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The first reference to a "Cunradus de Chlingenprunne" dates back to 1250. In 1395, Klingenbrunn was a sizeable village with ten fiefdoms. In 1488, the first references to a glassworks in Klingenbrunn can be found in the Bärnsteiner Scharwerksgeldregister. In the map of Philipp Apian from 1568 it is marked as Klingenprun. The name comes from Old High German and means something like "rippling spring". The owners changed frequently until the entire Hüttengut Klingenbrunn was auctioned off in 1752. In 1753, Christoph Hilz acquired the Hüttengut, which now remained in the possession of the Hilz family (from Hilz from 1806). In 1832, Felix von Hilz sold the Klingenbrunn estate to the Kingdom of Bavaria for 107,000 guilders. The state kept only the forests and sold the glassworks to a consortium of investors. The operation in Neuhütte was discontinued due to dilapidation and resold. The glassworks in Althütte continued until 1839. After that, glass production was relocated to Flanitzhütte. In 1833 the forest district of Klingenbrunn was founded and a forester's house was built. In 1834 the municipality of Klingenbrunn was established, which at that time also included Spiegelau. In 1844 a village chapel was built. The founding of the Klingenbrunn volunteer fire brigade took place on September 25, 1876. When the Zwiesel–Grafenau railway line was opened on September 1, 1890, Klingenbrunn also received a connection, albeit far north-east of the town at an altitude of 769 meters. In 1909 Klingenbrunn became a branch and in 1921 a parish. In 1927 the Klingenbrunn church "Maria Hilfe der Christen" was built. On August 14, 1959, the name of the community of Klingenbrunn was changed to the community of Spiegelau. Since then, Klingenbrunn has only been a part of the municipality. In 1975 a weather station was set up at Klingenbrunn station. Many hiking trails lead from Klingenbrunn to the Großer and Kleiner Rachel area or to the Eschenberg and Wagensonnriegel. Klingenbrunn is also known as the temporary residence of the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche in the summer of 1876 in the Gasthaus Zum Ludwigstein, where he enthusiastically praised the "blissful stillness" and "the freedom of the mountains" in a letter to his sister. pole of cold:
Germany? Before the beginning there was Ginnungagap, an empty space of nothingness, filled with pure creative power. (Sort of like the inside of my head.)And it ends with Ragnarok, the twilight of the Gods. In between is much fighting, betrayal and romance. Just as a good Godly story should be.Heroes have their own graveyard called Valhalla. Unfortunately we cannot show you a panorama of it at this time, nor of the lovely Valkyries who are its escort service.Hail Odin, wandering God wielding wisdom and wand! Hail Freya, hail Tyr, hail Thor!Odin made the many lakes and the fish in them. In his traverses across the lands he caused there to be the Mulheim Bridge in Cologne, as did he make the Mercury fountain, Mercury being of his nature.But it is to the mighty Thor that the Hammering Man gives service.Between the time of the Nordic old ones and that of modern Frankfort there may have been a T.Rex or two on the scene. At least some mastodons for sure came through for lunch, then fell into tar pits to become fossils for us to find.And there we must leave you, O my most pure and holy children.Text by Steve Smith.
