Ponitz

Ponitz is a municipality in the Thuringian district Altenburger Land, located on the border of the Free State of Saxony. The place is known mainly through the Renaissance castle, as. Well as the Church of Peace with their unchanged, preserved organ of Gottfried Silbermann

2.1 Amalgamations
2.2 Population development

3.1 municipal
3.2 Mayor
3.3 Coat of Arms

5.1 traffic
5.2 Established businesses
5.3 Formation

Geography

Geographical location

Ponitz is located north of the motorway and the city 4 Crimmitschau at the junction of Zeitz - Schmöllner - Lösshügellandes in the Vorgebirgslagen the Thuringian Slate Mountains and the Ore Mountains. Through the municipality runs the splices in the north. Large areas of arable land, pastures and little forest cover dominate the landscape. The nearest towns are Meerane (2 km southeast), Goessnitz (2 km north), Crimmitschau (3 km south) and Schmölln (4 km north-west ).

Neighboring communities

Adjacent communities include the city of Goessnitz, Heyersdorf and the city Schmölln in the district Altenburger Land, and the towns Crimmitschau and Meerane district Zwickau.

Community structure

Besides Ponitz to the municipality includes the four districts Green Mountain since 1973, Guteborn since 1883 and Merlach and Zschöpel since 1950.

The individual districts of the municipality Ponitz have three different area code. Ponitz and Guteborn have the prefix of Meerane ( 03764 ), the districts Merlach and Zschöpel the code of Goessnitz ( 034493 ), while the district of Green Mountain on the code of Crimmitschau ( 03762 ) can be reached.

History

The place is believed to have been founded by Slavic settlers, which explains the old spelling Ponicz. In 1254 the castle and its owner Ponitz Fridericus de Ponicz was first mentioned, as it is called in a donation as a witness. 1349 is mentioned in the history books of a church and a Vorwerk. After the purchase of the manor in 1568 by Abraham Thumbshirn of the medieval water castle in 1574 was replaced by a Renaissance building that can still be visited today. The most significant owner of the castle was Ponitz Wolfgang Conrad of Thumbshirn who co-signed the peace treaty to end the Thirty Years' War as a diplomat in 1648 and was also instrumental in the materialization of this contract. This was also the occasion to plant the so-called peace Linde on three houses in 1650.

The place consists of the historic districts nice grove and Gosel, now a seamless transition into the place. Nice grove owned a brewery and is located approximately at today's Meeraner road, Gosel contrast to the Crimmitschauer road. The subsequent lies within the historical district of the district of Crimmitschau, which is also called Gosel, was once largely the same as Ponitz itself to the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg. Through the exchange of territory between Thuringia and Saxony, came to the District Ponitz belonging place Waldsachsen and part of the former Gosel to the Amtshauptmannschaft Glauchau or the Amtshauptmannschaft Werdau in the Free State of Saxony. Ponitz belonged together with the other part of the village to the district Gosel Altenburg and from 1952 to the circle Schmölln in the district of Leipzig. With German reunification in 1990 Ponitz came again to Thuringia; previously there was a referendum in which the majority of inhabitants known to Thuringia.

After 1990, as construction projects are mainly the development of the industrial area Guteborn, the restoration of the castle, church, municipality, school buildings and kindergarten as well as the construction of a new fire station in 2003 and the Ponitz arcades in 2012/2013 call.

Incorporations

1936 Lower Green Mountain was united in Grünberg with upper Grünberg, which was incorporated into Ponitz on 1 November 1973.

Population Development

1580 1816 276 and 1875 513 145 inhabitants were counted. After the incorporation of Guteborn the population in 1900 increased to 1341 and 1925 to 1664th 1939 1638 inhabitants counted.

Development of the population (as of December 31):

2000: 1890
2001: 1878
2002: 1864
2003: 1836
2004: 1823
2005: 1825

2006: 1797
2007: 1790
2008: 1736
2009: 1700
2010: 1684
2011: 1645

Policy

Since resolution of the joint management Upper Pleißental on 21 April 1995 Goessnitz fulfilling community is both Ponitz as well as for Heyersdorf. The municipality had Ponitz on December 31, 2010 to a per capita debt of 696 Euros. In the year 2011 budget was determined that they should be reduced by loan repayment to 507 euros.

Parish council

In the election period from 2004 to 2009, there was the council of eight members of the CDU (66.7 %), two members of the Left (13.1%) and two members of the SPD ( 20.2 %). The turnout on June 27, 2004 was 49.1 %.

Since the local elections of 7 June 2009, the council is composed as follows:

CDU: 7 seats ( 58.9 %)
The Left: 2 seats (13.6%)
SPD / Green: 3 seats ( 27.6%)

The turnout was 54.1 %, with 1.3% of the votes were invalid.

Mayor

From 1990 to 1999, the SPD politician Roland Mealy was mayor of the municipality, until 2012 this was the non-party, but on the CDU - list nominee Gerd Kühn. At the municipal election in 2012 on the first ballot voted in two competitors 60.9% of valid voters voting for the CDU politician Marcel Greunke, the turnout was circular far the highest at 68.8 %.

Coat of arms

Blazon: Split; front five shared by silver and red and topped with a green rooted Linde; back in red next to each other three silver, from right to left tapered pipes.

The coat of arms of Ponitz shows the Friedenslinde in honor of peacemaker Thumbshirn and three organ pipes as a symbol of the Gottfried Silbermann in the village church (now the Church of Peace ) created organ.

Culture and sights

Ponitz is especially known for the built 1734-1737 by Gottfried Silbermann as its 40th plant organ in the Church of Peace. Regular concerts are held there. Another important venue is the Renaissance castle.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Ponitz has a breakpoint on the railway Leipzig -Hof. The municipality is located in the Central German Transport Association and is also on the bus line 354 Thonhausen-Heyersdorf-Crimmitschau/Gößnitz-Schmölln accessible. Furthermore, the site about 3 km away, junction Meerane is to reach the highway 4. The Federal Highway 93 runs through the municipality and is accessible via the connecting points Guteborn and Merlach.

Established businesses

Economically dominant is agriculture, thereby significantly the agricultural cooperative Ponitz eG. Another large company is the net logistics center on the B 93 in Guteborn. Many service companies are located in the community.

Education

In Ponitz, there is the Scholl - primary school and a community-owned nursery.

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