Piesau

Piesau

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Piesau

Coordinates: 50°30′52″N 11°13′08″E / 50.51444°N 11.21889°E / 50.51444; 11.21889Coordinates: 50°30′52″N 11°13′08″E / 50.51444°N 11.21889°E / 50.51444; 11.21889
Country Germany
State Thuringia
District Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Municipal assoc. Lichtetal am Rennsteig
Government
 • Mayor Angelika Weigel
Area
 • Total 7.86 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
Population (2014-12-31)[1]
 • Total 741
 • Density 94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 98739
Dialling codes 036701
Vehicle registration SLF
Website www.piesau.de

Piesau is a municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany close to the Thuringian Rennsteig.

It has a glass factory and is known as glass-maker village. The first time glass was made in Piesau was in 1622. Up until today glass is the main reason of existence in Piesau. Carl Heinz Glass still produces glass, for instance for the cosmetics industry. The inventor of the first usable röntgenglass (Carl Heinrich Florenz Müller) descends from the village. Piesau lies next to the "Rennsteig", a hiking path of more than 160 kilometres throughout Thüringen.

It belongs to the municipal association Lichtetal am Rennsteig, which consists of the municipalities Lichte, Piesau, Reichmannsdorf, and Schmiedefeld.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, Gemeinschaftsfreie Gemeinde, erfüllende/beauftragende Gemeinden, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft/Mitgliedsgemeinden in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). 8 September 2015.


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