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 (2014-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,837
• Density	72/km^2 (190/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.

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

References

1. "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2014] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). 7 September 2015.
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)