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 Reinhardtsgrimma is a former municipality in the district of Weißeritzkreis in Saxony in Germany located near Dresden. On 2 January 2008, it merged into the town Glashütte. Church of Reinhardtsgrimma, Its church features an organ by Gottfried Si ...

was merged into Glashütte. Deutsches Uhrenmuseum Glashütte (1)

Watches currently made in this location include: * A. Lange & Söhne * Bruno Söhnle Uhrenatelier Glashütte * C. H. Wolf *

Glashütte Original Glashütte Original is a German producer of luxury watches founded in 1994 by the privatization of VEB Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe (GUB), an East German conglomerate formed in 1951 from the watch companies based in Glashütte. Glashütte Original ...

* Mühle Glashütte *

NOMOS Glashütte NOMOS Glashütte is a German watchmaking company based in Glashütte, Saxony, which specializes in artisan manual-winding and automatic mechanical watches. It was founded by Roland Schwertner in January 1990, two months after the fall of the Berli ...

* Wempe Chronometerwerke * Tutima * Union Glashütte *

Moritz Grossmann Moritz Grossmann is a manufacturer of luxury wristwatches based in Glashütte, Germany. Annual production is approximately 200 pieces. History During the financial crisis of 2007-08 Christine Hutter (who had previously held positions at Wempe, Mau ...

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 Hans-Peter Kaul (25 July 1943 – 21 July 2014) was a German international law scholar and former diplomat and international judge. From 11 March 2003 until 1 July 2014, he served as Judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. At the I ...

(1943–2014), judge, international lawyer and diplomat

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External links

Glashütte - Hier lebt die Zeit
(German) Towns in the Ore Mountains {{SächsischeSchweizOsterzgebirge-geo-stub