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Glashütten

Medieval Glassworks at the Emsbach Gorge

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Darmstadt District

Hochtaunuskreis

Glashütten

Medieval Glassworks at the Emsbach Gorge

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Location: Glashütten, Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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Angela Mook

May 20, 2020

This old glassworks, steeped in history, is a little hidden, but absolutely worth a detour.

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Joachim N. 🇺🇦

August 20, 2022

This glassworks produced green forest glass, which was processed into hollow glass and flat glass using the cylinder process. Large numbers of glass vessels were almost exclusively thick-walled beakers, which were sold in bulk between the 1450s and 1480s. Based on the glass and ceramic finds, the production time of the glassworks can be dated to around 1450. The glass works worked around the same time as the glass works below Dornsweg and the glass works on Buchholzweg, which were each around a kilometer away. Iron ore was smelted on the site of the glassworks in the 13th century, which is indicated by more than 300 kg of iron ore and iron slag in the area where the find was found.

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September 30, 2024

Located directly in the Emsbach valley, you can see the remains of the old stained glass windows.

A more detailed description and a reconstruction can also be seen in Hessenpark.

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Location: Glashütten, Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

Medieval Glassworks at the Emsbach Gorge

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