Eastern Bavaria
The East Bavarian glass region is affected by contradicting developments. While traditional knowledge continues to decline, artistic glass makers from all over the world find a forum here.
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Glass regions
Focus: Scandinavian design
In Danish glass factories, the combination of technical know-how and artistic ingenuity resulted in art made of glass for everyday use.
Focus: Industry 4.0
State-of-the-art, fully automatic machines produce packaging glass non-stop. The industrialization process in western Styria began with the construction of glass factories in coal mining areas. Coal as a new energy potential in the 19th century, the invention of the Siemens regenerative furnace in 1856 and the railway connection created ideal conditions for the glass …
Denmark
In Danish glass factories the combination of technical know-how and artistic ingenuity resulted in artistically made glass for everyday use. The first Danish glass factory was built in 1825 in the middle of a moor area, peat being used to heat the melting furnaces. Green bottles were first made with the help of Norwegian glassmakers, …
Styria
In western Styria, high-tech utility glass production is complemented by cross-border handicrafts.
Focus: Applied Arts
To this day, Bohemia is the beating heart of European glass culture. The Bohemian glass industry has been providing innovative impulses for 800 years.
Czech Republic
To this day, Bohemia is the beating heart of European glass culture. The Bohemian glass industry has been providing innovative impulses for 800 years. Since the Middle Ages, the abundance of forests and raw materials and the central traffic situation in Bohemia favored the settlement of glassworks. For urban societies, the church and the Prague …
Focus: Refined crystal glass
Regional production of first-class luxury glasses at high prices is what distinguishes the Alsatian-Lorraine manufacturers of refined crystal glass. In addition to traditional designs, the luxury sector tries to create new things with a modern design language without losing sight of tradition. The top priority for the currently three manufacturing companies are the best material …
Alsace-Lorraine
For a long time, the much contested area of Alsace-Lorraine was shaped by the production of utility glass alongside high-quality lead crystal production.
