Pößneck
Coat of arms of Pößneck
Location of Pößneck within Saale-Orla-Kreis district
Pößneck   is located in Germany
Pößneck
Pößneck
Pößneck   is located in Thuringia
Pößneck
Pößneck
Coordinates: 50°42′N 11°36′E / 50.700°N 11.600°E / 50.700; 11.600
CountryGermany
StateThuringia
DistrictSaale-Orla-Kreis
Subdivisions6
Government
  Mayor (201824) Michael Modde[1]
Area
  Total24.45 km2 (9.44 sq mi)
Elevation
220 m (720 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
  Total11,752
  Density480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
07371–07381
Dialling codes03647
Vehicle registrationSOK
Websitewww.poessneck.de

Pößneck (also spelled Poessneck) is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 19 km (12 miles) east of Rudolstadt, and 26 km (16 miles) south of Jena.

History

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.

A Gothic church built about 1390 now serves an Evangelical congregation. Pößneck also contains a Gothic town-hall erected during the succeeding century.

Balloon escape

Pößneck was the home of the Strelzyk and Wetzel families prior to 15 September 1979, when both families flew out of East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon. Following the end of the Cold War and German reunification, they eventually moved back to Pößneck. Their story was the subject of the 1982 film Night Crossing.

Economy

Its chief industries are the making of flannel, porcelain, furniture, machines, musical instruments, and chocolate. The town has also tanneries, breweries, dyeworks and brickworks.

Notable people

References

  1. Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pössneck". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 175.


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