Ponitz is a municipality in the district

Altenburger Land Altenburger Land is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Greiz, the Burgenlandkreis (Saxony-Anhalt), and the districts Leipzig, Mittelsachsen and Zwickau in Saxony. The district is a mem ...

, in

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. It is particularly famous for its Baroque organ by

Gottfried Silbermann Gottfried Silbermann (January 14, 1683 – August 4, 1753) was a German builder of keyboard instruments. He built harpsichords, clavichords, organs, and fortepianos; his modern reputation rests mainly on the latter two. Life Very little is know ...

and for its spectacularly-eccentric Renaissance manor house.Förderverein Renaissanceschloss Ponitz
/ref> Districts of Ponitz are Zschöpel, Merlach, Guteborn and Grünberg.

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