Glashütte
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
- C. H. Wolf
- Glashütte Original
- Mühle Glashütte
- Nautische Instrumente Mühle Glashütte
- NOMOS
- Wempe Chronometerwerke
- Tutima
- Union Glashütte
- Moritz Grossmann
- Ferdinand Adolph Lange, watchmaker, founder of A. Lange & Söhne, Member of Saxon Landtag 1857–1875, mayor of Glashütte 1848–1866
- Arthur Burkhardt, engineer and manufacturer
- Hans-Peter Kaul, judge, international lawyer and diplomat
