Bitterfeld-Wolfen
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Coordinates: 51 ° 38 ′ N , 12 ° 19 ′ E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| County : | Anhalt-Bitterfeld | |
| Height : | 79 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 86.96 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 38,159 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 439 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postcodes : | 06749, 06766, 06803, 06808 | |
| Primaries : | 03493, 03494 | |
| License plate : | ABI, AZE, BTF, KÖT, ZE | |
| Community key : | 15 0 82 015 | |
| LOCODE : | DE BID | |
| NUTS : | DEE05 | |
City administration address : |
Rathausplatz 1 06766 Bitterfeld-Wolfen |
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| Lord Mayor : | Armin Schenk ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district | ||
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Bitterfeld-Wolfen is the largest city in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district . The city is located in the southeast of the state of Saxony-Anhalt . Bitterfeld-Wolfen was created on July 1, 2007 through the merger of the originally independent towns of Bitterfeld and Wolfen and the communities of Greppin , Holzweißig and Thalheim .
geography
Bitterfeld-Wolfen is located about 25 km northeast of Halle (Saale) and about 35 km north of Leipzig . The maximum extent in both north-south and east-west directions is about ten kilometers each. To the east is the Muldestausee , to the southeast is the Goitzsche Lake with the port facilities, to the west is the Sandersdorfer Strandbad. The city is located in the natural area of Bitterfeld mining area .
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities are Raguhn-Jeßnitz in the north, Muldestausee in the east, Delitzsch in the south and Sandersdorf-Brehna and Zörbig in the west.
climate
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The average air temperature in Bitterfeld is 10.0 ° C, the annual precipitation 518 millimeters.
history
On July 1, 2007, the previously independent cities of Wolfen and Bitterfeld were merged with the districts of Reuden, Rödgen, Zschepkau and the communities of Greppin , Thalheim and Holzweißig to form the city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen. A contract to change the area was signed on September 29, 2005 by the mayors of the cities and municipalities concerned. The approval of this area change agreement by the local authority has been in place since November 8, 2005. The community of Bobbau with the district Siebenhausen also joined the unified community on September 1, 2009, although 54% of the residents of Bobbau had spoken out against joining at a public hearing.
Incorporations
| Former parish | date | annotation |
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| Bitterfeld | July 1, 2007 | |
| Bob building | September 1, 2009 | |
| Greppin | July 1, 2007 | |
| Wood white | July 1, 2007 | |
| Regrets | July 13, 1993 | Incorporation to Wolfen |
| Rödgen | March 15, 2004 | Incorporation to Wolfen |
| Siebenhausen | July 1, 1950 | Incorporation after Bobbau |
| Thalheim | July 1, 2007 | |
| Wolfen | July 1, 2007 | |
| Zschepkau | July 1, 1950 | Incorporation to Rödgen |
Population development
Bitterfeld (1840-2017)
Wolfen (1910-2017)
(today's territory)
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¹ Census result ² According to the 2011 census
³ Source: City of Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Citizen Service Department
politics
City council
The city council has 40 members and the mayor Armin Schenk. In the election for the city council on May 26, 2019 , the following distribution of seats resulted:
| Party / group | Seats |
| CDU | 9 |
| AfD | 8th |
| The left | 5 |
| SPD | 3 |
| Green | 2 |
| FDP | 1 |
| Pro Wolfen | 6th |
| WLS Bitterfeld-Wolfen | 3 |
| Pro Bitterfeld | 1 |
| Free community of voters Holzweißig | 1 |
| Free voter community Greppin | 1 |
Lord Mayor
The former Lord Mayor of Wolfen, Petra Wust (independent) , became the first mayor of the city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen . In the 2009 mayor election on November 22nd, Wust won the runoff election with 56.87 percent against Dagmar Zoschke (Die Linke).
In the 2016 mayoral election, Armin Schenk (CDU) prevailed against the non-party candidate Eckbert Flämig with 57.91% of the valid votes in the runoff election on November 6th. The turnout was 28.45%. The term of office of the new Lord Mayor began on March 6, 2017.
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved by the district on February 15, 2008 and registered in the Magdeburg state archive under the coat of arms roll number 8/2008.
Blazon : “Square of silver and blue with a black shield base; Field 1: a red round bottom flask; Field 2: a shining uneducated golden sun; Field 3: growing five golden ears; Field 4: three (2: 1) red sea leaves; In the base of the shield there is a diagonally crossed silver miner's teeth. "
The colors of the city are gold (yellow) - blue.
Schildfuß: Mining is the basis for the region's economic development. The symbol for this are the mountain irons.
Field 1: The chemical industry has shaped the region. The red chemical flask comes from the Wolfen coat of arms like the mountain iron.
Field 2: The solar industry has a great future - the sun symbolizes warmth, life and growth as well as modern technology. The common figure is taken from the Thalheim coat of arms.
Field 3: Up until the start of mining, all five places were dominated by agriculture - the five ears of grain stand for the five places as well as for general natural growth.
Field 4: The three red sea leaves on the silver field represent the heraldic-historical reference to the regional coat of arms history and were taken from the coat of arms of the city or county of Brehna . The ears of grain come from the Thalheimer and Wolfener coat of arms.
The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Lutz Döring .
flag
The flag is yellow - blue (1: 1) striped (horizontal shape: stripes running horizontally, lengthways shape: stripes running vertically) and centered with the city coat of arms.
Town twinning
The district of Bitterfeld maintains city partnerships with the following cities:
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Dzerzhinsk (Russia), since 1996 -
Kamienna Góra (State Hat in Silesia) (Poland), since March 26, 2006 -
Marl (North Rhine-Westphalia), since 1991 -
Vierzon (France), since 1959
The district of Wolfen maintains city partnerships with the following cities:
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Villefontaine (France), since June 2, 1990
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Witten (North Rhine-Westphalia), since May 1994
Culture and sights
Buildings and museums
- Town hall of the city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen
The building of today's town hall was built between 1936 and 1939 as part of the Agfa works. With the internal number 041, it was planned to house the Central Scientific Laboratory of the Agfa Photography Department. In the final planning, the company's administration was also located in the building. A semicircular building with two central corner towers, an auditorium, a scientific library, a conference room, an exhibition hall, two side wings and an air raid shelter in front of the house was created according to the plans of government architect Adolf Herberger. 99 large windows determined the look. Palatinate sandstone was used for the facade.
After the war and the associated damage, the film factory became Soviet property before a state-owned company (VEB) was founded in 1954. Ten years later Agfa became ORWO (ORiginal WOlfen). The company employed 14,500 people, over half of whom were women. A female sculpture, which is again in front of the building today, symbolizes the largest women’s business in the GDR.
With the turnaround , the film factory lost its importance; building 041 was becoming increasingly dilapidated. Only with the founding of the city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen did the opportunity for revitalization come. The housing and construction company Wolfen mbH acquired the property and invested 8.1 million euros. The city administration has been the tenant of the rotunda since January 2010.
Municipal house of culture
The most important communal cultural meeting place is the Städtisches Kulturhaus. Built in 1927 by Agfa-Werke, it served mainly as an event location for the employees of the former Wolfen film factory until the political change in 1989. With the takeover of the Kulturhaus by the then city of Wolfen in 1991, the prerequisites were created for the Kulturhaus to become increasingly important for the city, the region and beyond.
The cultural center offers a wide range of different genres. In addition to events for children and young people, this can include variety events, cabaret, musicals, ballet, opera and operettas, theater, cabaret and dance events. In order to be able to offer the variety of offers and the necessary technical possibilities, the city has invested considerable financial resources in the renovation and expansion of the cultural center in recent years. The renovation of the Great Hall will conclude.
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Bitterfeld bow
In August 2006, the 28 meter high and 81 meter long Bitterfelder Bogen was opened on the Bitterfelder Berg. The architect and artist Claus Bury thus created another vantage point in the south-eastern part of Bitterfeld, as the steel arch construction is accessible. A 540-meter-long catwalk takes you to the top viewing platform, from which you can see Leipzig / Halle Airport and sometimes even the Brocken when the visibility is good . There is also an excellent view over the Goitzsche. Thanks to its elevated position, the building can be seen from afar.
Open-air theater in the Wolfen district
The open-air stage in the Wolfen district is located in the middle of the Fuhneaue recreation area. It is considered the largest open-air stage in Saxony-Anhalt and can be rented free of charge according to the city administration. Every year several events take place on the stage area, which is located on an artificially created island. One of the most famous events is the “Fuhnespektakel”, an open-air concert that takes place in autumn and where various regional and national bands perform.
Level tower
The accessible water level tower is about 50 m from the bank in the Goitzsche, near the Bitterfeld waterfront. The 26 meter high tower floats on the surface of the lake and can be reached via a pier after the storm damage. It is a destination for many tourists, especially on weekends, as it enables a wide all-round view. In the dark it is illuminated by slowly changing colors. There are restaurants, cafes and a souvenir shop on the shore. There is also a small beach right by the pier.
Industry and film museum
The Industry and Film Museum is located in the Wolfen district and in the area of the Bitterfeld-Wolfen Chemical Park. The museum deals with the history of the Wolfen film factory , which was formed by the Agfa company and later ORWO . Furthermore, the production of raw films is illustrated using original machines. Several times a year special exhibitions on historical and contemporary photography take place in the building of the Film Museum.
Bitterfeld town hall
The 300-year-old town hall is located directly on the market square in the Bitterfeld district. The reddish bricks and the tower in the middle are characteristic of the building. It was built according to a design by the architect Ritter. The historic red brick building was completed in 1865 after the old town hall was demolished. In 1991, construction work began on the extension, which was completed in 1993. Many town hall outbuildings had to give way for the construction project.
Vocational school center August von Parseval Bitterfeld-Wolfen
The August von Parseval Bitterfeld-Wolfen vocational school center was opened in 2000. The name August von Parseval recalls the traditions of chemistry and airship travel in the Bitterfeld area. The building is designed as a low-energy construction.
Kulturpalast Bitterfeld
The Kulturpalast was built from 1952 to 1954 based on the model of the Dessau State Theater. Erected in the neoclassical style, the walls of the foyer and theater hall are lavishly clad with marble, travertine and wood, as well as decorated with stucco. In 1959 the Kulturpalast was the venue for a cultural and political conference, the results of which were popularized as the “Bitterfeld Way”. The declared aim was u. a. to stimulate the working people to artistic creation. The Kulturpalast has been practically empty since 2015 and is no longer used for events.
The city's cultural monuments are listed in the local register of monuments.
Johanneskirche in Wolfen
The church was renovated in 1898 and the last time from 1999 to 2000. The nave was restored and an old parapet that had been clad with chipboard for decades was exposed. Furthermore, the old baptismal font was put back in the middle of the choir room.
Sports
Woliday leisure pool
The Woliday is a fun and relaxation pool in the Wolfen district. In addition to indoor and outdoor adventure pools, a 75-meter slide and a wide slide in the outdoor area, the pool also has a saltwater pool. In the outdoor area there are spacious lawns, a children's playground and a beach volleyball field. Furthermore, the Woliday has a 200 m² sauna area with a cooling pool and catering.
Sports swimming pool "Heinz Deininger"
The "Heinz Deininger" swimming pool is located in the Bitterfeld district, near the center of Bitterfeld. In addition to the swimming lanes suitable for competitions, the sports swimming pool also offers a sauna area.
Jahnstadion
The Jahnstadion in the Wolfen district is purely a football stadium and offers space for 5,000 spectators. The grandstand has a folding roof as well as standing and seating areas. Concrete steps for standing room were installed on the back straight and the front sides. The soccer club FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen trained in the Jahnstadion until the end of 2011 , before they had to stop playing in the course of insolvency proceedings.
Clubs: u. a. SG Chemie Wolfen and SG Chemie Bitterfeld (many different sports). The volleyball men of VC Bitterfeld-Wolfen play in the 2nd Bundesliga North .
Economy and Infrastructure
economy
The cities of Bitterfeld and Wolfen were important chemical sites in the 20th century. The outstanding companies of that era include the Bitterfeld Chemical Combine and the Wolfen Film Factory , which, however, were also the cause of severe environmental damage in the region. After the German reunification, extensive renovation took place on the premises of these two companies . Today the Bitterfeld-Wolfen Chemical Park covers an area of 1,200 hectares, where a total of around 11,000 people are employed in numerous newly founded companies.
The most important companies in the chemical park include Bayer Bitterfeld GmbH , Viverso GmbH , a location of Evonik Degussa GmbH , Linde AG Linde Gas division, PD Group , Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG , Dow Wolff Cellulosics GmbH (DWC) and Akzo Nobel Industrial Chemicals GmbH .
West of the chemical park on the edge of the Thalheim district, Q-Cells SE, a manufacturer of solar cells , has been established since 2001 . With Sovello AG, which is also based in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, and other companies in this sector, the region is now advertising with the name Solar Valley .
The number of jobs in the urban area has increased significantly in recent years. The number of employees subject to social security contributions rose from around 17,000 in 2005 to 22,104 on June 30, 2009. This corresponds to around 5,100 new jobs for the city, which means an increase of around 30 percent.
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The city is the seat of the Bitterfeld-Wolfen District Court .
Transport links
Rail transport
Are the four stations for passenger transport in Bitterfeld-Wolfen Bitterfeld , Greppin , Wolfen (Kr Bitterfeld) and Jeßnitz (Anh) (adjacent to Wolfen-Nord and Bobbau) attached to the what -speed rail line Berlin-Leipzig / Halle railway station lying Bitterfeld on largest and most important.
Intercity-Express trains stop there , mainly on the Hamburg - Berlin - Halle (Saale) - Erfurt - Nuremberg - Munich line.
Regional express trains connect Bitterfeld-Wolfen directly to Leipzig, Dessau-Roßlau and Magdeburg every hour . These stop in both Bitterfeld and Wolfen (Kr Bitterfeld) . S-Bahn trains run every hour from Leipzig (line S2) and Halle (line S8) via Bitterfeld, alternating in the direction of Dessau-Roßlau and Gräfenhainichen - Lutherstadt Wittenberg. The trains in the direction of Dessau also stop in Greppin , Wolfen (Kr Bitterfeld) and Jeßnitz (Anh) . On weekdays there is a half-hourly service from Bitterfeld towards Leipzig and Halle.
Road traffic
The B 100 Halle (Saale) - Lutherstadt Wittenberg, the B 183 Köthen (Anhalt) - Torgau - Bad Liebenwerda and the B 184 Leipzig - Dessau-Roßlau - Magdeburg run through Bitterfeld-Wolfen . 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.
The bus company Vetter connects the city with surrounding villages and with Wittenberg.
Air traffic
The next larger commercial airport is Leipzig / Halle Airport , which can be reached in about 30 minutes by car via the A9 and A14 .
literature
- City of Bitterfeld (Ed.): 775 years of Bitterfeld. Forays into the history of a city . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 1999. ISBN 3-932776-79-8
- Dirk Hackenholz: The electrochemical works in Bitterfeld 1914–1945. A location of IG-Farbenindustrie AG. LIT-Verlag, Münster 2004. ISBN 3-8258-7656-X
- Bitterfeld and the lower Mulde valley (= values of the German homeland . Volume 66). 1st edition. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2004, ISBN 978-3-412-03803-8 .
- Documentaries: Bitter from Bitterfeld , 30 minutes, by Rainer Hällfritzsch, Margit Miosga and Ulrich Neumann, WIM, Berlin, 1988. That was Bitteres from Bitterfeld , 45 minutes, by Rainer Hällfritzsch, Ulrike Hemberger and Margit Miosga; WIM, Berlin, Koprod .: MDR, 2005/06
Varia
- The German-speaking band Goitzsche Front repeatedly refers to their origins in Bitterfeld-Wolfen.
Web links
- Official website of the city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen
- Link catalog on the subject of Bitterfeld at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
- ^ German Weather Service, normal period 1961–1990
- ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2007
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 2nd to December 31st, 2009
- ↑ census database
- ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, municipal council elections 2019 - City of Aken (Elbe) and website Bitterfeld-Wolfen, City Council , accessed on May 13, 2020
- ↑ http://www.bitterfeld-welten.de/de/upload/Wahlverbindungen.pdf
- ^ Website of the city - statistics and elections
- ↑ Certificate of the district for the approval of the coat of arms in the Official Gazette No. 4/2008 (PDF; 66 kB)
- ↑ Certificate of the district for flag approval in the official gazette No. 4/2008 (PDF; 66 kB)
- ↑ Thomas Schaarschmidt: Grün-Weiß Wolfen has to give up. In: mz-web.de. November 29, 2011, accessed July 13, 2012 .
- ↑ Homepage of the PD ChemiePark Bitterfeld Wolfen GmbH
- ↑ City of Bitterfeld-Wolfen - Department of Economy / Participations: Marketing Survey Evaluation Part 3. In: Bitterfeld-Wolfener Official Journal, Issue No. 9/2010 , Date of publication: May 7, 2010
