The Ore Mountains in Saxony: Mining Tradition and Watchmaking | Hannah Hummel on Tour in Germany

Destination Culture: In this episode, Hannah Hummel’s road trip through Saxony takes her to Glashütte. Germans are known for being punctual, and Glashütte is known for watchmaking. Hannah also visits the Ore Mountains and heads underground. In Freiberg, she meets a student from Sri Lanka who has made the silver-mining town her temporary home.

00:00 Intro
00:46 The city of Glashütte
01:08 German Watch Museum
04:14 NOMOS, largest manufacturer of mechancial watches in Germany
08:00 Schwarzwassertal or Black Water Valley in the Ore Mountains
11:14 The city of Altenberg
12:02 Altenberg Sinkhole
13:13 Visitor Mine Zinnwald
15:54 Mining Museum Altenberg
17:29 Arno-Lippmann-Schacht
18:01 The ‘Silver City’ Freiberg
18:29 Cathedral of St Mary
21:58 Student Jamana Amiruddeen from Sri Lanka
24:48 Bergmusikkorps Saxonia Freiberg
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