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Ruins of the Old Glassworks and Forester's House (Ritterstein No. 265)

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Ruins of the Old Glassworks and Forester's House (Ritterstein No. 265)

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Ruins of the Old Glassworks and Forester's House (Ritterstein No. 265)

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Location: Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Forsthaus zur Isenach – Isenachweiher loop from Thörigtal

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2. Alte Glashütte Forest House – Kirschtal Spring loop from Thörigtal

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3. Stairway to Drachenhöhle – Drachenfels Trail loop from Weidenthal

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Euphemia Anna 🌳

June 17, 2021

One of the Palatinate Forest Association's more than 300 knight's stones is located here and points to the following:
From 1710 until its destruction in 1731 there was a glassworks here, i.e. H. Glass was produced here by the stream, and 10 glassmakers lived and worked here with their families. - On the rubble of this old glassworks, the "Forsthaus Alte Glashütte" was built for a forester and gamekeeper (later: district forester) and was demolished after 1875.
In 1951 a shelter and a small hunting lodge were built here.
Source: "Knight's Stones in the Palatinate Forest" by Walter Eitelmann, self-published by the Palatinate Forest Association, Neustadt/Wstr.

The Palatinate Forest Association Lambrecht (formerly) held its annual “Hut Magic” here.

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Manfred 🌳🥾

July 16, 2017

Here stood a glassworks built in 1708 by Johann Georg Gronn and Johann Martin Winckelmann with the permission of Count Johann Friedrich von Leiningen.

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May 3, 2020

The glassworks only stood for a little more than 20 years - in between there was a forester's house, which, however, also existed at the end of the 19th century. was demolished.

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Ruins of the Old Glassworks and Forester's House (Ritterstein No. 265)

1. Forsthaus zur Isenach – Isenachweiher loop from Thörigtal

2. Alte Glashütte Forest House – Kirschtal Spring loop from Thörigtal

3. Stairway to Drachenhöhle – Drachenfels Trail loop from Weidenthal

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