Steinwiesen

Infobox German Location
Wappen = Wappen von Steinwiesen.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 17 |lat_sec = 39
lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 27 |lon_sec = 43
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Oberfranken
Landkreis = Kronach
Höhe = 374
Fläche = 55.08
Einwohner = 3778
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 96349
Vorwahl = 09262 in Teilen: 09260, 09267
Kfz = KC
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 4 76 177
Gliederung = 5 Ortsteile
Straße = Kirchstr. 4
Website = [http://www.steinwiesen.de/ www.steinwiesen.de]
Bürgermeister = Gerhard Wunder
Partei = CSU

Steinwiesen is a municipality in the district of Kronach in Bavaria, Germany about 100 km slightly east of due north of Nuremberg,and about 10 km northeast of Kronach.
The name Steinwiesen appears for the first time in the year 1323 authentic in history.
1386 first references of the rafters business in the franc forest.
The market concession sovereign attained Steinwiesen 1743 through Friedrich Karl, bishop to Bamberg and Würzburg.
With directive of April 1937, the governor of Bavaria, knight Franz of Epp lent the community of Steinwiesen the right to lead an own crest.
The community flag with three strips in the sequence red-white-green was approved 1968 by Bavarian Interior Ministry.