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Gräfenhainichen
is a town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Geography The town was the seat of the offices of the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Tor zur Dübener Heide until it was disbanded in January 2011. It lies about 25 km southwest of Lutherstadt Wittenberg, southeast of Dessau and northeast of Bitterfeld on the edge of the Düben Heath. Nearby lies the Gremminer See, a lake created as a result of the redevelopment of the former brown coal strip mine of Golpa-Nord, and on whose shore is found the Ferropolis ("Iron Town") industrial memorial, actually a museum dedicated to "industrial culture". The town Gräfenhainichen consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions:Hauptsatzung der Stadt Gräfenhainichen 10 March 2021. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zschornewitz
Zschornewitz is a village and a former municipality on the southwestern edge of the Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Gräfenhainichen. It was part of the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Tor zur Dübener Heide. It lies about 4 km west of the former district seat of Gräfenhainichen, right on the border with Saxony. Geography The former municipalities of Jüdenberg, Möhlau, Burgkemnitz and Gröbern as well as the town of Gräfenhainichen border on the community of Zschornewitz. Subdivisions The municipality was divided into the historical centre of Kolonie, a neighbourhood to the east built for power station, and Pöplitz, about 2 km to the west. History In the 19th century, there were hardly any more than 200 inhabitants in Zschornewitz. In 1915, work began on the power station under architect Prof. Klingenberg's plans. At the same time the garden-city-like workers' community Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jüdenberg
Jüdenberg is a community in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since January 2007, it belongs to the municipality of Gräfenhainichen. Jüdenberg lies about 4 km northwest of Gräfenhainichen on the edge of the Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe. Politics The municipal council was made up of eight councillors. * CDU 1 seat *Marksmen's Club (citizens' coalition) 5 seats *Fire Brigade (citizens' coalition) 3 seats *Free Voters (citizens' coalition) 2 seats (as of municipal election held on 5 September 2004) The honorary mayor Heinz Powroznik was first elected on 15 December 2002. Transport Road Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 107 between Coswig and Bad Düben runs right through the community. The district road K2038 leads to Möhlau. The ''Dessau-Ost'' interchange with Autobahn A9 (Munich - Berlin) is about 11 km away. Railway The nearest railway station is about 4 km away in Gräfenhainichen lying on the Deutsche Bahn line between W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Möhlau
Möhlau is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Gräfenhainichen. It was part of the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Tor zur Dübener Heide. Geography The community lies on the southern edge of Wittenberg district about 9 km west of the former district seat of Gräfenhainichen and about 18 km southeast of Dessau, right on the border with Saxony. Geology The municipal area is strongly marked by brown coal strip mining. Most of the old pits have flooded since they were shut down and are now used as bathing ponds. Subdivisions Möhlau consists of the subdivisions of Golpa, Rothehaus, Großmöhlau, and Kleinmöhlau. History Möhlau is said to have been settled originally by Slavs. It had its first documentary mention on 12 December 1200 when a church was consecrated in Wörlitz is a town and a former municipality in the district of Wittenberg, in Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schköna
Schköna is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since January 1, 2011, it is part of the town Gräfenhainichen. It was part of the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Tor zur Dübener Heide since January 1, 2005. Geography and transport Schköna lies about 9 km southeast of Gräfenhainichen and about 13 km from Bad Düben, in the middle of the Düben Heath, putting the community within the Düben Heath Nature Park. Through the community runs Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 107. History Schköna had its first documentary mention in the Meißen Bishopric Register of 1346 under the name ''Skogen''. This placename, ''Skogen'', is of Slavic origin, but its meaning is unknown. In the Thirty Years' War, Schköna was utterly destroyed by the Swedes, as were many places in the region. The church was only built anew in 1670. In 1950, nearby Hohenlubast was amalgamated with Schköna. Subdivisions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wittenberg (district)
Wittenberg is a district (german: Kreis) in the east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Anhalt-Bitterfeld, the district-free city of Dessau-Roßlau, the districts of Potsdam-Mittelmark, Teltow-Fläming and Elbe-Elster in Brandenburg, and the district of Nordsachsen in Saxony. The capital and largest city is Wittenberg, famous for its association with the influential religious reformer Martin Luther and containing a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History In 1994 the district was merged with the district of Jessen and a small part of the district of Gräfenhainichen. In 2007, 27 municipalities from the former district Anhalt-Zerbst were added to the district of Wittenberg. Geography The area of the district is . The main rivers in the district are the Elbe and its tributary, the Schwarze Elster. Coat of arms The coat of arms show two swords which is the symbol of a field marshal in the Holy Roman Empire. This title was bestowed upon t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tornau, Wittenberg
Tornau is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Gräfenhainichen. It was part of the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Tor zur Dübener Heide. Geography Location Tornau lies about 5 km north of Bad Düben in the Düben Heath Nature Park. Neighbouring municipalities *Söllichau (Wittenberg district) *Bad Düben ( Delitzsch district, Saxony) *Schwemsal ( Anhalt-Bitterfeld district) *Schköna (Wittenberg district) Economy and transportation Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 2 between Leipzig and Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon language, Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the Ri ... runs straight through the municipality, while State Highway (''Landesstraße'') 130, which connect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düben Heath
The Düben Heath (german: Dübener Heide) is a landscape in Germany in eastern Saxony-Anhalt and northern Saxony, between the rivers Elbe and the Mulde, on the northern edge of the Leipzig Bay. It is bounded in the west by the town of Dessau, in the north by the Elbe valley (Wittenberg, Pretzsch), in the southeast by Torgau, in the south by Eilenburg and the course of the Mulde through Bad Düben and Bitterfeld. The Düben Heath is a terminal moraine landscape formed during the Saale glaciation (Plateau of Gräfenhainichen-Schmiedeberg) with predominantly sandy soils. Beneath this Pleistocene cover lie lignite-bearing strata. The majority of the Düben Heath is covered by forest. The eastern part of the Düben Heath, with the resort of Bad Düben, is designated as a nature park. In the western part around Gräfenhainichen and Bitterfeld, lignite was extracted until the end of the 1980s in open pits; as a result large areas of the natural woodland landscape were destroyed. Sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tor Zur Dübener Heide
Tor zur Dübener Heide ("Gateway to the Düben Heath") was a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("administrative community") in the district of Wittenberg, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated southwest of Wittenberg. The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' was in Gräfenhainichen. It was disbanded in January 2011. The ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Tor zur Dübener Heide consisted of the following municipalities (population in 2005 in brackets): *Gräfenhainichen * (7,817) *Möhlau (2,125) *Schköna (810) * Tornau (597) *Zschornewitz Zschornewitz is a village and a former municipality on the southwestern edge of the Wittenberg (district), Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Gräfenhainichen. It was part of the Amt (subnat ... (2,943) References Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Saxony-Anhalt {{Wittenberg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferropolis
Ferropolis, "the city of iron", is an open-air museum of huge mid-20th century industrial machines in Gräfenhainichen, a city between Wittenberg and Dessau, Germany. These can measure up to 30 meters high and 120 meters long, and weigh up to 1,980 tons. The area is also used for several events such as opera performances or music festivals, including the Splash! Festival, Melt! Festival, and the "Ferropolis in Flammen" ("Ferropolis in flames") festival. History The museum is located on the site of a former strip mining operation. The minister of finance of the Saxony-Anhalt formally created the project on 14 December 1995. In December 2005, the museum was integrated into the "European Route of Industrial Heritage The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is a tourist route of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. This is a tourism industry information initiative to present a network of industrial heritage sites across Europe. The ...". Gallery Imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élancourt
Élancourt () is a commune in the Yvelines department, and the Île-de-France region, north central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, 30.6 km (19.0 mi) from the center of Paris, in the " new town" of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Transport Élancourt is not linked directly to the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Élancourt is La Verrière station on the Transilien La Défense and Transilien Paris-Montparnasse suburban rail lines. This station is located in the neighbouring commune of La Verrière, 1.4 km (0.9 mi) from the town center of Élancourt. Population Tourism France Miniature is a tourist attraction in Élancourt featuring scale models of major French landmarks and monuments in an outdoor park. Education The commune has 13 preschools and 10 elementary schools. Public junior high schools in Élancourt: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laubach
Laubach is a town of approximately 10,000 people in the Gießen region of Hesse, Germany. Laubach is known as a ', a climatic health resort. It is situated east of Gießen. Surrounding Laubach are the towns of Hungen, Grünberg, Schotten and Lich. Points of interest The dense Laubach Woods spread into the foothills of the Vogelsberg Mountains. With its many historic and colorful half-timbered (') buildings, Laubach is an area of interest to tourists. The main point of attraction is the castle, which is still owned by the count of Solms-Laubach. It was built in the thirteenth century and expanded over the years. The Solms castle has one of the largest private libraries in Europe, with over 120,000 titles. An original Gutenberg Bible, on display in the Johann Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, came from this private collection. The castle grounds include a huge park with a swan lake, open to the public. The city's Evangelical Lutheran Church, formerly named St. Maria, has a Baroqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitteldeutsche Zeitung
The ''Mitteldeutsche Zeitung'' (''Central German Newspaper'') is a regional daily newspaper for southern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Published in Halle with several local versions, the paper is owned by M. DuMont Schauberg, Cologne. History and profile The ''MZs forerunner, ''Die Freiheit'' (''Freedom''), was first published on 16 April 1946 as an organ of the ruling SED in East Germany. On 17 March 1990, the ''Mitteldeutsche Zeitung'' was first published in the year of German reunification. The newspaper's publishing company, Mitteldeutschen Druck- und Verlagshaus GmbH und Co. KG, is also divided into several subsidiary companies, including the call center MZ-Dialog and the printing/publishing house Aroprint in Bernburg. The ''Mitteldeutsche Zeitung'' is usually the only regional newspaper available where it is sold. In its area of circulation, mainly concentrated in the southern part of Saxony-Anhalt, the ''MZ'' has no competition from other regional dailies. The Magdeburg '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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