Glasi Hergiswil

The Hergiswil Glassworks is a 1817 in Hergiswil, Nidwalden, founded by the brothers Siegwart Glashütte. She is known for her almost exclusively performed in handmade glass works. Meanwhile, this includes a museum, the first glass maze of Switzerland, a water park and a park with a marble run. From a platform from which visitors can watch the approximately 100 employees, as the glass cast, molded or blown.

History

Founded in 1817 by the 1815 übergesiedelten of Fluhli glassblower brothers Siegwart the glassworks in HERGISWIL, because it is more suitable for the procurement of wood was the transport conditions and the terms and conditions as Fluhli.

In 1975, the Glasi was on the verge of closing due to its old-fashioned production methods and the growing competition from the new technology and the automatic glass production. Thanks to the staff ( Glasi Lüüt ), the community and especially Roberto Niederer a closure could be prevented.