86 Bottles
Everyone knows what a mineral water bottle looks like, but the fact that it did not look like it does today is shown by the bottles on display here. The oldest mineral water bottles come from the town of Niederselters in the District of Limburg-Weilburg, which is famous for its mineral waters.
The naturally carbonized well water from Niederselters has been exported all over the world since the 16th century because of the healing properties ascribed to it. In the beginning, the water was transported in stoneware bottles (as stoneware is a very hard kind of pottery) and later in glass or plastic bottles.
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Beer Bottles
Age: 1800 - 1900 n. Chr. Modern period
Modern period: The modern era began around 1500 with the Reformation and the discovery of America. Characteristic of this era are the enormous changes in society, not only in Europe, which were triggered by events such as the French Revolution, wars, and, last but not least, industrialisation. New technologies made it possible to produce mass goods, and industrial production shifted to cities, which grew into large towns. The invention of new, faster means of transport shortened travel times. Goods, fashions and ideas could now be exchanged much more quickly and widely than before. The end of the First World War in 1918 marked the beginning of modernity, the main feature of which was the ever faster development of progress.
Material: Glass
Location: HH-Blankenese
Water Bottle
Age: 1800 - 1900 n. Chr. Modern period
Modern period: The modern era began around 1500 with the Reformation and the discovery of America. Characteristic of this era are the enormous changes in society, not only in Europe, which were triggered by events such as the French Revolution, wars, and, last but not least, industrialisation. New technologies made it possible to produce mass goods, and industrial production shifted to cities, which grew into large towns. The invention of new, faster means of transport shortened travel times. Goods, fashions and ideas could now be exchanged much more quickly and widely than before. The end of the First World War in 1918 marked the beginning of modernity, the main feature of which was the ever faster development of progress.
Material: Stone Ware
Location: HH-Neustadt
Mineral Water Bottle (Replica)
Age: 1800 - 1900 n. Chr. Modern period
Modern period: The modern era began around 1500 with the Reformation and the discovery of America. Characteristic of this era are the enormous changes in society, not only in Europe, which were triggered by events such as the French Revolution, wars, and, last but not least, industrialisation. New technologies made it possible to produce mass goods, and industrial production shifted to cities, which grew into large towns. The invention of new, faster means of transport shortened travel times. Goods, fashions and ideas could now be exchanged much more quickly and widely than before. The end of the First World War in 1918 marked the beginning of modernity, the main feature of which was the ever faster development of progress.
Material: Stone Ware
Location: Oberselters