Inauguration of the A. Lange & Sohne Park in Glashutte
The unveiling of a monument to Ferdinand A. Lange by 15 apprentices of
the company’s own watchmaker school was the highlight of a ceremony at
which Lange Uhren GmbH inaugurated the A. Lange & Söhne Park in
Glashütte on 15 July. With this, the company pays tribute to the founder
of Germany’s fine watchmaking industry, who opened the first watchmaker
workshop in the region in 1845 with 15 apprentices.
Also
among the more than one hundred guests was his great grandson Walter
Lange, who has carried on the family tradition since reunification, as
well as the Vice President of the Saxon State Parliament, Andrea
Dombois. In her word of welcome she honoured the social involvement of
the company which is expressed in so many ways, even beyond the creation
of highly qualified jobs. A current example is the tourist guide system
for Glashütte, recently initiated by Lange, which guides visitors to
the sights of the city.
The more than 3,000 square metre park
was designed by the landscape architects Michael Wolf and Dirk
Radzanowski from Penig in Saxony, and built by the company Grünkonzept
from Bannewitz near Dresden. The bronze bust of Ferdinand A. Lange is
the work of the Swiss watches sculptor, Beat Künzler. A musical setting at the
ceremony was provided by the American mezzo-soprano Emily Righter and
the Italian baritone Andrè Schuen. Both are stipendiaries of the “Young
Singers Project” of the Salzburg Festival, with which the company
maintains a close partnership. (replica watches)
This coming Sunday, visitors
who come to the city of Glashütte can be the first to discover a new
park abound with roses, hedges, ornamentals, and grasses. On the
occasion of the summer festival organised by the Sächsische Zeitung, A.
Lange & Söhne is opening the doors to its manufactory and inviting
the public to get acquainted with precision watchmaking in many
different ways. The planned ascents in a tethered balloon are likely to
be very popular: they offer a totally new outlook on Glashütte as a hub
of horology.