Country Germany Admin. region Oberfranken Elevation 374 m (1,227 ft) Area 55.08 km² Local time Monday 10:10 AM Dialling code 09262 | State Bavaria District Kronach Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 3,678 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 96349 Administrative region Upper Franconia | |
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Steinwiesen is a municipality in the district of Kronach in Bavaria, Germany about 100 km slightly east of due north of Nuremberg, and about 10 km northeast of Kronach.
Map of Steinwiesen, Germany
The name Steinwiesen appears for the first time in the year 1323 authentic in history. In 1386 the rafters business in the Frankenwald was first mentioned. Steinwiesen obtained market privileges in 1743 through Friedrich Karl, bishop to Bamberg and Würzburg. 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.
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