Neuhausen, Saxony

Neuhausen/Erzgeb. (lit. Neuhausen/Ore Mountains) is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. 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.

Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
Coat of arms
Location of Neuhausen/Erzgeb. within Mittelsachsen district
Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
Coordinates: 50°40′10″N 13°28′0″E
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictMittelsachsen
Government
 • MayorPeter Haustein
Area
 • Total48.03 km2 (18.54 sq mi)
Elevation
661 m (2,169 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total2,592
 • Density54/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

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

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. "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2019". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2020.


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