Ponitz 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. References Further reading Home page of the Silbermann organ Silbermann Museum Silbermann: Geschichte und legende einer Orgelbauerfamilie (Ostfildern: Jan Thorbeck Verlag, 2006) Ponitz Renaissanceschloss Municipalities in Thuringia Altenburger Land Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg