Zschöpel is a farming village in the

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

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. It is part of the municipality

Ponitz Ponitz is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany. It is particularly famous for its Baroque organ by Gottfried Silbermann Gottfried Silbermann (January 14, 1683 – August 4, 1753) was a German builder of keyboar ...

History

The first mention of the settlement was 1140, under the name ''Tscheppelaw''. It was called such as late as 1495.

References

Villages in Thuringia Altenburger Land {{Altenburger-geo-stub