Bitterfeld-Wolfen
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Location of Bitterfeld-Wolfen within Anhalt-Bitterfeld district
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| Coordinates: 51°37′N 12°19′E / 51.617°N 12.317°ECoordinates: 51°37′N 12°19′E / 51.617°N 12.317°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| District | Anhalt-Bitterfeld | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Petra Wust (Ind.) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 87.55 km2 (33.80 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 40,480 | |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 06731–06749 | |
| Dialling codes | 03493, 03494 | |
| Vehicle registration | ABI, AZE, BTF, KÖT, ZE | |
| Website | www.bitterfeld-wolfen.de | |
Bitterfeld-Wolfen is a town in the district Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated in south-eastern Saxony-Anhalt, west of the river Mulde, in an area that is dominated by heavy industry and lignite mining. The town was formed by merger of the towns Bitterfeld and Wolfen and the municipalities Greppin, Holzweißig and Thalheim on 1 July 2007.
Bitterfeld-Wolfen is 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Halle (Saale) and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Leipzig. Eastward lies the lake Muldestausee, southward the Goitzsche lake with docks, westwards the lido of Sandersdorf. The town lies in a nature preserve Bitterfelder Bergbaurevier.
Adjoining municipalities are from the north and clockwise Raguhn-Jeßnitz, Muldestausee, Delitzsch, Sandersdorf-Brehna and Zörbig.
The average air temperature in Bitterfeld is 10.0 °C (50.0 °F) and the yearly rainfall 518 millimetres (20.4 in).
On 1 July 2007 the independent towns Wolfen and Bitterfeld and the municipalities Greppin, Thalheim and Holzweißig were merged to form the present-day town of Bitterfeld-Wolfen.
(of the present-day town)
¹ Census results
² 2011 Census
³ Source: Bitterfeld-Wolfen Town Hall
Source: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt
Bitterfeld has approximately 15,000 inhabitants (2006). It was first mentioned in 1224. Part of the Electorate of Saxony, it came to the Prussian Province of Saxony in 1815. Until the administrative reform of 2007, it was the capital of the district of Bitterfeld.
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