Neuhausen, Saxony

Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
Coat of arms
Neuhausen/Erzgeb.
Location of Neuhausen/Erzgeb. within Mittelsachsen district
Coordinates: 50°40′10″N 13°28′0″E / 50.66944°N 13.46667°E / 50.66944; 13.46667Coordinates: 50°40′10″N 13°28′0″E / 50.66944°N 13.46667°E / 50.66944; 13.46667
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Mittelsachsen
Government
• Mayor	Peter Haustein
Area
• Total	48.03 km2 (18.54 sq mi)
Elevation	661 m (2,169 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	2,678
• Density	56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
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. 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.

World renown is the first and largest nutcracker museum in Europe with around 5,000 exhibits from 30 countries (as at April 2009).

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.