Zwönitz

Zwönitz (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡svøːnɪt͡s] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 9 km (5.6 mi) south of Stollberg, and 24 km (15 mi) southwest of Chemnitz.

Zwönitz consists of:

• 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

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

• Uwe Schneider (CDU), 1990–2008
• Wolfgang Triebert (CDU), since 2008

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.

Zwönitz is twinned with:^[3]

• Heiligenhaus, Germany
• Kopřivnice, Czech Republic
• Magyarpolány, Hungary
• Myszków, Poland
• Obermichelbach, Germany
• Puschendorf, Germany

• Samuel von Pufendorf (1632–1694), natural law philosopher and historian (born in Dorfchemnitz)
• Joachim Meischner (born 1946), biathlete
• Sepp Wiegand (born 1991), rally driver

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  St. Trinitatis Church
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  Church in Hormersdorf
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  Half-timbered house (Hotel Roß)