Saale-Orla is a Kreis ( district ) in the east of Thuringia , Germany . Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Saale-Holzland , Greiz , the Vogtlandkreis in Saxony , the Bavarian districts Hof and Kronach , and the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt .
5-682: 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 . 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
10-504: A Gothic town-hall erected during the succeeding century. 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 and again in
15-560: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Saale-Orla-Kreis The district was created in 1994 by merging the previous districts Lobenstein, Pößneck and Schleiz. The main rivers in the district are the Saale and the Orla , which also contributed to the name of the district. The highest elevation with 732.9 m above sea level is the Sieglitzberg (near Lobenstein), the lowest with 180 m
20-610: Is near Schimmersburg Langenorla. The district is mountainous, covering the Thüringer Schiefergebirge . The dams of the Saale create the biggest system of artificial lakes in Germany. The two lions in the top of the coat of arms represent the historic states which covered the area in the past. In the left is the lion with crown of the Reuß family, while the lion to the right is the symbol of
25-526: The 2018 film Balloon . Its chief industries are the making of flannel , porcelain , furniture, machines, musical instruments, and chocolate. The town has also tanneries, breweries, dyeworks and brickworks. [REDACTED] 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. This Saale-Orla-Kreis location article
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