Hájovna v Josefové

The settlement Josefová was founded together with the glassworks in 1732 by the then owner of the Kolštejn estate by the prince Josef Jan Adam of Liechtenstein and bore his name (Josephthal) until 1747. New Joseph (Neu Josephthal). It was situated around the confluence of the Hučivý (Rauschbordbach) and Polomský brook at an altitude of 820 m above sea level and was divided into three parts by watercourses. The largest part of the settlement was located on the southwestern slope of Troják Hill (former name Dreistein 1044 m) and elevation 934. From the west to the settlement followed the area suitable for agricultural activities settlers. Josefová was a village located in the village of Nové Losiny (Neu Ullersdorf) distant about 5 km south. The remote location of the settlement and its location high in the mountains corresponded to its original destination - the production of glass and the production of glass products. The glassworks consumed a relatively wide range of raw materials, the most important of which (sand, quartz, potash - potassium carbonate) were located or produced on site. Another necessary prerequisite for the operation of the then metallurgical plant was wood, which was sufficient in the upper parts of the mountains. It was mined mostly in the summer months, approaching streams, and during the autumn rains and spring thaws it was transported (by short pieces) to the sawmill of the glassworks, where it was further treated. Wood consumption was considerable. The flourishing local glassworks, which lasted 58 years (last melt season from December 20, 1789 to July 31, 1790), produced goods that met contemporary requirements: window wheels, mugs, glasses, mirrors, sheet glass, bottles for ondrask's mineral water and decorative bottles for jelly. Customers of glass production included the individual estates of Liechtenstein (Kolštejn, Šumperk, Moravská Třebová) as well as individuals such as František Müller from Dolní Lipová, reeve from Domašov, district director from Ostružná, master of the shoemaker's guild from Šumperk and others. The settlement consisted both of the glassworks 'operating buildings (glassworks with the glassworks' dwelling, sawmill, ascents, the nobility chamber, even the house of the manufacturer of the screw glasses) and glassworks buildings. There was an inn in the settlement. Except for the manor house, which was the only one made of brick, all the other buildings were wooden and were built on dry-laid stone foundations. Stone retaining walls and vaulted cellars of these buildings are still visible on the site of the settlement. In 1793, 74 people lived in 11 buildings. After the glassworks disappeared, the nobility sold the buildings and land to mostly former employees, who adapted them for living and farming. The settlement also included the mill number 19, which was located less than 2 km below the settlement towards Frantiskov and grinded grain and residents of nearby settlements (Novy Kolstejn - Neu Goldenstein and Rear Aloisov - Hinter Aloisdorf). In the middle of the 19th century it belonged to miller Franz Reinelt, at the end of the 19th century it was inhabited by a forest worker. In the first half of the 20th century the name Büchacker Mill was used. At present, this place is called U Mlýna