# Ponitz

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{{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&ndash;30
|party             = CDU
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'''Ponitz''' ({{IPA|de|ˈpoːnɪts}}) is a municipality in the district [Altenburger Land](/source/Altenburger_Land), in [Thuringia](/source/Thuringia), [Germany](/source/Germany).

It is particularly famous for its Baroque organ by [Gottfried Silbermann](/source/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](/source/Zsch%C3%B6pel), Merlach, Guteborn and Grünberg.

==References==
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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]

{{Cities and towns in Altenburger Land (district)}}

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Category:Municipalities in Thuringia
Category:Altenburger Land

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