Zörbig
Zörbig | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Zörbig
within Anhalt-Bitterfeld district | |
Location of Zörbig | |
Zörbig Zörbig | |
| Coordinates: 51°37′N 12°7′E / 51.617°N 12.117°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Anhalt-Bitterfeld |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–26) | Matthias Egert[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 113.68 km2 (43.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 89 m (292 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,086 |
| • Density | 79.93/km2 (207.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 06780, 06369 |
| Dialling codes | 034956, 034975 |
| Vehicle registration | ABI |
| Website | www.stadt-zoerbig.de |
Zörbig (German pronunciation: [ˈtsœʁbɪç] ⓘ) 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). Zörbig is well known for its molasses made from sugar beets.
Geography
The town Zörbig consists of the following Ortschaften or municipal divisions:[3]
- Cösitz
- Göttnitz
- Großzöberitz
- Löberitz
- Quetzdölsdorf
- Salzfurtkapelle
- Schortewitz
- 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 (1742–1812), surgeon
- Carl Marx (1911–1991), painter, pupil at the Bauhaus Dessau 1931-33
References
- ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ Hauptsatzung der Stadt Zörbig Archived 2021-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, § 15, 17 June 2021.