Zörbig () is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km west of Bitterfeld, and 20 km northeast of

Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the Germany, German States of ...

. Zörbig is well known for its

molasses Molasses () is a viscous substance resulting from refining sugarcane or sugar beets into sugar. Molasses varies in the amount of sugar, method of extraction and age of the plant. Sugarcane molasses is primarily used to sweeten and flavour foods ...

made from

sugar beet A sugar beet is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose and which is grown commercially for sugar production. In plant breeding, it is known as the Altissima cultivar group of the common beet (''Beta vulgaris''). Together wi ...

Geography

The town Zörbig consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions:Hauptsatzung der Stadt Zörbig
§ 15, 17 June 2021. *Cösitz *Göttnitz *Großzöberitz *Löberitz *Quetzdölsdorf *Salzfurtkapelle *

Schortewitz Schortewitz is a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 March 2009, it is part of the town Zörbig Zörbig () is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, ...

*Schrenz *Spören *Stumsdorf *Zörbig

People

* Thomas Selle (1599–1663), composer and church musician * Johann Jacob Reiske (1716–1774), Graezist, Arabist and Byzantinist *

August Gottlieb Richter August Gottlieb Richter (13 April 1742 – 23 July 1812) was a German surgeon, born in Zörbig, Saxony. Biography Richter received his doctorate from the University of Göttingen in 1764, and spent most of his subsequent career in Göttingen as ...

(1742–1812), surgeon * Carl Marx (1911–1991), painter, pupil at the Bauhaus Dessau 1931-33

References

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