Steinwiesen

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Steinwiesen is a town in the district of Kronach in Bavaria in Germany about 100 km slightly east of due north of Nuremberg, and about 10 km northeast of Kronach.
The name "Steinwiesen" (stone meadows) 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, the holy Roman empire and duke to franc.
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.


Coordinates: 50°18′N, 11°28′E