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 | |
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Ortsteil of Neuhaus am Rennweg | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Piesau 
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  Piesau  Piesau | |
| Coordinates: 50°30′52″N 11°13′08″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 | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 98739 |
| Dialling codes | 036701 |
| Vehicle registration | SON |
| Website | www.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.
