Zwönitz (; Upper Sorbian: Zwonica) is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated south of Stollberg, and southwest of Chemnitz.
Parts of the town Zwönitz consists of: Brünlos Dorfchemnitz Günsdorf Hormersdorf Kühnhaide Lenkersdorf Niederzwönitz
Population 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. From 1952 to 1990, Zwönitz was part of the Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt of East Germany.
Twin towns – sister cities
Zwönitz is twinned with: Heiligenhaus, Germany Kopřivnice, Czech Republic Magyarpolány, Hungary Myszków, Poland Obermichelbach, Germany Puschendorf, Germany
Notable people 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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