Piesau

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Lageplan =
Bundesland = Thüringen
Landkreis = Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Lichtetal am Rennsteig
Höhe = 640
Fläche = 7.86
Einwohner = 852
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 98739
Vorwahl = 036701
Kfz = SLF
Gemeindeschlüssel = 16 0 73 066
Adresse = Saalfelder Str. 4
98739 Lichte
Website = [http://www.piesau.de/ www.piesau.de]
Bürgermeister = Angelika Weigel
Partei =

Piesau is a municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany.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 useable röntgenglass (Carl Heinrich Florenz Müller) decents from the village. Piesau lies next to the "Rennsteig", a hikingpath of more than 160 kilometres throughout Thüringen.