Country Germany District Mittelsachsen Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 48.03 km² Local time Friday 10:23 PM | State Saxony Elevation 661 m (2,169 ft) Postal codes 09544 Population 3,111 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 09544 | |
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Weather 1°C, Wind E at 16 km/h, 83% Humidity Points of interest Schwartenberg, Glassworks Museum, Nussknackermuseum | ||
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.
Contents
- Map of Neuhausen Germany
- Europes first nutcracker museum
- Glassworks Museum of the Ore Mountains
- References
Map of Neuhausen, Germany
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
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.