Bitterfeld-Wolfen

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Name = Bitterfeld-Wolfen
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = kein
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 37 |lat_sec = 0
lon_deg = 12 |lon_min = 19 |lon_sec = 0
Lageplan = Bitterfeld-Wolfen in ABI.pngBundesland = Sachsen-Anhalt
Landkreis = Anhalt-Bitterfeld
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Bitterfeld-Wolfen
Höhe = 75-90
Fläche = 79.62
Einwohner = 47777
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 06731–06749
Vorwahl = 03493 / 03494
Kfz = ABI
Gemeindeschlüssel = 15 1 54 002
Adresse = Reudener Straße
06766 Bitterfeld-Wolfen
Website = [http://www.bitterfeld-wolfen.de/ www.bitterfeld-wolfen.de]
Bürgermeister = Petra Wust
Partei =

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 the seat of the "Verwaltungsgemeinschaft" Bitterfeld-Wolfen.

Bitterfeld

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.

Wolfen

Wolfen has approximately 24,000 inhabitants (2006). It is located north of Bitterfeld. Wolfen was first mentioned around 1400. The discovery of lignite in 1846, and the construction of an Agfa dye factory in 1895 brought industry and population growth.