Zwönitz

Zwönitz
Coat of arms
Zwönitz
Coordinates: 50°37′0″N 12°48′0″E / 50.61667°N 12.80000°E / 50.61667; 12.80000Coordinates: 50°37′0″N 12°48′0″E / 50.61667°N 12.80000°E / 50.61667; 12.80000
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Erzgebirgskreis
Government
• Mayor	Wolfgang Triebert (CDU)
Area
• Total	64.18 km2 (24.78 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	12,262
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Website	www.zwoenitz.de

Zwönitz is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 9 km south of Stollberg, and 24 km southwest of Chemnitz.

Parts of the city

Zwönitz consists of:

Zwoenitz

Zwoenitz and its villages and the joint administration Zwoenitz-Elterlein

Population figures

• 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.

Pictures

St.Trinitatis-church

Church in Hormersdorf

Half-timbered house (Hotel Roß)

Sons and daughters of the town

Samuel von Pufendorf 1734

• Samuel von Pufendorf (1632-1694), natural law philosopher and historian (born in Dorfchemnitz)
• Joachim Meischner (born 1946), biathlete

Personalities related to the place

• Uwe Schneider (born 1943), municipal politician (mayor of Zwönitz 1990-2008), local historian and author

References