Glass Street
The Glasstraße is a 250 km long holiday route in Eastern Bavaria . It connects Waldsassen in the north with Passau in the south and leads via Neustadt an der Waldnaab in several routes across the Upper Palatinate Forest and the Bavarian Forest .
The Glass Road leads through the impressive landscapes of the Upper Palatinate Forest and the Bavarian Forest , with the focus on glass . Places with the endings -hütt or -schleif attest to a 700-year tradition of glass production and refinement in this region . Even today, there are still numerous companies located on Glasstrasse that deal with the subject of glass: glassblowers , glassworks , engravers , glass cutters , glass refiners, and glass artists manufacture (partly publicly) glass in all its diversity. From the Christmas tree ball to innovative wine glasses to a whole glass forest, everything is on offer on the Glasstraße.
Founded by Ernst Hinsken , Günther Keilwerth and Klemens Unger in 1997, Glasstrasse was opened in the same year by the then Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl . Since then, the European Glass Music Festival, the award of the Glass Street Prize, the Zwieseler Glastage, the Frauenau Glass Street Festival as well as exhibitions and Christmas markets in numerous glassworks have taken place here on a regular basis.
48 towns and eight districts in Eastern Bavaria are members of the Glasstrasse working group, which is coordinated by the Eastern Bavaria Tourist Board.
Counties and places
The road passes through the district of Cham , Freyung-Grafenau , Neustadt an der Waldnaab , Passau , the district of Regen , district Schwandorf , Straubing-Bogen district and the district Tirschenreuth .
Adjacent locations are: Altenstadt an der Waldnaab , Amberg , Arnbruck , Arrach , Bodenmais , Drachselsried , Eschlkam , Frauenau , Freyung , Furth im Wald , Gleißenberg , Grafenau , Grainet , Hinterschmiding , Hohenau , Jandelsbrunn , Kirchdorf im Wald , Lam , Lohberg , Mitterteich , Neukirchen bei Heiligen Blut , Neunburg vorm Wald , Neureichenau , Neustadt an der Waldnaab , Oberviechtach , Passau , Philippsreut , Plößberg , Prackenbach , Regen , Rinchnach , Saldenburg , Sankt Englmar , Sankt Oswald-Riedlhütte , Schönsee , Spiegelau , Tirschenreuth , Viechtach , Vilshofen , Waldkirchen , Waldmünchen , Waldsassen , Weiden in the Upper Palatinate , Windischeschenbach , Winklarn , Zwiesel .
Museums
Adjacent museums or museums in the vicinity are:
- Passau Glass Museum
- Frauenau Glass Museum
- Snuff Museum Frauenau
- Stadtmuseum Neustadt an der Waldnaab
- Historic glass grinding and polishing plant in Hagenmühle in the Zottbachtal
- Plößberg Glass Melting Furnace Museum
- Forest Museum Zwiesel
- Bavarian Forest Museum Village
- Upper Palatinate Fisheries Museum
Attractions on the edge of Glasstrasse
In addition to the museums you can find u. a. the following attractions:
- Bayerwald zoo in Lohberg
- Glass pyramid by Zwiesel Kristallglas in Zwiesel
- Center Bavaria Bohemia
- The Weinfurtner Glasdorf
- Waldwipfelweg in St. Englmar
- National Park House in the Bavarian Forest National Park
- Weißenstein castle ruins
- Leuchtenberg castle ruins
- The Bavarian stake
- Silver mine in Bodenmais
- Joska crystal garden in Bodenmais
- Glass forest
Literature on Glasstrasse
- Tourismusverband Ostbayern eV (ed.): Die Glasstraße, Bosch-Druck Ergolding 2005, ISBN 3-928755-26-9
- Constanze Müller, Mary Fell: Life on Glasstrasse, COM PR + Marketing Verlag 2007, ISBN 3-933815-33-9
- Bernhard M. Baron , "Heart of Glass". A literary tour along the Glasstraße , in: Oberpfälzer Heimat vol. 52 (2008), pp. 98-107, ISBN 3-937117-63-6
Illustrations
Passau Glass Museum
Frauenau Glass Museum
Forest Museum Zwiesel - glass snuff boxes
