Ponitz
{{Infobox German place
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|image_coa = Wappen Ponitz.png
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|image_plan = Ponitz in ABG.png
|state = Thüringen
|district = Altenburger Land
|elevation = 223
|area = 17.04
|postal_code = 04639
|area_code = 034493 and 03764
|licence = ABG
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 16 0 77 039
|divisions = 5
|mayor = Marcel Greunke[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=BM&wJahr=0000&zeigeErg=LAND&auswertung=2 Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht], Freistaat Thüringen. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
|leader_term = 2024–30
|party = CDU
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Ponitz is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany.
It is particularly famous for its Baroque organ by Gottfried Silbermann[http://www.silbermannorgel-ponitz.de/ 1737 - 275 Jahre Silbermannorgel Ponitz - 2012] {{in lang|de}} and for its spectacularly-eccentric Renaissance manor house.[http://www.renaissanceschloss-ponitz.de/ Förderverein Renaissanceschloss Ponitz] Districts of Ponitz are Zschöpel, Merlach, Guteborn and Grünberg.
References
Further reading
- [http://www.silbermannorgel-ponitz.de/ Home page of the Silbermann organ]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080913144240/http://silbermann.museum.com/welcome.html Silbermann Museum]
- Silbermann: Geschichte und legende einer Orgelbauerfamilie (Ostfildern: Jan Thorbeck Verlag, 2006)
- [http://www.renaissanceschloss-ponitz.de/ Ponitz Renaissanceschloss]
{{Cities and towns in Altenburger Land (district)}}
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Category:Municipalities in Thuringia
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