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 (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 12,068
 • 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:

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

References

  1. ↑ "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2017] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). October 2018.
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