Jewellery town
Schwäbisch Gmünd
Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Known as the 'gold and silver town': precious metalworking has been its trade since the Middle Ages, and jewellery and silverware are still made and taught here.
Schwäbisch Gmünd, east of Stuttgart, has worked gold and silver since the Middle Ages and calls itself the gold and silver town. Its craftsmen made religious objects, filigree and later jewellery and silverware for markets across Europe.
What you find
Jewellery and silverware makers, surface-finishing and precious-metal companies, a university of design with jewellery and product design, and a research institute for precious metals and metal chemistry.
How it works
The industry supplies the trade. Visitors can see historic pieces in the town's museum and silverware at the Silberwarenfabrik Ott-Pausersche, a preserved silverware factory.
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