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Neuhausen, Saxony

Coordinates: 50°40′10″N 13°28′0″E / 50.66944°N 13.46667°E / 50.66944; 13.46667
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Coat of arms of Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
Location of Neuhausen/Erzgeb. within Mittelsachsen district
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Neuhausen/Erzgeb. is located in Germany
Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
Neuhausen/Erzgeb. is located in Saxony
Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
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[1]
Area
 • Total48.03 km2 (18.54 sq mi)
Elevation
661 m (2,169 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total2,530
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
09544
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.[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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Neuhausen railway station at the end of the Pockau-Lengefeld–Neuhausen railway, which is not closed but with irregular service only

Museums

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Europe's first nutcracker museum

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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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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

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  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.