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| Bitterfeld-Wolfen | ||
| federal state | Saxony-Anhalt | |
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| Residents | 38.475 (2019) | |
| height | 88 m | |
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Bitterfeld-Wolfen is a city in Central German chemistry triangle in Saxony-Anhalt.
background
The town Bitterfeld-Wolfen was created in 2007 through the merger of the two cities Bitterfeld and Wolfen and the three municipalities of Greppin, Holzweißig and Thalheim and is a major district town in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district, which was also founded in 2007. In 2009, the Bobbau community also joined the new unified community. The places have no common history and no common urban development, which you can see from the torn cityscape without a clear center (including some of the individual places).
Some places have a history that can be traced back to the late Middle Ages. However, they did not gain importance until the middle of the 19th century, when brick and lignite deposits discovered in the region laid the basis for a rapidly expanding fuel (briquettes), building material and, above all, chemical industry since the beginning of the 20th century. Even today, the chemical industry not only shapes large parts of the cityscape, e.g. through branched pipe bridges, but also the image of the city. The landscape following the former lignite mines in the south of the city, on the other hand, is developing into a recreational and recreational landscape.
Bitterfeld was an agricultural town and regional administrative seat for the Saxon, since 1815 Prussian, office or district of Bitterfeld. The railway junction that was built in 1857 and the clay and lignite mines laid the basis for industrialization and explosive growth of the city with the new industrial areas to the west and north of the historic center.
Wolfen was an insignificant street village on the Chaussee Leipzig - Dessau and formed the border town of Saxony and Prussia to the duchy / Free State of Anhalt bordering to the north, which ran along the brook Fuhne proceeded. In 1909 the paint and later film company Agfa founded a paint and later film factory on Wolfener Flur, which fundamentally changed the cityscape with the industrial areas south and west and residential areas west and north of the old village. In 1961 Wolfen expanded north over the Fuhne and got a satellite town built in the prefabricated building style Wolfen-Nord, which became Wolfens population center and, despite massive vacancies, remains of Bitterfeld-Wolfen to this day.
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.
By train
In the urban area there are a total of four train stations, the train stations Bitterfeld, Greppin, Wolfen and Jeßnitz (Anhalt). The station Bitterfeld is the most important of them. A few ICE trains stop on the route (Hamburg–) Berlin – Halle – Erfurt (–Munich).
There is also an hourly regional express to the nearby cities Leipzig, Dessau-Rosslau and Magdeburgthat in the train stations Wolfen and Bitterfeld holds. Officially, the Wolfen stop is called Wolfen (Kr Bitterfeld), which can lead to confusion. S-Bahn trains between Dessau and alternating between Halle and Leipzig stop at all four stations mentioned.
By bus
As of July 2018, no long-distance buses stop in Bitterfeld-Wolfen.
Regional buses go to the places of the former district of Bitterfeld as well as to Köthen and Dessau.
In the street
Three federal highways run through Bitterfeld-Wolfen:
- the B 100 Halle (Saale) - Lutherstadt Wittenberg
- the B 183 Köthen (Anhalt) - Torgau - Bad Liebenwerda
- the B 184 Leipzig - Dessau-Roßlau - Magdeburg
The next motorway connections are on the A 9 Berlin - Leipzig - Nuremberg - Munich to the south with the Halle (Saale) exit on the B 100 near Brehna, to the north with the Dessau-Süd exit on the B 184 and for the center the Bitterfeld exit / Wolfen.
mobility
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 Bitterfeld train station and at Töpferwall near the city center of Bitterfeld.
There are cycle paths along the main streets, including between the different parts of the city. However, the quality of the covering varies. You can walk within the individual districts, but the distances between the districts are too great. With the car you have no problems, apart from rush hours during rush hour traffic. There are also enough parking spaces almost everywhere, even if there is an occasional fee.
Tourist Attractions
Characterized by its industrial history, industrial monuments are the outstanding sights of Bitterfeld-Wolfen. It is definitely worth seeing Industry and film museum in the Wolfen district on the site of the former film factory. Here, visitors can experience the production of photographic films at original production sites with machines from the 1920s / 30s, including full blackout.
The former Administration building of the film factory (today town hall of Bitterfeld-Wolfen, town hall square) is an example of monumental representative architecture of the 1930s with amazing functionality at the same time (access possible during the opening hours of the authority, including paternoster). The Palace of Culture of the Chemical Workers (Zörbiger Straße), built in the early 1950s in countless volunteer hours, shows the social aspirations of the with lots of marble, stucco and wood paneling ruling class 1950s. Walter Ulbricht announced that here Bitterfeld way ("Grab your pen, mate, the socialist German national culture needs you").
The water front with 1 Level tower
at the flooded Goitsche opencast mine stands for the change in the region from an industrial to a recreational landscape, just like the one that is visible from afar 2 Bitterfeld bow, Viewpoint on the high heap of the former Holzweissig opencast mine.
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activities
All kinds of water sports are possible on Lake Goitschesee. Also the passive variant, a ride in the 100-year-old sailing ship MS Reudnitz, is being offered.
The venues are the Agfa-Kulturhaus Wolfen and the Kulturpalast Bitterfeld with changing offers and guest performances.
shop
Bitterfeld-Wolfen is not a worthwhile shopping destination, as the range does not go beyond the standard range of various retail chains.
kitchen
In all parts of the city there is a range of simple snacks, simple home-made cuisine, Italian, Greek and Chinese cuisine. Fine dining can be found in Bitterfeld in the Villa am Bernsteinsee.
Further information can be found in the local articles.
nightlife
There is no permanent theater ensemble in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, and the cinemas are all closed. in the Kulturpalast Bitterfeld, occasionally also in the Kulturhaus Wolfen, guest artists and groups from abroad.
There are a few discos in the Bitterfeld district.
accommodation
In addition to simple accommodation for mechanics, there are some mid-range travel and business hotels in Bitterfeld, Bobbau and Wolfen. Holiday apartments were mainly built along the waterfront, also here in the range from Finnhütte to the apartment suite in the Villa am Bernsteinsee, a castle-like manufacturer's villa from the German Empire.
Work
There are always employment opportunities in the chemical and solar industries for specialized specialists. There are also always job offers in the catering industry. However, the wage level is low and the labor market is generally characterized by high unemployment as a result of the structural change that has not yet been completely overcome.
security
The city is safe if you take normal precautions. There is no such thing as increased crime.
Lately there have been reports of wild boars that are increasingly swarming out in packs into the settlement areas. Greater caution is required here, both on foot and as a driver.
health
A hospital with an emergency room manned around the clock is in Bitterfeld, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Str. 2.06749 Bitterfeld-Wolfen. Tel. Of the emergency room: 03493 31-2173 / 03493 31-2180 (24 hours)
Practical advice
Bitterfeld, Greppin and Holzweissig have the area code 03493, Wolfen, Thalheim and Bobbau have the 03494.
There is a post office in Bitterfeld, Lindenstrasse 11 (near the train station). Opening times Mo-Fr 09:00 - 12:30 / 14:00 - 18:00, Sa 09:00 - 12:00
trips
- 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.
