Glashütte

Glashütte
Coat of arms
Glashütte
Location of Glashütte within Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district
Coordinates: 50°51′0″N 13°47′0″E / 50.85000°N 13.78333°ECoordinates: 50°51′0″N 13°47′0″E / 50.85000°N 13.78333°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Government
• Mayor	Frank Reichel (CDU)
Area
• Total	95.57 km^2 (36.90 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,771
• Density	71/km^2 (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

Wristwatch made by Nomos

Church St. Wolfgang

Watches currently made in this location include:

• A. Lange & Söhne
• Bruno Söhnle Uhrenatelier Glashütte^[2]
• Glashütte Original
• Nautische Instrumente Mühle Glashütte
• NOMOS / Wempe Chronometerwerke
• Tutima
• Union Glashütte^[3]
• Moritz Grossmann

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 2015] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2016.
2. http://www.brunosoehnle.de/index.php?id=5&L=1
3. http://www.union-glashuette.com/en/union-glashuette-sa/geschichte-philosophie/

External links

• Glashütte - Hier lebt die Zeit (German)