Ponitz

{{Infobox German place

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|image_plan = Ponitz in ABG.png

|state = Thüringen

|district = Altenburger Land

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|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

Category:Altenburger Land

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