Piesau

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
CountryGermany
StateThuringia
DistrictSonneberg
TownNeuhaus am Rennweg
Area
  Total7.86 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
Elevation
640 m (2,100 ft)
Population
 (2017-12-31)
  Total715
  Density91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
98739
Dialling codes036701
Vehicle registrationSON
Websitewww.piesau.de

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.

Before 2019, it was part of the municipal association Lichtetal am Rennsteig, which consists of the municipalities Lichte, Piesau, Reichmannsdorf, and Schmiedefeld.

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