Zwönitz

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Country Germany District Erzgebirgskreis Website www.zwoenitz.de Founded 1286 Population 11,352 (31 Dec 2008)		State Saxony Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 64.18 km² Local time Sunday 6:19 PM

Weather 12°C, Wind N at 13 km/h, 77% Humidity Points of interest Technisches Museum Papiermacher, Heimatmuseum und Technisc, Zwönitzblick

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.

Map of Zw%C3%B6nitz, Germany

Parts of the city

Zwönitz consists of:

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.

Sons and daughters of the town

Samuel von Pufendorf (1632-1694), natural law philosopher and historian (born in Dorfchemnitz)

Joachim Meischner (born 1946), biathlete

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

References

Zwönitz Wikipedia

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