Zwönitz
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Zwönitz (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Upper Sorbian: Zwonica) is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated Script error: No such module "convert". south of Stollberg, and Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Chemnitz.
Parts of the town
Zwönitz consists of:
Population
- 1542 – 570
- 1697 – 741
- 1780 – 863
- 1800 – 1,242
- 1840 – 1,883
- 1890 – 2,931
- 1926 – 3,760
- 1933 – 3,852
- 1946 – 7,500
- 1950 – 10,617
- 1960 – 8,307
- 1965 – 9,690
- 1981 – 11,362
- 1990 – 13,105
- 1995 – 12,318
- 2000 – 12,175
- 2005 – 11,696
- 2010 – 11,193
- 2012 – 12,519
Local council
The elections in May 2014 showed the following results:
- CDU: 16 Seats
- The Left: 4 Seats
- Unabhängige Wählervereinigung Zwönitz (UWZ): 3 Seats
- Freie Wähler Gemeinschaft e. V. (FWG) (Free voters): 2 Seats
- SPD: 1 Seat
Mayors
- Uwe Schneider (CDU), 1990–2008
- Wolfgang Triebert (CDU), since 2008
History
The town was founded by Slavs. The monastery Grünhain owned the area since 1286. Zwönitz received its town charter around the turn of the 13th century. It was a customs and trading point with market rights since 1545. From 1952 to 1990, Zwönitz was part of the Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt of East Germany.
Twin towns – sister cities
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- Template:Flagicon Heiligenhaus, Germany
- Template:Flagicon Kopřivnice, Czech Republic
- Template:Flagicon Magyarpolány, Hungary
- Template:Flagicon Myszków, Poland
- Template:Flagicon Obermichelbach, Germany
- Template:Flagicon Puschendorf, Germany
Notable people
- Samuel von Pufendorf (1632–1694), natural law philosopher and historian (born in Dorfchemnitz)
- Joachim Meischner (born 1946), biathlete
- Sepp Wiegand (born 1991), rally driver
Gallery
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St. Trinitatis Church
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Church in Hormersdorf
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Half-timbered house (Hotel Roß)
References
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