Zschöpel
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Zschöpel is a farming village in the Altenburger Land
in Thuringia
, Germany
. It is part of the municipality Ponitz
. The village has a population of 129 people. The first mention was 1140, under the name Tscheppelaw, that is a sorbic foundation.
Altenburger Land
Altenburger Land is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by the district of Greiz, the Burgenlandkreis , and the districts Leipziger Land, Mittweida, Chemnitzer Land, Zwickauer Land in Saxony.- History :...
in Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is part of the municipality Ponitz
Ponitz
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...
. The village has a population of 129 people. The first mention was 1140, under the name Tscheppelaw, that is a sorbic foundation.