The brothers Jan and Václav Fišers from Turnov. Their alleged voyage to Venice, five years of efforts to seize the local secret of secrecy, return to Turnov, dozens of wasted attempts and then - finally success! In 1711 they made the first glass for the production of artificial stones.
It was in 1712, when Elias Müller built his glassworks on the estate of the Harrach Counts in Jilemnice. It continued in the traditional production of glass, which was produced on the border of the Giant Mountains and the Jizera Mountains in the middle of the 14th century. Even today, you can see not only metallurgical production and blowing glass, but also a hundred-year-old grinding shop. It is driven by a water turbine and transmissions used to distribute the driving force.
Elias Palme, one of the most famous luminaire manufacturers, continued the tradition of chandeliers in Kamenický Šenov. Industrial production of chandeliers was started in 1724 by Josef Palme in Prácheň.
Surely you would not find in the whole Principle and in the broad surroundings of a person who would say a crooked word about Jan Šourek. After all, it was as if he had come to the Principle of Prosperity and Welfare. As soon as he took possession of the reeve, life in the village began to turn for the better. He was one of the first to venture into the world for business.
Josef Riedel, king of the Jizera Mountains glassmakers, was born in Hejnice in 1816. He was the representative of the sixth generation of the glass family and imprinted his footprint indelibly on the slopes of the Jizera Mountains.
Josef Pfeiffer - Jablonec entrepreneur and mayor, who was involved in the development of jewelery exports. Everything is confirmed at the imperial court and in 1866 Jablonec became a town during his reign.
People can make sense of time and numbers, but not us, beads. However, I have heard that they have been blowing me in the mountains for more than a hundred years. As a bead would put it, that is a long time. You, who have never seen how a bead is born, you don´t know how beautiful life can be....
In 1920 the first Czech glass school was founded in Železný Brod, thanks to which the town became a center of glass art.
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Christmas Decorations
The production of Christmas tree decorations from glass is closely linked to the then new fashion of the 19th century. Namely to decorate Christmas trees with the glass beauty. To this day, traditional blown spheres, as well as dozens of other shapes, are made in Crystal Valley. The variety of colors and shapes adorns the trees of the most demanding customers, but also the ordinary households of millions of people around the world. Glass beads have been blown in our mountains for over 150 years. In the small village of Poniklá in the Giant Mountains, we find workshops from the Rautis company. Their unique way of making beaded Christmas decorations, according to ancient customs, is listed on UNESCO's Representative List of Living Traditions.
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See & Experience
- CRAFT ALLEY TURNOV
- Crystal Paradise
- Decor by Glassor
- Detesk
- Evpas
- Glass Dáša
- Glassunicum
- Julia Glassworks
- Kamila Parsi
- Kultivar
- Lucid
- MUZA ׀ North Bohemian Museum in Liberec
- Nisa Factory
- Perlex Bijoux Jablonec
- PETRA LORENC
- Preciosa Beauty
- RATAS Justyna Ratasiewicz
- Rautis
- Sobotka - figurines
- State Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec nad Nisou
- Urbanglass - Karel a Eva Urbanovi
- Železný Brod: Secondary School of Glassmaking
About us
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ARR - Agentura regionálního rozvoje, spol. s r.o.
Křišťálové údolí / Crystal Valley
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Registration No.: C 4305 at the Regional Court in Ústí nad Labem
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