Spiegelberg Glass Museum

The Spiegelberg Glass Museum is located in the town hall of the Spiegelberg community , Rems-Murr-Kreis , in the Swabian-Franconian Forest Nature Park .

history

Mirror of the Spiegelberg glassworks, 18th century

Leaves - apothecary bottles from the 17th century

On the occasion of the “300 years Spiegelberg” anniversary in 2005, a glass exhibition was opened in the town hall, which presented the history of the glassworks in the Swabian-Franconian Forest. Due to the great response, the exhibition was further developed and permanently set up as a glass museum.

The Spiegelberg municipality is responsible for the museum. The place Spiegelberg was founded in 1705 as Spiegelhütte. A branch of this glassworks was the Neuhütte in Joachimstal , today the municipality of Wüstenrot , district of Heilbronn .

concept

The thematic focus of the museum is the history of forest glass production in the Swabian-Franconian Forest. From the 15th to the 19th century there were 25 glassworks in the Löwensteiner Mountains , the Mainhardter Forest and the Welzheimer Forest . Original finds from old glassworks are shown - complete glasses as well as fragments, which are supplemented by replicas . Glass production is explained and illustrated using the model of a glass furnace. Special features of the exhibition are an original mirror from the Spiegelberg factory and chevron pearls that were found in a neighboring glassworks. The exhibition also shows the whole variety of glass: lithyalin, peasant silver , millefiori and much more. In addition, there are special exhibitions with topics that change every year.

From April 30, 2017 to December 31, 2017, the Spiegelberg Glass Museum presented “Brilliant Pieces” in the 2017 special exhibition, a comprehensive exhibition of the crystal glass manufacturer Joh. Oertel & Co. from 1869 to the present day.

literature

• Karl Greiner : The glassworks in Württemberg. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden 1971, pp. 7-14 ( publications on the history of glass and glassworks in Germany (historical topography) 2, ISSN  0170-3447 ).
• Marianne Hasenmayer: The glassworks in the Mainhardt Forest and in the Löwenstein Mountains. In: Paul Strähle (Ed.): Swabian-Franconian Forest Nature Park. 4th revised and expanded edition. Theiss, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-8062-2033-6 , pp. 108–128 ( nature - home - hiking ).
• Marianne Hasenmayer: A glassworks in the monastery forest. In: Albrecht Bedal (ed.): The forester's house Joachimstal. Order and freedom, nature and economy. Hohenloher Freilandmuseum, Schwäbisch Hall 2006, ISBN 3-9806793-6-5 , pp. 18–38 ( houses, people and museum 3).
• Marianne Hasenmayer: The discovery of an extremely rare pilgrim bottle. In: Lukas Clemens & Peter Steppuhn (eds.): Glass production - archeology and history - contributions to the 4th international symposium on research into medieval and early modern glassworks in Europe. Kliomedia , Trier 2012, ISBN 978-3-89890-162-8 , pp. 195–199 ( interdisciplinary dialogue between archeology and history, volume 2 ).
• Elmar Hahn: pilgrim bottle from Gaggstatt. In: Historischer Verein für Württembergisch Franken (Ed.): Württembergisch Franken Jahrbuch 2012 , Volume 96, Schwäbisch Hall 2012, ISSN  0084-3067 , pp. 213-216.

Web links

• Homepage of the Spiegelberg Glass Museum

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the community of Spiegelberg  
2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the community of Spiegelberg  
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Coordinates: 49 ° 2 ′ 15.9 ″  N , 9 ° 26 ′ 47.5 ″  E