Bitterfeld

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Bitterfeld (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪtɐfɛlt]) is a town in the district Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2007 it has been part of the town Bitterfeld-Wolfen. It is situated approx. 25 km south of Dessau, and 30 km northeast of Halle (Saale). During the GDR years, it gained notoriety for its chemical industry complex which caused remarkably severe pollution, even by GDR standards. Today it is still largely an industrial town.

Today Bitterfeld stages the annual United Metal Maniacs metal festival.

The former brown-coal open cast mine of Goitzsche, south-east of Bitterfeld, is a source of numerous fossils in Bitterfeld amber.

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Coordinates: 51°37′N 12°19′E / 51.617°N 12.317°E / 51.617; 12.317


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