Globe stone

"Felsengluck" on the outskirts of Globenstein. Left: Pöhlwasser. In the background: former cardboard factory (to Arnoldshammer )

Flemming wood goods factory: some of the original factory buildings have been preserved

Globenstein is a to Breitenbrunn / Erzgeb. in the Saxon Ore Mountains belonging group of houses.

history

On an old map, a small settlement at the foot of the "Klobenstein" can be seen as early as 1600, which consisted of a few houses and a board mill on the Kaffwasser (today: Pöhlwasser ). The Rittersgrüner hammer mills were only a short distance upstream . In 1791 the settlement had grown to eight houses. In the 19th century, the names Ober- and Niederglobenstein became common . While the latter was initially a district of Pöhla , Oberglobenstein belonged to Rittersgrün and partly to Erla . In 1923, 49 people lived in Globenstein. In 1978 all parts of Globenstein were knocked down to Rittersgrün, which was incorporated into Breitenbrunn in 2007. Globenstein was from 1889 to 1971 on the middle section of the narrow-gauge railway Grünstädtel-Oberrittersgrün . The Niederglobenstein train station and the Oberglobenstein stop were on the territory of the municipality .

economy

Advertisement from 1898 for CL Flemming wood products

Wooden toys from Flemming, 1957

In 1864, Carl Ludwig Flemming (1840–1905), the son of a Schönheid brush maker, founded a wood goods factory on the right side of the Pöhlwasser, whose water power he initially used for the manufacture of brush woods. After the factory was connected to the narrow-gauge line Grünstädtel- Oberrittersgrün through the Oberglobenstein station , Flemming expanded its production, now also manufactured wagons, sledges and bird-makers and soon offered over 100 different products in catalogs. The factory is also considered to be the first to manufacture pyramids commercially (from 1902). The company remained family-owned and produced under the name Flemming und Co. GmbH . By the summer of 1941 at the latest, a prisoner-of-war labor command was stationed at this company. In 1972 the company was nationalized. Since August 2006 the company has been producing under the name "Globensteiner Holzwerkstätten".

The Pöhla-Globenstein deposit, which contains large amounts of tungsten , tin and indium , is located below the local area of Globenstein and neighboring Pöhla . After explorations and trial dismantling between 1957 and 1989, the Pöhla-Globenstein exploratory mine was added from the Pöhla side in 2016 . If successful, commercial dismantling was planned from 2018/2019.

Commercial Christmas pyramid manufacture

The Globenstein Christmas pyramid is a specialty: in the Erzgebirge, Christmas pyramids were usually created as individual pieces, which mostly men designed and built alongside their job, more as a leisure activity or to earn something from sales. The Flemming system was designed in such a way that wood residues from the main production could be used. This construction made it possible for pyramids of different heights from 80 centimeters to over two meters to be offered, for shipping and space-saving storage the wings to be inserted into the sides of the floor and the candle holders to be folded up. The Flemming company advertised its series product, which was available with and without figures and with and without bells, in numerous newspapers from around 1900. She sent her pyramids in boxes in the mail, in good times over 5000 pieces a year. In 1948 the pyramid production in Globenstein ended.