Glassmakers, Part 2. This is what the book and table of contents look like: Cover: Etienne Stenger Glassworks, Glassmaker Families and Life of Glassmakers in Bitschland Since 1550 Picture Back of Cover The picture shows the inside of the glassworks of the middle ages with glassworkers at work. In the upper right hand corner is a glassmaker with a basket on his back getting ready to travel and to sell his glassworks. Preface The following script is an exact copy of the chronik I wrote for my children and grandchildren. The publication of which is a contribution to the history of our towns, especially our village Goetzenbruck for its 250th celebration of the founding of the village on September 6, 1721. Since my youth the love for my glassmaker family steered on my interest in the origin and development of our glassworks, our founder and the collection of those documents. After searching for years, this is completed. This is how, at my old age, this chronik came to be. Georges Walter was the example and the most important son from our home. Georges was also called Chambre George, lived from 1741 to 1823 and he left his children a historic script of the origin of our glassworks family. The original script does not exist anymore. I inherited a copy of the original dated 1830 through one of his grandchildren, Pierre Berger. It is my honor on this occasion to publish this important script for our memorial year. Also the translation of the same in French. This old chronik from Chambre George and the following script should be motivation for the younger generation to imitate or to be informed about the happenings of the past. November 1971 Etienne Stenger Table of Contents 1 Preface 2 Introduction 4 Glassworks in Spessart - The Order of 1406 8 Stenger As Master Glassmaker in Spessart 10 Stenger As Master Glassmaker in Swabia - North of Stuttgart 13 Master Glassmaker Stenger in Teutoburger Wald 14 Stenger As Founder Of Glassworks in America And Crystal Cutter - Crystal Painter in Our Region 16 The Former Glassworks of Nordvogesen in 16th and 17th Century - Volksberg, Kahlenburg-Rosteig, Frohmuhl, Wackenmuhle, Hanau-Hochberg, Wingen 19 The Ludwigsthaler Glassworks at Lemberg (Palatinate) = 21 The Glasworks of the Forbacher Area With Master Glassmaker Stenger 23 The Former Glassworks of the Saarburg-Phalsburger Area, St. Quirin, Lettenbach, Donnersthal, Wolflingerthal, Soldatenthal, Courtzerode, Walderburg, Plaine-de-Walsch, Guntzwiller, Dannelburg, Dreibrunner, Eingenthal 31 Georges Walter Also Called Chambre George, His Ancestors and Descendants 37 Foundation of the Glassworks in Bitscherland, Holbach, Speckbronn, Eidenheim, Munzthal, Mattstall 43 The Glassworks Soucht 54 The Foundation of Development of The Bitscherland Glassworks in the 18th Century - The Glassworks Meisenthal 72 The Crystal Works in St. Louis 80 The Crystal Works in Lorraine At Lemberg in 1925 81 The Glassmakers of Goetzenbruck 81 The Foundation of the Glassworks 85 The Name of the Founder 88 The First Chapel 89 The Death of the Tenant Poncet, A Trial With His Descendants 92 Ancestors of the Founder of the Glassworks 99 Founding and Development 100 Topographic Map of the District of the Glassworks - 1763 102 The Behavior of the Glass Workers 103 The Foundation of the District Konigsberg - Mont Royal 105 The Foundation of the District Althorn 106 Goetzenbruck Church of Soucht - 1721 - 1804 109 The Striking Wedding of the Descendants of the Founder of Goetzenbruck 119 The Berger 122 The "Obitzen" 126 The Difficulties Between the Descendants 128 The Development Towards the End of the Eighteenth Century 130 The Family Poncet Has the Right to Buy the Hereditary Lease 132 Glassworks and the Village Goetzenbruck-Sarreinsberg Around the 1800's 135 Goetzenbruck and Its Glassworks in 1900 136 Names of the Mayors-Officers of the State-Civil of Goetzenbruck 139 Names of the Mayors-Officers of the State-Civil of Sarreinsberg-Althorn 140 Number of Residents in Goetzenbruck and Sarreinsberg-Althorn in the 19th Century 141 Copy of the Official Land Records in 1820 14- Copy of the Official Land Records in 1838 - 1850 14- Copy of the Official Land Records of Old Houses in 1838, 1850 and 1890 152 The Oldest Houses in Goetzenbruck 155 The Glassworks Goetzenbruck and Meisenthal in a Society - 1825 158 Dynamic Boom of the Goetzenbruck Factories Since 1825 163 Purchase of Woods - 1837 164 New Invention of the Watch Crystals 167 Copies From A Correspondence Book - 1848 - 1853 - Prices and Yearly Production of Watch Crystals 168 The Elimination of the Society Between Goetzenbruck and Meisenthal Starting January 1, 1825 173 Allowance to Build a New Church March 7, 1861 And Completion of the Same in 1866 173 The Cemetery Chapel in Goetzenbruck 174 Nobels and People Who Had to Pay The Highest Taxes of 1865 - 1870 175 The War of 1870 177 The Death of the Administrator of the Glassworks, Pierre Berger 177 The Time of Walter Without Berger Industrial Production in Goetzenbruck Within the 19th Century 180 Making Watch Crystals 183 Making Eye Glasses Since 1850 186 Making Sun Glasses (Coquilles) 186 Making Silver Balls 187 Working At Home 188 Glassmaker, Glassworker And Landlord in One 191 Goetzenbruck Around 1900 Until The First World War 194 Packing Watch Crystals And Office Worker in the Factory 196 Start of the 1st World War 199 Two New Personalties in Factory Management - Pinck and Schwaller 203 Goetzenbruck After the 1st World War 205 The Area Vallon-Humbert, 1921 - 1923 208 A New Hard And Worried Time - 1925 - 1939 208 A New Optical Factory In Brunnemattle - Mont-Royal, 1938 210 The Second World War - 1939 - 1945 212 An Honorary Plate for the Victims of Both World Wars 216 Both Towns - Goetzenbruck and Sarreinsberg in One County (Continued) 217 Our Glassmaker Dialect 217 The Life of the Goetzenbruckers 221 The Life as Farmers 223 The Life in the Glassworks 224 Happiness and Togetherness 225 Beginning of Societies - Music, "Bombiers", 227 Founding of the Jinglings Society 228 Stories And Fairy Tales of Goetzenbruck 231 The Song of Goetzenbruck 233 Something Happened on the Schonsee 236 Ending 237 The Sources Enclosures The Chronik of Georges Walter From 1830 In Old German Handwriting The Chronik of Georges Walter in French Old Pictures of 1892, 1900 and 1910 of Groups of People Including Names Other Old Pictures and Historic Documents (from Janet GA) ==== KUNKEL Mailing List ==== If you have any problems with this list please contact Janet Reinhold, [email protected]