Directly on the main street you will find the birthplace of Heinrich Geißler. Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Geißle, born in Igelshieb in 1814 and died in Bonn in 1879, was a German glassblower, instrument maker and inventor of the Geissler tube, a glass low-pressure gas discharge tube, also known today as a fluorescent lamp. Today his birthplace houses a local history and technology museum.

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The Geißlerhaus in Igelshieb (town of Neuhaus am Rennweg) is located directly on the Rennsteig and is very eye-catching even from the outside.

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Heinrich Geißler was a pioneer of electricity and vacuum technology. On May 26, 1989, the 175th birthday of Heinrich Geißler, it was inaugurated as a museum of local history (Wikipedia).

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2. Scheibe-Alsbach Reservoir – Schwarza Spring loop from Neuhaus am Rennweg

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3. Former Slate Quarry Ramsthal – Clemens Major Shelter loop from Neuhaus-Igelshieb

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Location: Neuhaus am Rennweg, Landkreis Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany

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