[5] The name Glažuta is relatively common in Slovenia and is ultimately derived from Middle High German glashütte 'glassworks'.

[6] The standard German name Karlshütte(n) literally means 'Karl's (glass)works' and is a reference to Prince Karl of Auersperg.

Glažuta was founded in 1835[4][8][Note 1] or 1840[7]: 65 [9] as a glassworks established by the Ranzinger brothers[8] for Prince Karl of Auersperg.

The Partisan Šercer Brigade murdered 48 prisoners of war from the prison in Kočevje in revenge on 2 November 1943, burying the victims in the Travna Gora 1–4 mass graves (Slovene: Grobišče Travna gora 1–4) in Ravni Dol.

The Konfin Shaft 1 Mass Grave (Grobišče Brezno pri Konfinu 1) is located on the northern edge of a large sinkhole, below the forest railway and about 100 m from the road.