{{Infobox German place |image_photo = |image_coa = DEU Ponitz COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|50|50|0|N|12|25|20|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Ponitz in ABG.png |state = Thüringen |district = Altenburger Land |elevation = 223 |area = 17.13 |postal_code = 04639 |area_code = 034493 and 03764 |licence = ABG |Gemeindeschlüssel = 16 0 77 039 |divisions = 5 |mayor = Marcel Greunke<ref>[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.</ref> |leader_term = 2024–30 |party = CDU }}
'''Ponitz''' ({{IPA|de|ˈpoːnɪts}}) is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany.
It is particularly famous for its Baroque organ by Gottfried Silbermann<ref>[http://www.silbermannorgel-ponitz.de/ 1737 - 275 Jahre Silbermannorgel Ponitz - 2012] {{in lang|de}}</ref> and for its spectacularly-eccentric Renaissance manor house.<ref>[http://www.renaissanceschloss-ponitz.de/ Förderverein Renaissanceschloss Ponitz]</ref> Districts of Ponitz are Zschöpel, Merlach, Guteborn and Grünberg.
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==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]
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