1700s Map excerpt showing Neuhütten [between the S of Episco and the U of Mogun]
and Glaß Hutte [above and right of the N in Mogun] [6]
c 1530 Hans Kunkel was born in Glasshouse, Neuhütten, Germany. [1]
c 1535 Anna Catharina Wolfgang was born in Neuhütten, Germany. [2]
c 1554 Hans Kunkel married Anna Catharina Wolfgang in Neuhütten, Germany. [3]
1571 Anna Catharina Wolfgang died in Glasshouse, Neuhütten, Germany. [4]
Hans Kunkel, of Neuhütten, was called "Schwarzkoph" in the Parish records. [5]
Research Notes:
The original family name in Germany was spelled "Kunkel" in Kempfenbrunn Church Records. ... the ship captain spelled it Kungel and in the court house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it was spelled Cunkel when he took his Oath. [7]
1406 The name Kunkel was listed in the guild order of glassmakers. The guild met at "ufm Bechliz" which most probably is a small village near Heigenbruecken called Baechles. The count of Rieneck was the protector of this guild until 1559 when his line ended and the whole of Spessart fell back to Mainz diocese. Four glassmaking places were working out of which developped the 4 villages; Neuhuetten (before called "the hut on Breydenstein"), Heigenbruecken, Krommenthal and Habischsthal.
Perhaps Heigenbruecken is the same as Haylingbrunn, which has been identified as Heilbrunn. Note that Heil Brucken/Heil Brûhm is on the river north-west of Neue Hutte.
We seek information about the history and location of Glasshouse, Neuhütten, Germany. Neuhütten means new cottage/cabin/hut or new house. Neuhütten is shown near Glaß Hutte, both near the border with Württemberg, on a 1700 map (see map above). Perhaps Glasshouse is the same place as Glaß Hutte.
Kunkel records have been found from Neuhuetten and Wiesthal and subsidiary villages.
Margarete Buquoy has written about the county Gratzen in southern Bohemia, where the counts de Buquoy ran the illustrious glassworks "Neuhütten" (located on Wilhelmsberg near Heilbrunn), since 1623. [8]
A historical analysis of Wüstenrot-Neuhütten was made by Kreis Heilbronn with the following. [9]:
Today the area around Neuhütten is characterized by a dense forest which was only opened up in the 16th century. The decisive factor for the early industrial development of this area as a glassworks was availability of raw materials, especially Quartz-rich sand and the forest as a source of abundant energy. The Neuhütten glassworks has references to the history of the settlement, first mentioned in 1523. The history of the glassworks owned by the von Gemmingen family ended as early as 1635, after the smelter's products were no longer competitive.
[1] James Erwin Kunkle, Descendants of Hans Kunkel, born 1530 in Germany (2002), 1, [FHL_Catalog_(Starts_on_image_183)].
[2] James Erwin Kunkle, Descendants of Hans Kunkel, born 1530 in Germany (2002), 1, [FHL_Catalog_(Starts_on_image_183)].
[3] James Erwin Kunkle, Descendants of Hans Kunkel, born 1530 in Germany (2002), 1, [FHL_Catalog_(Starts_on_image_183)].
[4] James Erwin Kunkle, Descendants of Hans Kunkel, born 1530 in Germany (2002), 1, [FHL_Catalog_(Starts_on_image_183)].
[5] James Erwin Kunkle, Descendants of Hans Kunkel, born 1530 in Germany (2002), 1, [FHL_Catalog_(Starts_on_image_183)].
[6] Heinrich Ludwig Broenner and C. W. Buna, Map Principatus & comitatus superioris Ysenburgensis, ac Hanoviensis, nova et accurata tabula, cum regionibus adjacentibus (1700-1750), [Old Maps Online], [Website], [Catalog].
[7] James Erwin Kunkle, Descendants of Hans Kunkel, born 1530 in Germany (2002), 1, [FHL_Catalog_(Starts_on_image_183)].
[8] Worldcat link: Margarete Buquoy, Die Glaserzeugung auf der gräflich Buquoyschen Herrschaft Gratzen in Südböhmen, not seen, [URL].
[9] Kreis Heilbronn, Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg, Historische Ortsanalyse zum Projekt MELAP, Wüstenrot-Neuhütten,, [URL].