Piesau
Appearance
Piesau | |
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Location of Piesau within Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district | |
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) |
Elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
Population (2006-12-31) | |
• Total | 852 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
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 stil produces glass, for instance for the cosmetic-industrie. The inventor of the first usable röntgenglass (Carl Heinrich Florenz Müller) decents from the village. Piesau lies next to the "Rennsteig", a hikingpath 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.
See also