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.
Watches currently made in this location include:
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A. Lange & Söhne
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Bruno Söhnle Uhrenatelier Glashütte
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C. H. Wolf
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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 ...
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Mühle Glashütte
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NOMOS Glashütte
NOMOS Glashütte is a economy of Germany, German watchmaking company based in Glashütte, Saxony, specializing in artisan manual-winding and automatic mechanical watches. It was founded by Roland Schwertner in January 1990, two months after the ...
* Wempe Chronometerwerke
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Tutima
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Union Glashütte
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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
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Hans-Peter Kaul
Hans-Peter Kaul (25 July 1943 – 21 July 2014) was a German international law scholar and former diplomat and lawyer. From 11 March 2003 until 1 July 2014, he served as Judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. At the ICC, Kaul was ...
(1943–2014), judge, international lawyer and diplomat
References
External links
Glashütte - Hier lebt die Zeit(German)
Towns in the Ore Mountains
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