A. Lange & Söhne / Glashütte i. Sa./en
A. Lange & Söhne
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The foundation of the watch-and-clock-making industry in Glashütte by F. A. Lange
The dry up of the silver mining at Glashütte caused the danger of complete depletion. The inhabitants turned to the Saxonian state government with the urgent request for support. When Ferdinand Adolph Lange creates the first jobs Glashütte with the help of a state loan on 7 December 1845, starting a clock company with 15 apprentices, hope buds to be able to create further jobs in the new branch of occupation of the clock manufacturing. Lange begins to realise his project in the mansarde of a house in Glashütte.[1] Together with his brother-in-law, the master watchmaker Adolf Schneider and the 15 apprentices the long production of precision watches from Glashütte begins. Short time afterwards the first watch with the dial label "A. Lange, Dresden" leaves the workshop.
- ↑ Chronik von Glashütte, Webseite der Stadtverwaltung Glashütte (Stand 27.12.2007)