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Neuhausen, Saxony

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Municipality in Saxony, Germany
Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
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Location of Neuhausen/Erzgeb. within Mittelsachsen district
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Neuhausen/Erzgeb. is located in GermanyNeuhausen/Erzgeb.Neuhausen/Erzgeb. Show map of GermanyNeuhausen/Erzgeb. is located in SaxonyNeuhausen/Erzgeb.Neuhausen/Erzgeb. Show map of Saxony
Coordinates: 50°40′10″N 13°28′0″E / 50.66944°N 13.46667°E / 50.66944; 13.46667
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictMittelsachsen
Government
 • Mayor (2021–28) Andreas Drescher
Area
 • Total48.03 km (18.54 sq mi)
Elevation661 m (2,169 ft)
Population
 • Total2,530
 • Density53/km (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes09544
Dialling codes037361, 037327
Vehicle registrationFG
Websitewww.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. 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

Neuhausen railway station at the end of the Pockau-Lengefeld–Neuhausen railway, which is not closed but with irregular service only

Museums

Europe's first nutcracker museum

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

Purschenstein Castle, February 2010

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

  1. Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022, Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
  2. "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
  3. Official website, accessed 12 October 2021.
Towns and municipalities in Mittelsachsen district
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Municipality of Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
Wappen der Gemeinde Neuhausen/Erzgeb.


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