Summer House Fair 2024 at mineral wholesaler Marco Schreier
From July 11 - 14, 2024 it's time again: The big summer summer house fair will take place!
Look forward to additional sales areas, e.g. in the tents in the front courtyard, lots of new goods, snacks and up to 12% house fair discount!
Open on all four days of the fair from 9.00 to 18.00.
Have you never been to one of our in-house exhibitions before?
On this page we have compiled the most important information for you.
You can find an impression of the last in-house trade fair in March 2024 here
July 17, 2024: Many thanks for your donation!
Bei der Sommer-Hausmesse 2024 sind durch Ihre Spenden insgesamt 1242,43 € für die Opfer der Flutkatastrophe in Brasilien zusammengekommen. Diesen Betrag haben wir verdoppelt und an den Rotary-Club Soledade weiterleiten. Die Mitglieder des Clubs engagieren sich ehrenamtlich beim Kauf und der Verteilung von Hilfsgütern wie Decken, Zelte, Kleidung und Lebensmittel.
At the 2024 summer house fair, your donations raised a total of €1242.43 for the victims of the flood disaster in Brazil. We doubled this amount and forwarded it to the Rotary Club Soledade. The members of the club volunteer their time to purchase and distribute relief supplies such as blankets, tents, clothing and food.
July 11, 2024: The summer house fair is open!
Much to discover in the Gallery of the Earth
inexpensive fossils
Daniel and Jan Eisen (VitaJuwel) - advice (also in English) and lectures on gemstone water
People and stones well protected even in rain
lectures with Monika Grundmann (Edelstein Balance)
Petrified wood in the large tent
Labradorite table at customer reception
drum session with Mehrdad Hossein-Aghdaie Atelier Kunst und Klang
Amethyst - huge selection at wholesale prices!
July 10, 2024: Smoky quartz - completely relaxed ?!?
Smoky quartz is actually considered a stone of relaxation, but these beautiful points have caused a bit of a rush:
We really want to present the points to you in the big tent from tomorrow; that's why the incoming goods department has hurried and label the crystal points.
Not yet booked your visitor ticket?
July 09, 2024: Such a variety of gemstones!
The large tent is already well filled: One focus is Amethst in many different shapes, sizes and qualities. Also to be found in the tent: Fluorite, coelestine, petrified wood, calcite, lots of drilled stones and inexpensive bracelets.
July 09, 2024: A direct hit with the lectures
When we decided on the topics for the house fair lectures a few weeks ago, it was not yet clear that the topics would be a perfect match for the midsummer weather on the coming weekend:
11 a.m. Yoga for the eyes (Monika Grundmann, Edelstein Balance)
12 p.m. Water and its secrets (Daniel Eisen, VitaJuwel)
3 p.m. Cool through the summer with magnesite (Monika Grundmann, Edelstein Balance)
4 p.m. Gemstone water in application (Jan Eisen, VitaJuwel)
The lectures are free of charge, registration is not required.
July 08, 2024: Magatama!
There are pallets, boxes and crates labeled "Hausmesse" everywhere in the warehouse, waiting to be moved into the big tent.
We took a look inside the top box of drilled gemstones: Magatama!
Magatamas are among the oldest known forms of gemstones and amulets; historical finds from burial mounds are known from around 1000 BC. The symbol represents the human spirit and is considered a powerful amulet that provides effective protection against evil spirits. Translated from Japanese, magatama means "curved pearl".
05 July 2024: Here we go!
The official starting signal for the final spurt of preparations has been given with the erection of the large tent by Fischer Zeltbau.
The tent is up, now it's time for the interior fittings and then the minerals and gemstones, so that everything is ready by Thursday morning.
July 04, 2024: Atacama opal: fresh supply
Last year, the Atacama opal already impressed as stone of the month for December - now supplies have finally arrived again: beautiful one side polished pieces and freeforms in various sizes!
July 03, 2024: quite small and pretty large minerals
Very small minerals such as this lapis lazuli specimen and also quite large pieces, e.g. fluorite cluster, are currently being prepared in the good receiving department for the summer house fair.
Many of these are small items that are only available at the house fair in Ludwigsburg and cannot be ordered via the webshop.
July 02, 2024: Lectures by and with VitaJuwel
Preparations for the summer house fair are also in full swing at VitaJuwel. Managing Directors Daniel and Jan Eisen are planning the final details of the "DIY inu!" special offer and the two lectures (german language):
12h "Water and its secrets"
The lecture offers insights into the vital properties of water and the special role of gemstone water. What effect do gemstones have on water? What methods of production are there? These are just two of the questions that this lecture will answer. Discover and discuss the fascinating secrets of water and the effect of gemstones on our drinking water and well-being.
16h "Applications with gemstone water "
The production principle of gemstone water was revolutionized in 2006 with the invention of the gemstone vial by Ewald Eisen. In addition to vials and bottles, a variety of other ways of using the power of gemstones have emerged. Find out how you can easily integrate gemstone water and thus well-being into your everyday life with the "VitaJuwel method". The lecture will also address the possibility of energizing soap and other liquids. The topic of effective mixtures of different gemstones will not be neglected either.
The lectures by Daniel and Jan Eisen will take place in the seminar house. Registration is not necessary. Admission free!
July 01, 2024: Donations for Soledade
We have been associated with the region around Soledade and Porto Alegre in southern Brazil and the people there for over 40 years - this is where our amethyst cathedrals come from, among other things. We were dismayed to learn that there have been several flood disasters in the region, with water and dirt from the rivers destroying fields, houses, schools and infrastructure.
Together with our Brazilian friend and supplier Claudio, we are therefore asking for donations for the flood victims in southern Brazil at the summer house fair. Our local partner is the Rotary Club in Soledad, which has been collecting donations and distributing supplies to sufferer and of which Claudio is a committed member.
As usual, the donation pots are located at the food truck and at the customer reception. Thank you for your kind help!
28 June 2024: Greetings to customs office in Hamburg
Hmpf! We're waiting... Five pallets of brand-new goods have been sitting in the harbour in Hamburg for a week now, waiting to be released by customs. The papers are all in order, only a few stamps are missing.
But we're still not running out of work in view of the many new items - at the moment, drilled stone pieces made of thulite, chrysocolla, lapis, malachite and azurite-malachite are being prepared for the in-house exhibition.
June 26, 2024: Tumbled stone rarities
Currently being packaged in the receiving department: 100g PUs with special gemstones and rarities, e.g. aqua aura, turquoise, natural citrine, kunzite. Only limited quantities available!
Still on the way to us and at the moment somewhere between customs clearance at the port of Hamburg and our company: Jumbos made of thulite, heliotrope and sunstone.
25 June 2024: PUMP!
In addition to the big water promotion from VitaJuwel, the new PUMP! dispensers, SPRAY bottles and POUR! spouts - available in three tried-and-tested blends:
"Wellness" with amethyst, rock crystal and rose quartz, "Forever Young" with aventurine, aventurine quartz, rock crystal and smoky quartz and "Ayurveda" (amethyst, rock crystal, carnelian, garnet, milk opal, orange calcite).
24 June 2024: Small treasures
Why come to the house fair in Ludwigsburg - everything can be ordered in the webshop?!?
We have a good answer to this question: Not all items from our wholesale range are online. For example these new fossilised shells with pyrite will be presenting for the first time at the house fair. Only a small quantity has arrived - so they will only be sold on site in Ludwigsburg.
June 19, 2024: Always beautiful: Larimar
Finally Larimar bracelets are avaiable again! Great colors, sizes between 7-8 and 12-13mm - there is a matching bracelets for everyone! Larimar one side polished pieces, engravings and many other articles have also arrived and are being sorted and labeled at the moment. Mostly only small quantities, therefore only available at the summer house fair in Ludwigsburg and not in the webshop.
June 17, 2024: A quick trip to France in between!
In addition to the preparations for the summer house fair, we are also preparing for another important event: The mineral show in St.Marie-aux-Mines!
There are so many new products coming in that it's hard to decide what to bring to France. However, there is one gemstone that is sure to be at our booth in Alsace: Atacama opal from Peru, an intensely turquoise opalite-chrysocoll-chalcedony mix.
June 12, 2024: Beautiful and practical: mineral flats
Perfect for the summer with numerous markets, festivals and other open-air events: numerous new mineral boxes, e.g. thulite rough stones, moss agate as jumbo tumbled stones and slabs as well as colorful calcite hearts. The sturdy boxes are ideal for presenting the minerals and very practical for transportation and storage!
June 10, 2024: Even more new stringed beads
And on we go! More stringed beads have arrived with the sea freight - lots of standard articles, but also around 100 strings that we have never had in our assaortment before. New arrivals include many orange-red tones, e.g. red calcite, sunstone, Mongolian agate, iron pebbles and brown-colored agate.
June 07, 2024: Magnesite and Eye Yoga
The topics for Monika Grundmann's in-house exhibition lectures (german language) have been set:
11 a.m.: Eye Yoga
Like the feet in reflexology, the eyes are a reflection of the entire body. Yoga for the eyes and the corresponding gemstones can therefore have a positive effect on the whole body. Feel the power of darkness and the energy of a blink! With the practical exercises from this hands-on workshop, you can experience relaxation throughout your entire body. Look at your everyday life with completely new eyes after the lecture and plan small breaks for your often stress-ridden eyes!
3 p.m.: Cool through the summer with magnesite
The coming weeks will be hot and exhausting - (mid)summer is just around the corner! This makes it all the more important to take short breaks to drink and relax in order to calm down (again). Magnesite can be a valuable companion here, because hardly any other gemstone conveys more serenity.
How about magnesite gemstone water, for example, enriched with a little mint? Or a cooling magnesite footbath after a hot day? During this lecture, you will learn numerous little tips and applications on how you can relax and enjoy the sun and warmth with cooling magnesite.
The lectures and the entire in-house exhibition are exclusively for our specialist trade customers; application for the lectures is not necessary.
June 05, 2024: Mother-of-pearl for summer jewelry designs
Summer can come: Just unpacking are many new stringed beads of mother-of-pearl - ideal for summery, fresh, light designs! Also well suited as an alternative to pearl strands, which are unfortunately becoming increasingly expensive.
The new donuts made of light and dark mother-of-pearl are also very elegant - stable quality at an affordable wholesale price!
May 15, 2024: Greetings from Haifeng!
Preparations for the in-house exhibition are also in full swing in our grinding shop in Haifeng, China.
Canadian ammolite is currently being cut and drilled - no easy task!
Experienced gemstone cutter Gernot Jung will be on site in Ludwigsburg for the summer house fair - take the opportunity to let his expert hands drill stones for you!
May 08, 2024: Immerse yourself in the world of moss agate!
New at the summer house fair in the large tent: lots of new moss agate articles, e.g. rough stones in various sizes, jumbo tumbled stones and slabs.
Top quality from our own cutting shop in Haifeng (China) at wholesale prices!
April 15, 2024: The ticket system is online
The ticket is valid for the entire day booked for two people (including children).
April 9, 2024: a lot of activities in Ludwigsburg!
Many of our customers who come to the house fair in Ludwigsburg from further afield take the opportunity to take a little break from everyday life. After shopping, going out for a delicious meal, attending a concert or visiting one of the baroque palaces is like a short vacation. We've already taken a look at what else is going on in Ludwigsburg during the house fair weekend - there are interesting events for everyone
First important information about guests
The spring house fair has only just finished and the planning for the summer house fair has already begun! We have invited three exciting co-exhibitors as guests for you:
VitaJuwel with individually filled inu!, lectures and water market
Drum music with Mehrdad Hossein-Aghdaie
Lectures (german) and advice about gemstone healing with Monika Grundmann
You will find all the details about these and other attractions at the summer house fair here on this page in the coming weeks and months.