Ernstthal am Rennsteig

Ernstthal am Rennsteig
Ortsteil of Lauscha

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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.

Geography

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

Politics

Culture

Economy and 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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