Glashütte

Glashütte

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Glashütte
Location of Glashütte within Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district
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Coordinates: 50°51′0″N 13°47′0″E / 50.85000°N 13.78333°E / 50.85000; 13.78333Coordinates: 50°51′0″N 13°47′0″E / 50.85000°N 13.78333°E / 50.85000; 13.78333
Country Germany
State Saxony
District Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Government
 • Mayor Frank Reichel (CDU)
Area
 • Total 95.57 km2 (36.90 sq mi)
Elevation 340 m (1,120 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 6,701
 • Density 70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 01768
Dialling codes 035053
Vehicle registration PIR
Website www.glashuette-sachs.de

Glashütte is a town in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Free State of Saxony, Germany, which was the birthplace of the German watchmaking industry. The city has a population of about 7,000. Historically it was first mentioned in a document around 1445. In January 2008, the former municipality Reinhardtsgrimma was merged into Glashütte.

Glashütte around 1910
Watch museum Glashütte
Tangente Neomatik, wristwatch made by Nomos
Church St. Wolfgang

Watches currently made in this location include:

Personalities

  • Ferdinand Adolph Lange (1815-1875), watchmaker, founder of A. Lange & Söhne, Member of Saxon Landtag 1857-1875, mayor of Glashütte 1848-1866
  • Arthur Burkhardt (1857-1918), engineer and manufacturer,
  • Hans-Peter Kaul (1943-2014), judge, international lawyer and diplomat

References

  1. ↑ "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2017] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). October 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.brunosoehnle.de/index.php?id=5&L=1
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2015-12-16.


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