Glassworks (desert)

Glashütte is a deserted area in the district of Weißenborn in the Saale-Holzland district in Thuringia .

location

The place of the glassworks (deserted area), which was seen in 1952, is located in the forest near Weißenborn on Alten Straße northeast of the municipality of Weißenborn north of the street just before the sewage treatment plant of the municipality of Tautenhain to the south .

history

Since 1196 there has been a documentary mention An der Glashütte for the forest division 156 in the Weißenborn corridor. In 1925, researchers found twenty smaller mounds of 8 × 12 meters in diameter during excavations. The success was unlucky . However, surface finds reveal glass remains and fragments of the harbor . The ceramic finds date from the 12th to 17th centuries, which indicate the location of the glassworks .

Individual evidence

↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archeology 9: Archaeological Hiking Guide Thuringia Saale-Holzland-Kreis, East , 2007, ISBN 978-3-937517-51-3 , p. 76/77

50.93258 11.89199Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 57.3 " N , 11 ° 53 ′ 31.2" E

[1] State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archeology 9: Archaeological Hiking Guide Thuringia Saale-Holzland-Kreis, East , 2007, ISBN 978-3-937517-51-3 , p. 76/77