Glashütten bei Schlaining

Geschichte

Glashütten bei Schlaining is an Austrian dependent hamlet in the federal state of Burgenland. Situated in the municipality of Unterkohlstätten within Oberwart district, the official Hungarian placename until 1899 was Szalonok-Üveghuta.The village is situated on a narrow road in a forested area of the Kőszeg Mountains 12 km from Oberwart . The road forms a part of the paved 19-km bicycle path that also takes in Goberling, Unterkohlstätten, Holzschlag, Günseck and Weissenbachl.Glass works and mining industryIn 1658 Count Ádám Batthyány founded a glass factory there; the first official record of the village dates to 1698. The glass works were noted for the manufacture of a beautiful yellow glass resulting from the admixture of sulphur, but the glassmaking enterprise required enormous quantities of firewood, and both Glasshütten bei Schlaining and the nearby village of Günseck were required to supply the factory.Since the 19th century the inhabitants have been mining metals, particularly antimony but also pyrite, chalcopyrite and serpentinite.