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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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Population
6581
Area
95.64
Elevation
340
Official website
www.glashuette-sachs.de
Image
Glashütte (Sachsen) 01.JPG
Dialing code
035053
Licence plate code
PIR
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Glashütte (Sachsen)
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Glashütte (Sachsen)
postal code
01768
short name
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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

==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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