Wolfen
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Wolfen
City of Bitterfeld-Wolfen
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| Height : | 78 m |
| Area : | 23.13 km² |
| Residents : | 16,449 (Jun. 30, 2017) |
| Population density : | 711 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 2007 |
| Postal code : | 06766 |
| Area code : | 03494 |
Building 041 , since 2010 the town hall of the city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen
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Wolfen is a district of Bitterfeld-Wolfen in the southeast of Saxony-Anhalt , south of Dessau-Roßlau and northeast of Halle (Saale) . Wolfen was an independent city until June 30, 2007.
geography
Wolfen is located about 30 km northeast of Halle (Saale) and 45 km north of Leipzig . To the east is the Mulde and the Muldestausee , to the south the districts of Bitterfeld and Greppin , to the north of Bobbau and Jeßnitz (Anhalt) and to the west of Thalheim . The Fuhne flows through Wolfen. Wolfen is located in the natural area of Bitterfeld mining area . The Wolfener Busch and the Salegaster Forest nature reserve are also located on the eastern edge of the town .
history
The place Wolfen was first mentioned as Wulffen in 1400 in a feudal deed for the Altjeßnitz manor . The place name is traced back to a founder whose name began with Wolf . Based on archaeological finds, the first settlement of the village around 1140/50 is supported as a colonization settlement. During the late medieval desert phase, Wolfen fell into desolation in the first half of the 15th century and was rebuilt as a village with 21 farmsteads in 1550/51. It was initially a direct administrative village and assigned to the electoral office of Bitterfeld . By the resolutions of the Vienna Congress Wolfen came to Prussia and in 1816 the district Bitterfeld in the administrative district of Merseburg of the Province of Saxony assigned to the part of the site to the 1944th
In 1846 lignite was discovered in the area , which was mined in the Johannes mine. The open pit was flooded between 1938 and 1991 with wastewater from cellulose production and other chemical processes from the Wolfen film factory. This is why the water is popularly known as the Silver Lake .
Wolfen is now a chemical city, which owes its development mainly to the Wolfen film factory built by Agfa in 1909 . Among other things, the new Wolfen-Nord complex was built mainly for the workers at the Wolfen film factory . Color film was invented in Wolfen in 1936, the patent was confiscated by American troops in 1945 and handed over to the US company Kodak .
During the Second World War , hundreds of women, children and men from the countries occupied by Germany had to do forced labor in the IG-Farben works . Towards the end of the war, 350 female prisoners from the Ravensbrück concentration camp (1,200 to 1,700 Jewish women, according to other sources), who were housed in barracks on Thalheimer Strasse , were used in synthetic fiber production ( Vistra ) . Many lost their lives.
After the end of the war, film and fiber production was initially continued and handed over to the GDR on December 31, 1953 as VEB Film- und Chemiefaserwerk Agfa Wolfen . In 1964 the brand was changed from Agfa to ORWO (Original Wolfen). After the fall of the Wall , the privatization of the film factory failed. Finally, in 1994, the liquidation of the entire plant was initiated. Partial privatizations led to the founding of ORWO Net GmbH (photo color laboratory) and FilmoTec GmbH (production of ORWO films).
On October 7, 1958, the previous municipality of Wolfen was granted city rights.
Since 1990, the population of Wolfens has decreased by 57.4% from 43,900 to 18,698 in 2013 (as of March 31, 2013).
The district of Wolfen-Nord is typical of a so-called satellite town in eastern Germany, characterized by prefabricated buildings and has been affected by unemployment , high vacancy rates and emigration since 1990 . Wolfen-Nord was built in the 1960s to 1980s mainly for the working population of all classes from the Wolfen film factory, the Bitterfeld chemical combine, the Bitterfeld pipe works and other branches of industry and education. Of around 33,000 inhabitants (1993) in Wolfen-Nord, only a little more than 11,000 lived there at the end of 2008, vacancies have become the major problem in the district due to moving to more attractive areas. Since 2000, this has been countered by extensive demolition work. In the demolition planning for 2005/2006 alone, 1,182 apartments with over 70,000 m² of living space were specified as demolition objects.
Incorporations
- 1961: Steinfurth (until then part of Jeßnitz (Anhalt) )
- July 13, 1993: Reuden
- March 15, 2004: Rödgen with the Zschepkau , which was incorporated on July 1, 1950
City merger 2007
On July 1, 2007 , Wolfen merged with the neighboring town of Bitterfeld and the communities of Greppin , Holzweißig and Thalheim to form the newly founded town of Bitterfeld-Wolfen .
The community of Bobbau also joined the unified community on September 1, 2009 (according to the citizens' hearing, 54% of the residents of Bobbau were against the connection). At that time, the city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen had a combined population of almost 50,000, making it the fourth largest city in Saxony-Anhalt. In 2012, with around 45,000 inhabitants, it was only the fifth largest.
In addition, in the course of the regional reform in Saxony-Anhalt, the districts of Bitterfeld and Köthen merged with large parts of the district of Anhalt-Zerbst to form the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld .
Population development
Wolfen has lost more than half of its residents since reunification, making it one of the cities in the new federal states that are most affected by emigration . According to forecasts, only around 14,000 people will live in the former urban area in 2020.
Development of the population (unless otherwise stated from 1960 December 31) :
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- Data source from 1995: State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt
Memorials
- VVN memorial from 1946 in the cemetery for 86 women, children and men who were abducted to Germany during the Second World War and victims of forced labor for IG Farben, as well as a collective grave for Soviet and German citizens who were victims of an air raid
- Memorial stone from 1945 in Leipziger Straße Wolfen-Süd in memory of two concentration camp prisoners who were murdered here
- Showcase on Anne Frank in the special school for the learning disabled Wolfen-Nord as a continuation of the honor of this Jewish girl, which began with the naming of the "Anne Frank School" in 1989
politics
Local council
The local council of the Wolfen district has 19 seats. The last election to the local council on April 22, 2007 resulted in the following distribution of seats:
| CDU | 4 seats |
| SPD | 4 seats |
| The left | 3 seats |
| Pro Wolfen (Free Voters) | 3 seats |
| Initiative for Wolfen (Free Voters)
Voting List Sports (Free Voters) |
2 seats 1 seat 1 seat |
| Alliance 90 / The Greens | 1 seat |
The FDP and various groups of voters have come together to form a common parliamentary group called “IFW-WLS-FDP”.
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved by the Dessau Regional Council on January 24, 1995 and registered in the Magdeburg State Archives under the coat of arms roll number 4/1995.
Blazon : “Square of gold and blue; Field 1: a black round-bottomed flask, field 2: two erect golden ears of corn, field 3: perforated silver film segment, field 4: black mallets and iron crossed at an angle. "
The city colors are black - gold (yellow).
flag
The flag was approved on April 19, 2001 by the Dessau Regional Council.
The flag is striped black and yellow (1: 1). The city coat of arms is placed in the middle of the flag.
Town twinning
Wolfen has had a town partnership with Villefontaine ( France ) since May 1994 and with Witten in North Rhine-Westphalia since June 2, 1990 .
Culture and sights
Culture house
The Kulturhaus Wolfen was built in 1927 by the Agfa -Werke and also served as an event location for the employees of the plant during the time of the later Wolfen film factory. In 1991 it was taken over by the city and has been used as a local and regional event location ever since. There are two halls, conference and consultation rooms, a library, a studio and a ceramic workshop. There are also regular theater events on the various stages.
Museums
- Industry and film museum
- Museum locomotive
Buildings
- Former, listed ORWO administration building "041". After the reconstruction, it now serves as the town hall of the newly formed town of Bitterfeld-Wolfen.
- Johanneskirche
- Wolfen has the largest covered open-air stage in Saxony-Anhalt.
nature
- In the east of the city, accessible via a footbridge, the Wolfener Busch and the Salegaster Forest extend as part of the Muldenaue .
- The Fuhne is a branching river, the western arm of which flows into the Saale and the eastern arm, which flows through Wolfen, into the Mulde.
Sports
There are 43 sports clubs in Wolfen. One of the best-known among them is the soccer club FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen , which played in the GDR league for many years as BSG Chemie Wolfen . After the turnaround , the club's first men's team played in the Association League Saxony-Anhalt , with the exception of the 2008/2009 season, in which the team competed in the Oberliga Nordost . At the end of 2011, the association filed for insolvency proceedings due to impending insolvency. The game of the first and second men's team was then discontinued.
Regular events
- Every year in spring the "Wolfener Kneipennacht"
- Every year in June the "Club and Family Festival"
- Every year in the Advent season the "Wolfen Christmas"
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Wolfen is on federal highway 184 . The district is connected to the federal motorway 9 via the Bitterfeld-Wolfen junction.
Wolfen owns a train station on the Dessau – Leipzig line . Here hold regional express trains on the line Leipzig-Magdeburg and the lines S2 Leipzig Stötteritz-Bitterfeld-Dessau and S8 Halle-Bitterfeld-Dessau train central Germany . The next long-distance traffic stop is in the Bitterfeld district. In 2010, the renovation of the Wolfen train station began as part of the modernization of the Roßlau / Dessau rail hub. The tracks, platforms and the passenger tunnel were renewed. In addition, the entire area around the station was modernized from 2014 to 2017, and new parking spaces and bus stops are being built. Only the roofing of the waiting area for the bus stops was only completed in early 2019.
Established businesses
- FilmoTec GmbH (manufacturer of ORWO films)
- Folienwerk Wolfen GmbH
- Guardian Flachglas GmbH
- IPI GmbH (manufacturer of AC films)
- Kesla Group (produces the well-known Wofacutan washing lotion, among others)
- MCE Industrietechnik Ost
- ORGANICA Feinchemie GmbH Wolfen (producer of organic fine chemicals)
- ORWO Net GmbH (photo service provider)
- Q-Cells (formerly the world's largest manufacturer of mono- and multicrystalline silicon-based high-performance solar cells)
- SOEX Textilvermarktungsgesellschaft mbH (production facility for textile recycling with approx. 700 employees)
- Wiesheu Wolfen GmbH (shop oven manufacturer)
- WBG Wolfen mbH (municipal housing company)
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 1967, March 8th: Janina Stanislawska, former Polish slave laborer in the film factory
- 1997, December 21: Axel Noack , Bishop ret. D. the former Evangelical Church of the ecclesiastical province of Saxony , former pastor in Wolfen
- 2000, October 3: Ingrid Bolzmann-Dillenberger († May 9, 2005), former deputy mayor of Witten's twin town
Sons and daughters of Wolfens
- Wolfgang Haubold (* 1937), chemist and university president
- Heinz Zander (* 1939), painter, draftsman, graphic artist, illustrator and writer
- Lioba Winterhalder (1945–2012), stage and costume designer
- Wolfgang Böhme (* 1949), handball player and coach
- Helmut Wolf (* 1948), right-wing extremist politician (DVU, FDVP)
- Paul Werner Wagner (* 1948), literary scholar
- Petra Wust (* 1952), graduate engineering economist, Lord Mayor of Wolfen and Bitterfeld-Wolfen
- Frank Lienert-Mondanelli (* 1955), actor and director
- Michael Stein (* 1956), pop singer
- Roger Pyttel (* 1957), swimmer
- Bernhard Hoff (* 1959), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Manfred Wilde (* 1962), historian and Lord Mayor of Delitzsch
- Thomas Konietzko (* 1963), entrepreneur, sports official and president of the German Canoe Association
- Axel Andrae (* 1965), bassoonist
- Birgit Fechner (* 1965), politician (DVU)
- Ralph Bock (* 1967), molecular biologist
- Iris Junik (1968–2009), actress
- René Tretschok (* 1968), professional footballer and coach (Hallescher FC, Borussia Dortmund, Hertha BSC, FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen)
- Katrin Huss (* 1969), journalist and TV presenter at MDR
- Karen Forkel (* 1970), track and field athlete and Olympic medalist
- Doreen Nixdorf (* 1972), actress
- Astrid Retzke (* 1973), heptathlete
- Hendrik Otto (* 1974), cook (two Michelin stars)
- Denise Zich (* 1975), actress and singer
- Raik Dalgas (* 1976), artist and aphorist
- Julia Schmidt (* 1976), painter
- Christian Gille (* 1976), canoeist
- Ondrej Drescher (* 1977), painter
- Gabriel Machemer (* 1977), writer and artist
- Yvonne Schuring (* 1978), canoeist
- André Rößler (* 1978), actor and director
- Hannes Loth (* 1981), politician (AfD), member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt
- Oliver Hampel (* 1985), football players
- Gregor Kiedorf (* 1985), lifeguard and engineer
- Marinus Schöberl (1985–2002), victim of right-wing extremist violence
- Daniel Roi (* 1987), politician of the Alternative for Germany , since 2016 deputy in the parliament of Saxony-Anhalt
- Franziska Hentke (* 1989), swimmer
- Robin Sowa (* 1999), volleyball and beach volleyball player
Literature about wolves
- Manfred Wilde : "Wolfen in old views". Zaltbommel / Netherlands 1994. ISBN 90-288-5782-6 .
- Manfred Wilde: "House book of the city of Wolfen, district of Bitterfeld 1550-1990". Verlag Degener & Co., Neustadt / Aisch 1999. ISBN 3-7686-4198-8 .
Web links
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- ↑ Manfred Wilde: The house book of the city of Wolfen, district of Bitterfeld 1550-1990 . Publishing house Degener & Co., Neustadt / Aisch 1999.
- ^ The district of Bitterfeld in the municipality register 1900
- ↑ Municipalities 1994 and their changes since January 1, 1948 in the new federal states , Metzler-Poeschel publishing house, Stuttgart, 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , publisher: Federal Statistical Office
- ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2004
- ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2007
- ↑ Bertelsmann Foundation, Guide to Demographic Change, 2003.
- ↑ Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bitterfeld-Wolfen (Hrsg.): Statistical Brief Information || Population level and population development in the 1st half of 2007 in the city and the administrative community of Bitterfeld-Wolfen . Bitterfeld-Wolfen, 2007.
- ↑ Wolfen Industry and Film Museum
- ↑ 2nd phase of the renovation and modernization work in the area of the Wolfen train station. Deutsche Bahn AG, August 31, 2012, archived from the original on January 21, 2013 ; accessed on August 31, 2012 .
- ↑ Groundbreaking for the second construction phase at Wolfen station. Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH, September 7, 2016, accessed on January 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Michael Maul: Interface Wolfen train station: After months of delay - roof in sight. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. January 11, 2019, accessed January 22, 2019 .
