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Glassblower Woman statue in Lauscha

Glassblower Woman statue in Lauscha

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Glassblower Woman statue in Lauscha

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Location: Lauscha, Landkreis Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany

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1. Felsenhäusle Viewpoint – View of Lauscha loop from Lauscha (Thür)

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2. Steinachgrund Holiday Cabins – Wächtersteich with shelter loop from Lauscha (Thür)

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3. Bergmannsklause Garden and Guesthouse – Kaufmannsgeräum Rest Area loop from Lauscha (Thür)

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RadlerUnterland🚵‍♂️

December 3, 2023

Here you will find a monument that commemorates the work of the glassblowers' women. The history behind it is interesting.

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In the rooms of the desperately poor glassblowing families there was a clear division of tasks. The men sat “in front of the lamp” and blew the Christmas tree decorations at a chord tempo. The rest of the family painted and finished the delicate glassware. The glassblowers' wives carried the easily breakable goods in voluminous carrying baskets made of willow wood or special wooden frames (Raaf or Kiepe) along laborious paths from Lauscha to Sonneberg. It was part of the Lauscha townscape that women walked along the village street with their large carrying baskets.

Source: thueringer-wald.com/w/die-arbeit-der-glasbl%C3%A4serfrauen

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RadlerUnterland🚵‍♂️

December 3, 2023

The glassblowers' women carried the Christmas tree decorations in baskets made of willow wood the 15 kilometers to Sonneberg. The baskets usually weighed over 20 kg and the journey was very difficult, especially in the winter months.
Source: ulrich-goepfert.de/index.php/de/aktuelles/18606-die-legende-von-der-glasblaeserfrau

At this link you can find interesting information about the tradition of the glassblowing town of Lauscha.

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December 9, 2023

The figure appears very despondent due to the contrast of the dark robe and the bright white face.

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BAMA

December 6, 2024

The sculpture by the Sonneberg artist Hans-Jürgen Gögel was erected on the glassblowers' path in 2017. With the invention of glass Christmas tree decorations in the middle of the 19th century, the shortest connection from Lauscha to Sonneberg and back became vitally important for Lauscha's glassblowers. (...from information board)

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Glassblower Woman statue in Lauscha

1. Felsenhäusle Viewpoint – View of Lauscha loop from Lauscha (Thür)

2. Steinachgrund Holiday Cabins – Wächtersteich with shelter loop from Lauscha (Thür)

3. Bergmannsklause Garden and Guesthouse – Kaufmannsgeräum Rest Area loop from Lauscha (Thür)

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