The former municipalities of Jüdenberg, Möhlau, Burgkemnitz and Gröbern as well as the town of Gräfenhainichen border on the community of Zschornewitz.

The municipality was divided into the historical centre of Kolonie, a neighbourhood to the east built for power station, and Pöplitz, about 2 km to the west.

In 1996, the old workers' community Kolonie was included in the list of EXPO projects, undergoing widespread restorations in 1997–99.

On the old Gröbern strip mine's waste dump south of Zschornewitz, a wind farm was built after the brown coal pit was shut down.

The nearest Deutsche Bahn railway stations are to be found in Gräfenhainichen and Burgkemnitz on the Wittenberg - Bitterfeld line about 4 km away.