Ponitz
Ponitz
Location of Ponitz within Altenburger Land district
Coordinates	50°50′0″N 12°25′20″E / 50.833333°N 12.42222°E / 50.833333; 12.42222Coordinates: 50°50′0″N 12°25′20″E / 50.833333°N 12.42222°E / 50.833333; 12.42222
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Altenburger Land
Local subdivisions	5
Mayor	Gerd Kühn (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	17.04 km2 (6.58 sq mi)
Elevation	223 m  (732 ft)
Population	1,684 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	99 /km2 (256 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	ABG
Postal code	04639
Area codes	034493 und 03764

Ponitz is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany.

It is particularly famous for its Baroque organ by Gottfried Silbermann^[2] and for its spectacularly-eccentric Renaissance manor house.^[3] Districts of Ponitz are Zschöpel, Merlach, Guteborn and Grünberg.

References [link]

1. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. 27 June 2011. https://www.statistik.thueringen.de/datenbank/TabAnzeige.asp?tabelle=gg000102%7C%7C. 
2. ^ https://www.silbermannorgel-ponitz.de/
3. ^ Home

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Further reading [link]

• Home page of the Silbermann organ
• Silbermann Museum
• Silbermann: Geschichte und legende einer Orgelbauerfamilie (Ostfildern: Jan Thorbeck Verlag, 2006)
• Ponitz Renaissanceschloss

v t e Towns and municipalities in Altenburger Land Altenburg Altkirchen Dobitschen Drogen Fockendorf Frohnsdorf Gerstenberg Göhren Göllnitz Göpfersdorf Gößnitz Haselbach Heukewalde Heyersdorf Jonaswalde Jückelberg Kriebitzsch Langenleuba-Niederhain Löbichau Lödla Lucka Lumpzig Mehna Meuselwitz Monstab Nöbdenitz Nobitz Ponitz Posterstein Rositz Saara Schmölln Starkenberg Thonhausen Treben Vollmershain Wildenbörten Windischleuba Ziegelheim

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