Glass loop Pullenreuth

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Current aerial view of Glaschleif, in the background the heights of the stone forest

The Pullenreuth Glass Loop is a former commercial glass grinding shop on the northern slope of the Steinwald (southern Fichtel Mountains ) in the middle of a clearing island (610 m above sea level). It belongs to the political community of Pullenreuth in the Tirschenreuth district (northeast Bavaria). The road leads via Pullenreuth and Arnoldsreuth to a hikers' car park at the edge of the forest, from there the Franconian mountain trail goes to the buildings in a few minutes.

History of origin

On January 10, 1787, the Electoral Palatinate Rent Chamber Amberg approved the forester Anton Baierl to build a new building in a deserted whetstone quarry . It was about the establishment of a glass polishing plant, the Steinbach supplied with its water the driving force for the machines. The building, which existed until 1880, is referred to as the "Obere Glaschleife" with house number 1.

Above this glass loop, a Schützweiher (reservoir) was created, the water of which was channeled through the still recognizable canal to the bicycle rooms during the day. Overnight, when there was no work, the pond could fill up again. An overshot waterwheel was set in motion in the wheel room, and transmissions transmitted the drive to grinding stands and polishing tables. The foundation walls of the building were exposed and a water wheel was installed.

A second building, house number 2 or "Untere Glass Loop", must have been built between 1826 and 1856. There, too, the Steinbach water was used as a driving force. What is less known is how profitably the systems worked, or up to what time window and mirror glass was processed.

Exhibition building and excavation site

Information center

The building of the Lower Glass Loop was bought by the Steinwaldia Pullenreuth eV association in 2010 and fundamentally renovated by voluntary members and with funding from various agencies. The building was inaugurated on Jul 24, 2011. The house has a small utility room, a kitchen, toilets and a conference and exhibition room on the upper floor. The archaeological exhibition in a separate room with finds from the Weißenstein castle ruins is interesting . Boards and a small themed trail in the Steinwald Nature Park and the Bavarian-Bohemian Geopark provide information about the history of the glass loop and the geology of the area.

literature

  • Norbert Hönick: Glass grinding - a "glass grinding pollier". In: We at the Steinwald. Issue 1/1993, pp. 25-36.
  • Bavarian-Bohemian Geopark: Newsletter 3/2011
  • Newspaper reports in: The new day . Pastures.

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