Ernstthal am Rennsteig

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Ernstthal am Rennsteig
Ortsteil of Lauscha

Coat of arms
Ernstthal am Rennsteig
Coordinates: 50°29′22″N 11°10′51″E / 50.48944°N 11.18083°E / 50.48944; 11.18083Coordinates: 50°29′22″N 11°10′51″E / 50.48944°N 11.18083°E / 50.48944; 11.18083
Country Germany
State Thuringia
District Sonneberg
Town Lauscha
Elevation 770 m (2,530 ft)
Population
  Total 950
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 98724
Dialling codes 036702
Vehicle registration SON
Glass Factory Ernstthal
Ernstthal Station with a train of the South Thuringian Railway
Christmas ornament of the Krebs Glass Lauscha

Ernstthal am Rennsteig is a municipality section of the so-called Glass-blower Town (de: Glasbläserstadt) Lauscha in the district of Sonneberg in Thuringia, Germany, close to the Thuringian Rennsteig.

Geographie

Close to the Ernstthal Station and the Rennsteig rises the river Kieselbach one of the tributaries of the Lichte river.

History

Heraldry

Politics

Municipal council

Culture

Places of interest

Annual events and recreational activities

Economy and infrastructure

Local enterprises

Infrastructure


Famous people

  • Karl Böhm-Hennes, a successful skier (1891–1914)
  • Wally Eichhorn-Nelson, an author
  • Baldur Schönfelder, an artist who made paintings of the "Rennsteig"

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