Anhalt-Bitterfeld is a district in Saxony-Anhalt , Germany. Its capital is Köthen (Anhalt) . Its area is 1,455.1 km (561.8 sq mi).
4-467: This district was established by merging the former districts of Bitterfeld , Köthen and a large part of Anhalt-Zerbst as part of the reform of 2007. The district Anhalt-Bitterfeld consists of the following subdivisions: [REDACTED] Media related to Landkreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld at Wikimedia Commons 51°43′N 12°4′E / 51.717°N 12.067°E / 51.717; 12.067 This Anhalt-Bitterfeld location article
8-509: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bitterfeld (district) Bitterfeld was a district in Saxony-Anhalt , Germany . It was bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the city of Dessau , the district of Wittenberg , Delitzsch ( Saxony ) and the districts of Saalkreis and Köthen . The district was a swampy and unpopulated area in the early Middle Ages. In the 12th century Flemish settlers helped to drain
12-512: The dissolution of Anhalt some places in the north were added to the district. The East German government tried to establish a socialistic industrial centre in the Bitterfeld region. The city of Bitterfeld and the entire district were infamous for polluted air, poisoned rivers and devastated landscape. After the German reunification there have been measures to change these conditions. Today
16-454: The swamps. In that time Bitterfeld was known as "the Flemish town" in the region. The present district is roughly identical with the old county of Brehna, which ruled the area from the 10th to the 13th century. Later the region became a part of Saxony . When Prussia gained the northern parts of Saxony (including the lands around Bitterfeld), the district of Bitterfeld was established. After
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