\">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<\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A visit to the broom and brush factory of the Klein family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harald is standing in the semi-darkness on the upper floor of his brush and broom manufactory in Ramberg in the Palatinate, surrounded by boxes filled with brushes of various sizes, neatly arranged side by side. Although\u2014manufactory might not be the best word to describe it\u2014more precisely, it is a micro-entity that he runs together with his brother Hans-Dieter and his wife, Harald\u2019s own wife and their daughter. In addition to that, one permanent employee and a handful of manual workers belong to the business.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/094_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/094_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/094_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/094_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/094_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Klein family are the last remaining broom and brush makers of Ramberg, a village in the southern Palatinate Forest in the collective municipality of Annweiler, which once was the centre of the brush-making trade. In the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, the entire community made a living from the craft either directly or indirectly. Today, it is just the Kleins. Ramberg\u2014that means forested mountains to the right and forested mountains to the left with some houses in between, plus a high street running through the valley basin. From the Rhine valley, it takes 20 minutes to travel to the \u201cstate-approved resort town\u201d\u2014a label that Ramberg bears with pride. The rose-coloured Catholic St. Laurentius Church is situated in the centre of the village. Back when it was consecrated in 1836, the life of the village people looked quite different. The people of Ramberg did not have much, especially not enough space for farming. This is why they resorted to brush and broom making. They learned this craft by watching the French. \u201cMany people back then went to France, hoping for a better life,\u201d Harald explains. But when their lives did not improve, they returned to their old home\u2014and brought the craft of brush making with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1850, 130 people worked as brush makers in the village with 1300 inhabitants. And when the peddlers, called <em>buckelkr\u00e4mer<\/em> in the Palatinate vernacular, with their enormous <em>keetzen<\/em> panniers turned up in the towns in neighbouring France, the Netherlands, or even in Scandinavia, the inhabitants of the towns exclaimed: \u201cThe people from Ramberg are coming.\u201d They knew\u2014what you get here is quality, not trashy stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A handmade broom lasts a lifetime<\/p>\n<cite>Harald Klein<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, most people want brushes and brooms made of plastic, because it is cheaper,\u201d Harald says sorrowfully and lifts black-and-white bristles, neatly wrapped in packing paper and tied down with string, out of a cardboard box. Goat hair from the Tibetan highlands, that is, which he obtains via an importer from China. \u201cThe hair is soft and can bind the dust thanks to its own fat content,\u201d he explains. Harald also sources bristles of domestic and wild boars from China. \u201cThey make fine pastry brushes and are suitable for hairbrushes, too.\u201d And what about the common broom? It is made from horsehair, the mane or the tail hair of the horse. To craft a sturdy yard broom or hand brush, Harald draws on palm or coconut fibres from Indonesia, Brazil or India.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/131_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/131_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/131_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/131_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/131_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soft goat hair is particularly suitable for binding dust.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A phone rings. Harald fumbles his mobile phone out of his trouser pocket. \u201cI will call back later,\u201d he says and pockets his mobile. It will ring again several times during the next few hours. Somebody wants to order something; a woman inquires about broom sizes. Harald keeps his cool. He will not get worked up by any of this. Not by the boxes at his feet that need to find their way to customers. Not by the work ahead of him, the orders, requests, invoices that are towering up in opened and unopened envelops on the desk in his office. The Ramberg mill once stood on the premises where the Kleins now produce their brushes. Harald\u2019s great-grandfather Josef had founded the broom and brush making manufactory here at the end of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century. Later, his first-born son Josef, Harald\u2019s grandfather, took over the business\u2014it was he, too, who purchased the former mill in an auction in 1931.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/032_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/032_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/032_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/032_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/032_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cases, crates, cartons\u2014and, in between, all sorts of bristles, brushes and brooms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the rooms tell the story of the manufactory\u2019s long history. There are cases, boxes and baskets piled almost to the ceiling, shelves full of broomsticks, freshly delivered from Canada and Brazil, wooden planks\u2014some still rough-cut, others already planed into broom bodies that the drill spindle will later bore the holes into\u2014and, of course, the bristles and fibres, without which the brooms and brushes would be nothing in the end. The machines were already acquired by Grandfather Josef or his son Arnold, Harald\u2019s and Hans-Dieter\u2019s father. Grandfather Josef, though, did not live to the day one of the most important innovations was introduced\u2014although he had already initiated the purchase at a fair in 1972 right before his death: a punching machine that drills holes into the wooden broom bodies in a fully automated process, while at the same time shooting bristle bundles into the wood with the help of punching wire.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/119_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/119_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/119_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/119_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/119_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The punching machine made the brush makers\u2019 work so much easier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this particular day, the machine park is not operating any more, which is why Harald demonstrates the procedure on a semi-automatic machine. The wooden broom body, already prepared with holes, has to be guided manually, everything else works automatically. \u201cThis requires precision,\u201d the brush maker says, while switching on the machine. Humming and rattling sounds arise, a curved arm picks up a specific amount of bristles from the bristle channel, whilst at the same time some sort of tongue produces a wire loop, which grabs the bundle of bristles and shoots it with a \u201cclick\u201d into the hole in the wooden body that Harald has positioned precisely. \u201cIt works really fast, 130 bundles per minute.\u201d Harald uses the semi-automatic machine for special orders in small quantities, like for instance, brushes that can clean vacuum cleaners or line brooms at tennis courts.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/103_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/103_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/103_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/103_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/103_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">130 bundles of bristle are pulled into a piece of wood per minute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Harald can do even more. He masters the handcraft of broom making just like the first broom makers in Ramberg did. To demonstrate this, he goes up the stairs again into a room where you can still find the so-called \u201cpull-in tables\u201d. They might look like commonplace wooden tables, yet they used to be the centrepiece of the brush making process. Harald points to the round cut-out in the centre of the workbench. A wire spindle used to be inserted here, and next to it lay the pre-drilled wooden brush body. The wire is threaded through the pre-drilled hole from below; and through this noose the bundle of bristles\u2014removed from a stack with a practised hand movement\u2014is being \u201clooped through\u201d, flipped over in the middle and finally pulled into the wood. \u201cWhen the bundle slips into the wooden body, it makes a certain sound,\u201d Harald explains while he portions the bristles with his large hands. This is called \u201cstraddling\u201d by the brush makers. The sound is produced when the bundle is really full and pulled into the hole with a lot of strength, as he says. When he hears this sound, Harald knows: That\u2019s a perfect fit.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/111_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/111_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/111_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/111_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/111_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">No matter what device you take\u2014the bristles fit perfectly, that\u2019s for sure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When he was a child, about ten men and women sat at the \u201cpull-in table\u201d. He, too, had lent a hand. And when the jingle of the ice-cream van could be heard in the afternoon, he was allowed to get a scoop. Later, he received real money as payment\u201450 pfennig per hour. The brushes and brooms clean more thoroughly, the more holes and bristles there are. \u201cI stole this with my eyes,\u201d he says. Just like his brother, he underwent a commercial apprenticeship in his father\u2019s firm; his father was granted an exceptional permission that allowed him to conduct trainings at all, Harald recounts. However, he learned by watching others. He can make four street sweepers in one hour\u2014a machine can accomplish the same task in four minutes. Harald, however, says it is not the same. \u201cA handmade broom lasts a lifetime.\u201d To this day, women in Ramberg continue to handcraft products for him. They do not sit at the \u201cpull-in table\u201d any more, though, but in their own homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/030_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/030_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/030_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/030_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/030_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether there is a future to the business or not is something Harald cannot know for sure. There are several grandchildren, he says, but the oldest of them is just 14. On the other hand, people are starting to value regional products again\u2014a fact that he can observe when he is out and about at farmer\u2019s and artisan markets to sell his brushes and brooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/148_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/148_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/148_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/148_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/148_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">They might look antiquated\u2014yet they come into favour again these days: handcrafted brushes and brooms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least, there is a place in the village that ensures that the handcraft itself and all the stories related to it do not fall into oblivion\u2014the broom maker\u2019s museum. Here, you can find the same machines as in Harald\u2019s workshops and even older ones. You can find pictures of broom makers\u2019 families here, and of the last pannier of the village with his <em>keetze<\/em> on his back. A flag is put up here in reminiscence of the strike of the brush makers in 1907 in Ramberg\u2014an unprecedented uprising of the workers against poor wages and harsh working conditions that had captured the entire village for almost one year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/141_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/141_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/141_buersten_ramberg_web__sw.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/141_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/141_buersten_ramberg_web__sw-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The broom maker\u2019s museum tells stories of the profession and of Ramberg.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, Harald demonstrates the proper treatment of his products. He picks up a broom with a stick and explains in his broad Palatinate vernacular: \u201cPut ya hand on top of the roundin\u2019, because then ya keep standin\u2019 up-right. And then, push it, don\u2019t press it down!\u201d Handled this way, the dirt will stay in front of the broom. Secondly, never place a good broom or brush on its bristles. \u201cThat cuts me to the quick.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/klein-besen-buersten-shop.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/klein-besen-buersten-shop.de<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harald Klein runs the last brush making manufactory of the Palatinate region together with his family in Ramberg. The town might be small, yet it looks back at a long history of craftsmanship. 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