Glashütte (Hemeln)

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Entrance to the town from Glashütte

Glashütte is a village in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony . It belongs with Bursfelde to Hemeln , which is a district of the city of Hann. Münden is. Glashütte has around 90 residents, making it one of the smallest districts of Hann. Münden. The village is on the edge of the Bramwald in the Weser valley, directly on the river.

history

Archaeologically proven traces of desertification suggest that the area was settled from the 13th to 15th centuries. The village of Glashütte emerged from a hut settlement founded in 1767. It was created as a planned industrial estate, which was surrounded by small workers' houses. The establishment was made possible by King George III , who lived in London . through a contract with the glassmakers Johann Jürgen Kauffel and Johann Friedrich Stender dated July 31, 1767. The hut produced forest glass and, unlike the traveling glassworks located in the Bramwald, had a fixed location. In the last third of the 19th century the glassworks ceased operations due to unprofitability. After a brief period of vacancy, the glassworks buildings were demolished in the 1880s. Since then, the townscape has been shaped by simple half-timbered buildings that were built around 1900.

Since the territorial reform of 1973, Glashütte is no longer a part of the Hemeln community, but a part of the city of Hann. Münden.

  • Glassworks on the edge of the Bramswald

  • View from Bramburg to Glashütte and the Weser

  • Site plan of the village from 1868, the glassworks in the middle

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Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 37.1 ″  N , 9 ° 37 ′ 7.1 ″  E