Lauscha: Gollo Cam
Lauscha occupies a narrow, wooded valley in the Thuringian Forest of central Germany. Founded in 1597 by glassmakers, the town became one of Germany’s lasting centres of artistic glass production. Its workshops are particularly associated with hand-blown glass Christmas ornaments, a local craft that found an international market during the 19th century. Houses, workshops and streets follow the confined valley floor and rise up the surrounding slopes, giving Lauscha a compact, steeply layered form. The Thuringian Forest remains fundamental to the town’s character, while the Museum für Glaskunst Lauscha records its specialist craft tradition.
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Lauscha sits in the valley of the Lauscha River in Thuringia, Germany, where the wooded ridges of the Thuringian Forest close around a narrow settlement. The town has been associated with glassmaking since its foundation in 1597, when glassworkers established furnaces in this forested valley. Lauscha’s artisans became internationally known for finely made glassware, toys and Christmas ornaments; the local tradition remains central to the town’s identity. The German Museum of Glass Art documents this craft and its changing techniques. Move on to other webcams in Thuringia to compare the forest valleys and upland settings around Lauscha.
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