Glassmakers
Klickpunkt Lernwelt Current and personal Expertise Knowledge The inner circle of our museum tells the local glassmaking story. The various workshops are located around the furnace and we immerse ourselves in the glassmaking...
Nuppen cup
Klickpunkt Lernwelt Anno 1300 Clever glasses In the Middle Ages, Nuppen cups, usually made of green glass, were the most common glass drinking vessels. They were also known as "Krautstrunk", because the cup with its attached...
Historical drawing of a horse-drawn carriage for transporting glass.
Glass trade
Klickpunkt Lernwelt In the Frauenau Glass Museum Anno 1607 Votive picture Glass wagon The glassworks in the Bavarian-Bohemian Forest Mountains produced the finest glass, which was in demand far beyond the region. Crax carriers and glass carts brought...
Green uranium glass entwined by a glass snake in bright light.
Uranium glass
Klickpunkt Lernwelt In the Frauenau Glass Museum Glass that glows by itself? Anna yellow and Eleonora green are the light yellow to light green colours of uranium glass. These colours are created by the addition of uranium oxide...
Middle Ages
Klickpunkt Lernwelt In the Frauenau Glass Museum How did settlements come about? "Do you actually know how and why the first settlements and glassworks were built in the Bohemian and Bavarian Forest in the Middle Ages?
Hidden object oven scene
Klickpunkt Learning World In the Frauenau Glass Museum How is glass made? Have you ever wondered how glass is made by hand? click on the circles to find out.
Snuffbox
Klickpunkt In the Frauenau Glass Museum Really Small Works of Art In the Frauenau Glass Museum you can discover a large collection of snuff glasses. In the Bavarian Forest they are also called Bixl. These are small...
Narcissus
Klickpunkt StudiOGLASsammlung Kunst von Erwin Eisch Art awakens emotions A glass figure made of mirrored glass lies on a stretcher. Two women dressed in pink get ready to remove the body....
Natural glasses
Click Point Learning World In the Frauenau Glass Museum Natural glass and its origins Over 4000 years ago, in the Bronze Age, man probably discovered glass by chance when melting metal or firing ceramics...
Illustration of the Iron Man as a retro robot producing glass inside his belly.
Machine glass
Klickpunkt Lernwelt In the Frauenau Glass Museum The Iron Man Since the end of the 19th century, glass has also been produced by machine. The fully automatic glass-blowing machine is called the Iron Man. It produces...
