Neuhausen, Saxony
Neuhausen/Erzgeb. | |
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![]() Neuhausen/Erzgeb. | |
Location of Neuhausen/Erzgeb. within Mittelsachsen district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 50°40′10″N 13°28′0″E / 50.66944°N 13.46667°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Saxony |
District | Mittelsachsen |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–28) | Andreas Drescher[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 48.03 km2 (18.54 sq mi) |
Elevation | 661 m (2,169 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,530 |
• Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 09544 |
Dialling codes | 037361, 037327 |
Vehicle registration | FG |
Website | www.neuhausen.de |
Neuhausen/Erzgeb. (lit. Neuhausen/Ore Mountains) is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It consists of Neuhausen proper and the Ortsteile (divisions) Dittersbach, Frauenbach, Heidelbach, Cämmerswalde, Rauschenbach, Neuwernsdorf and Deutschgeorgenthal.[3] Neuhausen hosts the first nutcracker museum in Europe, which houses more than 5,000 examples, the largest collection of nutcrackers in the world and is also known as a location for winter sports.
Culture and sights
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Museums
[edit]Europe's first nutcracker museum
[edit]World renown is the first and largest nutcracker museum in Europe with around 5,000 exhibits from 30 countries (as at April 2009).
Glassworks Museum of the Ore Mountains
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The Glassworks Museum of the Ore Mountains (Glashüttenmuseum des Erzgebirges) is located in the old socage vault of Purschenstein Castle and includes a replica glassworks from the time of Georgius Agricola, a workshop and other documents and tools associated with Ore Mountain glassmaking as well as the history of Neuhausen and Purschenstein.
References
[edit]- ^ Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
- ^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
- ^ Official website, accessed 12 October 2021.
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