Glass is made in Harrachov for over 300 years!
Pay a visit to the Harrachov glassworks in the year of its anniversary.The Harrachov glassworks will celebrate its anniversary on 26 Many 2012 during the Glass Festival!
The oldest active glassworks globally is located in the mountain resort Harrachov. This year is extraordinary exceptional for the glassworks as its celebrates the respectable 300 years of its establishment. Let us address briefly its history and the present.
In 1712 Elias Müller built the first glasshouse there. In the period 1763 – 1943 the glasshouse was owned by the Harrach family. In 1945 the glassworks, confiscate of the Nazi owners (the Counts von Harrach had to sell it during the World War II to the Reich German Rudolf Endler), was put under the state control and, later on, the glassworks became the integral part of the Crystalex Nový Bor Group. In 1993 the glassworks was purchased by Mr. František Novosad, based on the approved privatization project. This businessman has staked his name on the reasonably sustainable development of the glassworks and manages it successfully till now. The plant has been extended recently by the mini-brewery, beer bath and a small hotel. Excursions to the mini-brewery with the possibility to taste the local non-pasteurized yeast pale lager are very popular. This year the mini-brewery was awarded repeatedly the prestige prize Zlatá pivní pečeť (Golden Beer Seal). The total number of employees - 104, of which 30 glassblowers.
The Harrachov glassworks will celebrate its anniversary on 26 Many 2012 during the Glass Festival, meeting in the form of the creative symposium of friendly glassblower teams from the whole Czech Republic. Nearly 80 glassblowers will compete for the best product. All products will then be exhibited on the occasion of the traditional Beer Festival organized on 21.07. 2012.
You can pay a visit to the glassworks Novosad and Son for the whole year. Detailed information about excursions to the glassworks - see www.sklarnaharrachov.cz
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