Zwonitz

Zwonitz is a mountain city inside the Saxon Erzgebirgskreis. Together with Elterlein she bureaucracy the Verwaltungsge meins chaft Zwonitz with headquarters in Zwonitz. The settlement of the Zwonitztal turned into accomplished with the aid of the Slavic tribes Sorbs. The place name is derived from the old Sorbian call Zvonica or Zvenica from zveneti, within the meaning of tones, tosen for the stream that flows thru the valley. The first German settlement within the form of a woodland hoard plant at the decrease reaches of Kuhnhaider water was probable on the earliest towards the end of the twelfth century, more often than not through Franks.

At least on the grounds that 1286, the area turned into owned via the monastery Grunhain and belonged formerly to the guideline Stollberg. Zwonitz acquired the metropolis proper approximately 1300 and 1545 became observed through market law. Even earlier than the fifteenth century, mining turned into executed right here; primarily iron ore become mined. For this cause, Zwonitz was given the call Bergstadt with tax privileges. Niederzwonitz became in 1485 by the Leipzig division albertinisch and below the ducal rule Stollberg, at the same time as Zwonitz changed into Ernestinisch electoral.