Foundation of Schön’sche Glazier’s workshop in Triersche Gässchen, Frankfurt.
Our history.
Nearly 200 years of excellence in glass and museum display cases with over 130 patents.
The company was founded in 1829 as a glazier's shop in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. In 1931, Otto Hahn, a nephew of the Nobel Prize-winning chemist Otto Hahn, developed the glass cement that made all-glass construction possible. Glasbau Hahn's first all-glass display case was awarded a gold medal at the Paris World Fair in 1937.
Since then, Glasbau Hahn has been at the forefront of all innovations in the museum sector relating to display cases, be it in the field of preventive conservation, monitoring through data acquisition, the development of all major opening systems, the introduction of fibre optic lighting and LED lighting or the initiation of the BEMMA programme to control air quality in display cases in cooperation with BAM. Today, Glasbau Hahn's commitment to traffic and operational safety once again places it at the forefront of the development of sustainable structures for the preservation of our physical world heritage in exhibitions and depots.
1829.
1868.
Relocation in Bockgasse 17, Heinrich Hahn joins the Schön’sche glazier workshop.
1870.
Heinrich Hahn takes over the Schön’sche Glazier.
1880.
Relocation in Frankfurt’s Tönesgasse 21.
1891.
Jean Heinrich and Julius Hahn join the father’s business.
1904.
Awarded Gold Medal, St. Louis/USA for a lead Art Nouveau window.
1909.
Glazing of the world's largest self-supporting glass dome building at the time, Festhalle Frankfurt.
1931.
Patent and production of Hahn ‘s Glass cement.
1937.
First all-glass display case. Grand Prix and Diplom d’honneur at the Paris World Exhibition.
1938.
Installation of all-glass construction.
1939.
Trade Exhibition in Bulgaria.
1939.
Test of glass as static support for glass shelves.
1940.
Glass used as static support for glass glass shelves.
1941.
The first three-way sliding door opening system patented, later extended with Monorail, Duorail and Duotrack opening systems.
1953.
Curved Glass display case in lobby of new Bayer administration building in Frankfurt.
1954.
Display Case in the German section of the Triennale Exhibition in Milan.
1955.
Spectacular presentation of the 1.000.000 produced VW Beetle on a Glasbau Hahn display case during the Frankfurt Automobile exhibition.
1956.
Glasbau Hahn Katalog All-glass display cases.
1956.
Glass display case for the Akropolis in Athens.
1957.
Spectacular Display case for the Hamburgische Museum of Völkerkunde und Vorgeschichte.
1959.
Historic Museum Am Hohen Ufer in Hannover.
1965.
Patent for the Suspended glazing which influenced architecture.
1967.
Display Case for the ministry of Antiquities in Bagdad, Irak.
1968.
Stand of Glasbau Hahn during the ICOM conference.
1970.
Development of various means of opening hardware for display cases.
1985.
First use of clearwhite laminated safety glass with Amiran anti-reflective coating for the Freer Gallery in Washington D.C.
1989.
First extensive application of fiber optic lighting in the British Library in London.
1990.
The Hahn picture display case Protector is born- international patent.
1996.
Development of our conditioning units for micro-climates- international patents.
1998.
The HLS demountable modular display case system, a case that grows with your collection- international patent.
1999.
The first Nitrogen Display Case- international patent.
2001.
Hahn-Control system for controlling remotely via PC our RH stabilization and datalogging.
2006.
New opening system slide’n turn- international patent.
2012.
Hahn Pure based on the BEMMA scheme developed with BAM in Berlin.
2019.
Relocation of the company from Hahnauer Landstraße to larger facilities in Gwinnerstraße.
2022.
Patent for APU3 filter machine.
2023.
Research grant from the Ministry of Digitalization Land Hessen to develop Glasbau Hahn APP.
2024.
Isabel Hahn’s Middle East visit as part of the delegation of the German Minister of Economic Affairs and launch Glasbau Hahn APP.