Piesau is a village and a former municipality in the district of Sonneberg in Thuringia, Germany, close to the Thuringian Rennsteig. Formerly in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, it is part of the town Neuhaus am Rennweg since January 2019.
Piesau | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Piesau  | |
  Piesau  Piesau | |
| Coordinates: 50°30′52″N 11°13′08″E / 50.51444°N 11.21889°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Sonneberg |
| Town | Neuhaus am Rennweg |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.86 km2 (3.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
| Population (2017-12-31) | |
• Total | 715 |
| • Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 98739 |
| Dialling codes | 036701 |
| Vehicle registration | SON |
| Website | www.piesau.de |
It has a glass factory and is known as a 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 produces glass bottles as well as plastic caps and closures for the perfume and cosmetic industry.[1] 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.
Before 2019, it was part of the municipal association Lichtetal am Rennsteig, which consists of the municipalities Lichte, Piesau, Reichmannsdorf, and Schmiedefeld.
References
edit- ^ "HEINZ-GLAS". Retrieved April 18, 2024.
 | This Sonneberg district location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |