Glashütte

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

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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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==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

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