Glass baubles were first made in Lauscha, Germany, by Hans Greiner who produced garlands of glass beads similar to the popcorn strands and tin figures that could be hung on trees.
28 years later, on 1 October 1886, a 19.2 km long extension was opened from Sonnenberg to Lauscha.
Ernstthal wurde durch die fünf Lauschaer Glasmeister Hans und Nicol Müller, Hans Georg Böhm und Christoph und Jakob Greiner gegründet.
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Ernstthal am Rennsteig is a municipality section of the so-called Glass-blower Town (de: Glasbläserstadt) Lauscha in the district of Sonneberg in Thuringia, Germany, close to the Thuringian Rennsteig.
However as the modern Christmas bauble's origins are documented in Lauscha, Germany in 1847, the provenance of this claim is debatable.
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