Bitterfeld - Bitterfeld

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Bitterfeld
federal stateSaxony-Anhalt
Residents
15.376 (2008)
height
79 m
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Bitterfeld

Bitterfeld is lying in Central German chemistry triangle in Saxony-Anhalt. It has been administrative with the neighboring city since July 1, 2007 Wolfen as well as other until then independent municipalities Bitterfeld-Wolfen, the statistically fourth largest city in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. In the past, Bitterfeld was known as the “dirtiest city in Europe”. Today the city is located in a recultivated lake landscape that is ideal for hiking and water sports. Bitterfeld was mentioned as a city as early as 1136 and was built by immigrant Dutch people.

getting there

By plane

The closest airport is the Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ). This can be reached by train in about 60 minutes with a change at Leipzig Messe or Halle (Saale) Hbf. By car it is 30 minutes via the A9 and A14 or the B184.

In the street

In long-distance traffic, Bitterfeld is about the Motorway A 9, Departures Dessau south, Bitterfeld-Wolfen and Brehna, reachable. Furthermore, three federal highways meet in Bitterfeld: the B 100 Halle − Bitterfeld − Lutherstadt Wittenberg, the B 183 Köthen − Bitterfeld − Torgau − Bad Liebenwerda and the B 184 Magdeburg − Zerbst − Dessau − Wolfen − Bitterfeld − Leipzig.

By train

The 1 Bitterfeld train station is located about one kilometer west of the city center, which is the most important train station and the only long-distance traffic stop in the city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen. Lines from Leipzig, Halle, Wittenberg / Berlin and Magdeburg / Dessau cross here.

Bitterfeld is the ICE stopping point for the lines Hamburg - Berlin - Halle - Munich and the IC line (Stralsund) - Berlin - Halle - Erfurt - Kassel - Düsseldorf - (Cologne). Regional express connections are made every hour Magdeburg, Dessau and Leipzig. Since December 2013, Bitterfeld has also been connected to the Central German S-Bahn network. Lines S2 and S8 run every hour to Dessau and Lutherstadt Wittenberg and every half hour to Leipzig and Halle.

mobility

Map of Bitterfeld

Bitterfeld is relatively compact and therefore easy to explore on foot.

City buses open up the urban area of ​​Bitterfeld and the other districts of Wolfen, Greppin, Holzweißig and neighboring towns. Central transfer points are at the train station and at Töpferwall near the city center.

Tourist Attractions

town hall
Villa on the amber lake
Level tower in the Goitzschesee
  • 1 Bitterfeld bow- Lookout point on the Bitterfeld mountain. Not for those with a head for heights, but rewarding all-round visibility. Freely accessible. The Bitterfelder Berg was created by overburden.
  • 2 town hall- neo-Gothic brick building (1863-1865);
  • 3 Church of St. Anthony - neo-Gothic brick building (1905–1910);
  • 4 Goitzschesee- Goitzsche local recreation area. Newly designed waterfront with walking paths, 5 Level tower, Gastronomy, including the 1 Villa on the amber lake, a factory owner's villa from 1896 in neo-Renaissance style (see gastronomy).
  • 6 European high school "Walther-Rathenau - listed brick building;
  • 7 Palace of Culture - Stalin stucco and one of the largest theaters in Saxony-Anhalt;
  • 8  Water worlds, Berliner-Strasse 6a, 06766 Bitterfeld-Wolfen. Tel.: (0)3493 512720, Email: . Interesting facts about drinking water and experiments to experience for yourself in a discarded drinking water storage tank. Well suited for elementary school children and the elderly.Open: (Easter - October) Tue - Fri 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sat 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Sun 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. remaining time shortened times.Price: 5 €, reductions.
  • 9  Glass aspirin factory. Tel.: (0)3493 356001, Email: . Visit of the aspirin production.Open: by appointment Mon-Fri between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • 10  Bitterfeld District Museum, Kirchplatz 3, 06749 Bitterfeld-Wolfen. Tel.: (0)3493 401113, Email: . with exhibitions on city history, industrial history, mineral collection and collection of what was found in the opencast mine Bitterfeld amber.Open: Tuesday to Friday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Price: adults € 2.50.

activities

  • The Goitzsche or Bernsteinsee, with 1332 ha it is to the west of Merseburg Geiseltalsee is the second largest opencast mine in the Central German Lakeland. It was flooded prematurely by the floods in 2002 and is now open for swimming and water sports. Opportunity to look out from the water level tower between Bitterfeld and Friedersdorf (parking spaces and restaurants there). Asphalted circular path around the lake (approx. 30 km), ideal for cyclists and inline skiers (or in general anything that rolls). The Goitzsche Landscape Park is part of the Garden dreams in Saxony-Anhalt.
  • More lakes of the Central German Lakeland are in the immediate vicinity: Seelhausener See (622 ha), Muldestausee (605 ha), Neuhauser See (160 ha), Paupitzscher See (100 ha), Ludwigsee (90 ha) and Holzweißiger See (72 ha).
  • Muldenaue and Steinberg near Muldenstein with a view of Bitterfeld;

shop

kitchen

  • 2  Trattoria al Faro, Bernsteinpromenade 7, 06744 Mühlbeck b. Bitterfeld. Tel.: (0)3493 6058111, Fax: (0)3493 51477, Email: . 5 km east. Above-average Italian in a beautiful location on the east bank of the Goitsche. Terrace. Reservations are essential on beautiful summer evenings.Price: main courses 10 to 20 euros.
  • 3  Villa on the amber lake, Mühlenboulevard 4, 06749 Bitterfeld. Fine dining in a stylish ambience.Price: starters 5 to 10 euros, main courses up to 20 euros.

nightlife

  • Cafe chaos, Burgstrasse 11. Open: Fri Sat night.
  • The Door, Walther-Rathenau-Strasse 20. Open: Fri, Sat night.

accommodation

  • 3  Villa on the amber lake, Mill Boulevard 4. Tel.: 49 (0)3493 929398, Fax: (0)3493 929422. Refurbished former factory owner's villa directly on the Goitsche lakeshore.
  • 4  Pension "Zur Veste Coburg", Brehnaer Strasse 27. Tel.: (0)3493 69037. Feature: pension.
  • 5  Motel "Zur Gondel", Zörbiger Strasse 41. Tel.: (0)3493 73311.
  • 6  Hotel "Crete", Ms.-Ludwig-Jahn-Strasse 4. Tel.: (0)3493 922888.
  • 7  Hotel Bitterfelder Hof, Zörbiger Str. 47. Tel.: (0)3493 51290, Fax: (0)3493 512999, Email: .

health

Hospitals

Pharmacies

  • 4  Flora pharmacy, Dessauerstraße 8, 06749 Bitterfeld. Tel.: (0)3493 22368.

trips

Baroque Delitzsch Palace
  • Wolfen (6 km northwest, via Greppin) - the neighboring city is a corner of the chemistry triangle; Industry and film museum.
  • Friedersdorf (5 km east of the Goitzsche) - book village with over 20 second-hand bookshops
  • Altjeßnitz (13 km north, via Friedersdorf) - largest baroque maze in Germany, Romanesque church.
  • Löbnitz (15 km southeast) - at the Seelhausener See, impressively painted wooden coffered ceiling in the Evangelical Church
  • Delitzsch (15 km south, B 184) - Baroque palace, well-preserved sections of the former town fortifications, town church of St. Peter and Paul.
  • Graefenhainichen (20 km northeast) - the city of Graefenhainichen is located in the northwest of the Dübener Heide; in the immediate vicinity Ferropolis - the city made of iron.
  • Landsberg (20 km southwest, B 100) - visible from afar: the St. Crucis double chapel.
  • Bad Düben (23 km east, B 183) - small town on the western edge of the Dübener Heide; Castle with museum and ship mill.
  • Dessau (25 km north on the A9 or B 184) - Regional regional center with theater, cinema, shopping facilities. Bauhaus buildings and the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

literature

  • City of Bitterfeld (Ed.): 775 years of Bitterfeld. Forays into the history of a city. Halle (Saale): Central German publisher, 1999, ISBN 3-932776-79-8 .
  • Peter Hoffmann ; Association for culture and help in life (Ed.): When Bitterfeld had another beer. Friedersdorf, 2000.
  • Dirk Hackenholz: The electrochemical works in Bitterfeld 1914-1945. A location of the IG-Farbenindustrie AG. Münser: LIT publishing house, 2000, ISBN 3-8258-7656-X .
  • Documentary: That was bitter from Bitterfeld, 45 minutes, by Rainer Hällfritzsch, Ulrike Hemberger and Margit Miosga

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