The Glass Road in ArberLand
The Glass Road is 250 kilometres long. And a major part lies in Arberland, between the Arber and Frauenau. Art and culture: following the Glass Road takes you from rustic crafts to prize winning Poschinger Art Nouveau glass and back again.
Discover the treasures of the glassmakers’ art: The Glass Road enters ArberLand at Bayerisch Eisenstein. The glassmakers at the "Grenzglashütte" work their magic. As watching builds up an appetite, there is a wide choice of things to eat here.
The Glass Grinders Village
Seebachschleife is the last remaining glass grinders village of its type. A great place to break your journey. Close by is Regenhütte, once one of the most important glassworks in Europe. Its products won many prizes, including at the World Fair in Paris in 1900. The demonstration glassworks which remains keeps this tradition alive.
Even King Ludwig loved Glass
Continuing along the Glass Road, the next place is Ludwigsthal, named after King Ludwig I. The unusual painting of its internal walls and its glass mosaics make a visit to the Herz-Jesu church in Ludwigsthal a must.
The Royal Glassworks
The next stop is the former glassworks site of Spiegelhütte, where the prizewinning Poschinger Art Nouveau glass was produced. Followed by Buchenau, well known for its sheet glass works where coloured window glass was produced. In Theresienthal near Zwiesel, in 1836, Wilhelm Steigerwald founded the royal glassworks, famous for its Venetian style goblets and vases. The historic chateau has displays of glass from the 19th and 20th century, a reminder of the heyday of glassmaking.
The Bavarian Forest Glass Region
When your travels along the Glass Road bring you to Glass Town Zwiesel, take a look at the colourful Art Nouveau glass windows in the St. Nikolaus church, which were produced in the sheet glassworks in Buchenau, Ludwigsthal and Zwiesel.
In Zwiesel a number of glass studios and glassworks have joined together to make the “Bavarian Forest Glass Region“. They make beautiful works of art out of glass. Make sure not to miss the "Zwieseler Glastage" and the "Zwieseler Buntspecht" events and exhibitions. In Rabenstein it is worth taking a look at Bernhard Schagemann’s windows in the St. Johann-Nepomuk church, and in Oberzwieselau the manor house of the former glassworks owner Benedikt von Poschinger.
The Poschinger Family: 15 Generations of Glassmaking
Finally, you will reach the "Glass Heart of the Bavarian Forest", the idyllic village of Frauenau. Here, the Poschinger family, the oldest industrial family in Germany, has been producing quality glass pieces for 15 generations. The impressive roof structure lends a special atmosphere to the various events which take place in the glassworks building.
Make sure you don’t miss the glass museum in Frauenau. It houses the Kerner collection of valuable Italian glass containers and gives considerable insight into glass production and decoration techniques.
Discover the treasures of the glassmakers’ art: The Glass Road enters ArberLand at Bayerisch Eisenstein. The glassmakers at the "Grenzglashütte" work their magic. As watching builds up an appetite, there is a wide choice of things to eat here.
The Glass Grinders Village
Seebachschleife is the last remaining glass grinders village of its type. A great place to break your journey. Close by is Regenhütte, once one of the most important glassworks in Europe. Its products won many prizes, including at the World Fair in Paris in 1900. The demonstration glassworks which remains keeps this tradition alive.
Even King Ludwig loved Glass
Continuing along the Glass Road, the next place is Ludwigsthal, named after King Ludwig I. The unusual painting of its internal walls and its glass mosaics make a visit to the Herz-Jesu church in Ludwigsthal a must.
The Royal Glassworks
The next stop is the former glassworks site of Spiegelhütte, where the prizewinning Poschinger Art Nouveau glass was produced. Followed by Buchenau, well known for its sheet glass works where coloured window glass was produced. In Theresienthal near Zwiesel, in 1836, Wilhelm Steigerwald founded the royal glassworks, famous for its Venetian style goblets and vases. The historic chateau has displays of glass from the 19th and 20th century, a reminder of the heyday of glassmaking.
The Bavarian Forest Glass Region
When your travels along the Glass Road bring you to Glass Town Zwiesel, take a look at the colourful Art Nouveau glass windows in the St. Nikolaus church, which were produced in the sheet glassworks in Buchenau, Ludwigsthal and Zwiesel.
In Zwiesel a number of glass studios and glassworks have joined together to make the “Bavarian Forest Glass Region“. They make beautiful works of art out of glass. Make sure not to miss the "Zwieseler Glastage" and the "Zwieseler Buntspecht" events and exhibitions. In Rabenstein it is worth taking a look at Bernhard Schagemann’s windows in the St. Johann-Nepomuk church, and in Oberzwieselau the manor house of the former glassworks owner Benedikt von Poschinger.
The Poschinger Family: 15 Generations of Glassmaking
Finally, you will reach the "Glass Heart of the Bavarian Forest", the idyllic village of Frauenau. Here, the Poschinger family, the oldest industrial family in Germany, has been producing quality glass pieces for 15 generations. The impressive roof structure lends a special atmosphere to the various events which take place in the glassworks building.
Make sure you don’t miss the glass museum in Frauenau. It houses the Kerner collection of valuable Italian glass containers and gives considerable insight into glass production and decoration techniques.
