Glashütte
Sign in to saveGlashütte () is a town in Saxony, Germany, known as the birthplace of the German watchmaking industry and has a population of about 7,000. Historically, it was first mentioned in a document circa 1445. In January 2008, the former municipality Reinhardtsgrimma was merged into Glashütte. right|thumb|190px|Glashütte around 1910 thumb|170px|Watch museum Glashütte Watches currently made in this location include: A. Lange & Söhne Bruno Söhnle Uhrenatelier Glashütte C. H. Wolf Glashütte Original Mühle Glashütte NOMOS Glashütte Wempe Chronometerwerke Tutima Union Glashütte Moritz Grossmann
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Glashütte
- German location.image_photo
- Glashütte (Sachsen) 02.JPG
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Glashütte COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Glashütte in PIR.svg
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
- German location.elevation
- 340
- German location.area
- 95.64
- German location.postal_code
- 01768
- German location.area_code
- 035053
- German location.licence
- PIR
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 14628130
- German location.divisions
- 13
- German location.website
- www.glashuette-sachs.de
- German location.mayor
- Sven Gleißberg
- German location.leader_term
- 2021–28
- German location.party
- CDU
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Glashütte () is a town in Saxony, Germany, known as the birthplace of the German watchmaking industry and has a population of about 7,000. Historically, it was first mentioned in a document circa 1445. In January 2008, the former municipality Reinhardtsgrimma was merged into Glashütte. right|thumb|190px|Glashütte around 1910 thumb|170px|Watch museum Glashütte Watches currently made in this location include: A. Lange & Söhne Bruno Söhnle Uhrenatelier Glashütte C. H. Wolf Glashütte Original Mühle Glashütte NOMOS Glashütte Wempe Chronometerwerke Tutima Union Glashütte Moritz Grossmann
==Notable people== 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