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Ponitz

Municipality in Thuringia, Germany

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Ponitz (German pronunciation: [ˈpoːnɪts]) is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany.

It is particularly famous for its Baroque organ by Gottfried Silbermann and for its spectacularly-eccentric Renaissance manor house. Districts of Ponitz are Zschöpel, Merlach, Guteborn and Grünberg.

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