Graefenhainichen - Gräfenhainichen

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Graefenhainichen
federal stateSaxony-Anhalt
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11.654 (2019)
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Graefenhainichen

The town Graefenhainichen lies on the edge of the Dübener Heide between Dessau and Bitterfeld. Graefenhainichen is the birthplace of Paul Gerhardt, for whom a burial chapel was built here in 1844. At the edge of the city is the artificial Gremminer See, which fills the former Golpa-Nord opencast mine.

getting there

By train

The 1 Graefenhainichen station is just under a kilometer south of the center on the railway line from Berlin to Halle and Leipzig between Lutherstadt Wittenberg and Bitterfeld. The travel time from Bitterfeld with the S-Bahn Central Germany (hourly) is 12 '.

In the street

Gräfenhainichen is via the B 107 from Dessau (A 9, junction Dessau East) to Bad Düben and via the B 100 from Brehna (A 9, junction Brehna) above Bitterfeld to Lutherstadt Wittenberg reachable.

mobility

Map of Graefenhainichen

Tourist Attractions

Ferropolis

Ferropolis
Water tower
  • 1  Ferropolis, Ferropolisstr. 1. On the northern edge of the city, on a peninsula in the Gremminer See of the former Golpa-Nord open-cast lignite mine, you will find the most important attraction in Graefenhainichen: Ferropolis - the city made of iron. In the open-air museum, which was opened in 1995, there are five large open-cast mining equipment, excavators and spreaders, to be viewed. They are grouped around an open-air stage and have names Max Max, Medusa, Big wheel etc. The museum area was used as an arena for Concert events designed (capacity up to 25,000 spectators).Open: November to April daily 10 am to 5 pm, April to November daily 10 am to 7 pm.Price: Admission: € 4, reduced € 3, family ticket (2 adults and max. 4 children) € 8.

More Attractions

  • They remember the city's most famous son
  • 2 Paul Gerhardt Chapel, the
  • 3 Paul Gerhardt House, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 17 and that
  • Paul Gerhardt Monument
  • 4  town hall. Half-timbered building completed in 1699.
  • 5  Water tower. Art Deco style water tower and observation tower, 38 m high, inaugurated in 1928.
  • Book Printing Museum

activities

shop

There is not much more than everyday goods. Around the market there is still the usual mix of Fiel, Ross and Tengelmann small-town pedestrian zones.

A large flea market is held in Ferropolis several times a year. Dates in Calendar of events Ferropolis

  • 1  EDEKA Dietrich, Pfortenstrasse 12, 06773 Graefenhainichen. Tel.: 49 (0)34953 23138. Open: Mon - Fri 7 a.m. - 8 p.m., Sat 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • 2  REWE, Gadewitzer Weg 20, 06773 Graefenhainichen. Tel.: 49 (0)34953 21494. Open: Mon - Fri 6 a.m. - 10 p.m., Sat 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.

kitchen

  • 1  Athos the Greek, Gremminer Str. 36, 06773 Graefenhainichen. Tel.: 49 (0)34953 39880. Greek restaurant.Open: Tue - Sun 11 a.m. - 2.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m. - midnight, Mondays are closed.
  • 4  Lotus restaurant, Markt 7, 06773 Graefenhainichen. Tel.: 49 (0)34953 729833.
  • 5  City Cafe, Paul-Gerhardt-Strasse 4, 06773 Graefenhainichen. Tel.: 49 (0)34953 22688. Open: Mon - Thu 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Fri 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., Sun 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

nightlife

Even multi-day festivals like that

  • melts
  • Splash! take place on the premises.

accommodation

  • 2  Pension Henkel, Jüdenberger Dorfstrasse 26A, 06773 Graefenhainichen OT Jüdenberg. Tel.: (0)34953 22738, Fax: (0)34953 22738. Feature: pension.

health

  • 2  Adler pharmacy, Markt 8, 06773 Graefenhainichen. Tel.: 49 (0)34953 22031, Fax: 49 (0)34953 29060, Email: . Open: Mon - Tue 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Wed 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 3 p.m. - 6 p.m., Thu - Fri 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 9.30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m.

Practical advice

  • 3  Tourist information, August-Bebel-Strasse 24, 06773 Graefenhainichen. Tel.: 49 (0)34953 257620, Fax: 49 (0)34953 257619, Email: . Open: Apr - Sept: Mon - Sat 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Tue, Wed, Fri 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Thu 1:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Oct - March: Mon - Fri 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., Tue - Wed 1.30 p.m. - 4 p.m., Thu 1.30 p.m. - 6 p.m.

trips

Bad Düben
  • Oranienbaum (9 km north, B 107) - this is where it begins Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm; Castle with park in the style of the Dutch baroque.
  • Worlitz (15 km north) - counts like Oranienbaum to the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm; Wörlitzer See and neo-Gothic St. Petri Church.
  • Kemberg (15 km northeast, B 100, turn right at Reuden) - small town on the northern edge of the Dübener Heide; medieval city wall, parish church and town houses.
  • Bad Düben (20 km southeast, B 107) - small town on the western edge of the Düben Heath, which is already part of Saxony; Castle with museum and ship mill.
  • Dessau (23 km northwest, B 107 via Oranienbaum) - the next larger city is the seat of the Bauhaus and since 2007 with the small neighboring city Rosslau administratively summarized.
  • Bitterfeld (24 km southwest, B 100) - once the “dirtiest city in Europe”, today the “Bitterfeld Sea” with a level tower and water front is located near Bitterfeld. The main road to Bitterfeld runs between the Muldenstausee and the new Goitzschesee.
  • Lutherstadt Wittenberg (26 km northeast, B 100) - the city of the Reformation with a castle and university church, on whose doors Luther posted his theses; west of the city the Alaris Butterfly Park.

literature

see article Dübener Heide

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