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 its1476 chemical industry complex which caused remarkably severe pollution, even by GDR standards. Today it is still largely an industrial town.
The town was built by a colony of Flemish immigrants in 1153. It was captured by the landgrave of Meissen in 1476 and belonged thenceforth to Saxony, until it was ceded to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815, where it remained until the unification of Germany.
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.
[edit] Born in Bitterfeld
- Kornelia Ender (born October 25, 1958), East German swimmer
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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- http://www.bitterfeld.de
- http://www.bitterfeld-online.de/
- http://www.pegelturm.de
- http://www.bandcommunity-bitterfeld.de
- Der Bitterfelder Bogen
- Bitterfeld at the Open Directory Project
Coordinates: 51°37′N 12°19′E / 51.617°N 12.317°E
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