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historic forest-glass-center
Village of Gersbach -Black forest - South-Germany |
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Historic
Glass Centre Gersbach |
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| The past of Gersbach has
been dominated by charcoal works, farming and mining and to a very
distinguished part by glass-blowers. Even today local family names and local field names indicate these activities which have been accomplished since the 14th century. |
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| In the Black Forest 200
remains of glass works have been brought to light. In the Gersbach area
there are eight former glassworks known. This is a noteworthy large number. It indicates the exceptional position of Gersbach concerning historic glass making. |
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| The large forests explain
this phenomenon and also the comparatively mild climate, allowing beech
trees to grow in a height of 1000 m. Beech trees were needed by charcoal-burners and by glass- blowers equally vital. The charcoal-burners produced charcoal from trunks. The glass-blowers needed beech trees to heat their glass-furnaces and in specific to produce potash, which is together with quartz and chalk an essential raw material for glass making. |
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| The recipe for glass making
was a well kept family secret; it was only handed down from father to son.
If all the beech trees in the vicinity of a glass work were used the huts for living were taken apart and moved to a better place where they were reassembled. The furnaces were destroyed and rebuilt, so called Wanderglashütten |
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| At the abandoned site the
beech trees regenerated within 150 to 200 years. They then allowed a later
generation to produce glass again. |
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| The open areas in the Gersbach
region nowadays used by farmers may be explained by the activities of
the former charcoal-burners and glass-blowers. They created the specific character of our landscape. |
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| Presently a historic glass
centre - unique in Baden Württemberg - is set up in Gersbach. The
work of the
former craftsmen will be demonstrated. There will be a charcoal pile, a reconstructed glass furnace, a col- lection of historic glassware. The exhibition is arranged in a way demonstrating the procedures of historic glass making by genuine finds. |
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