Pößneck
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Saale-Orla-Kreis |
| Population | 13,446 (31 December 2005) |
| Area | 24.45 km² |
| Population density | 550 /km² |
| Elevation | 220 m |
| Coordinates | 50°42′ N 11°36′ E |
| Postal code | 07371-07381 |
| Area code | 03647 |
| Licence plate code | SOK |
| Mayor | Michael Modde |
| Website | www.poessneck.de |
Pößneck is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 19 km east of Rudolstadt, and 26 km south of Jena. In 2005 it had a population of c. 13,500.
Its chief industries are the making of flannel, porcelain, furniture, machines, musical instruments and chocolate. The town has also tanneries, breweries, dyeworks and brickworks.
Pößneck, which is of Slavonic origin, passed about 1300 to the Landgrave of Thuringia. Later it belonged to Saxony and later still to the duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, passing to Saxe-Meiningen in 1826.
It has a Gothic Evangelical church built about 1390, and a Gothic town-hall erected during the succeeding century.
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