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Ferropolis – City of Iron

Ferropolis – City of Iron

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Ferropolis – City of Iron

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Location: Gräfenhainichen, Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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1. Ferropolis – City of Iron – View of Ferropolis loop from Gräfenhainichen Ferropolis

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2. View of Ferropolis – Ferropolis – City of Iron loop from Gräfenhainichen

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3. Ferropolis – City of Iron – Eye sculpture at Gremminer See loop from Gräfenhainichen Ferropolis

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Ma Nu Ela 🇩🇪

February 25, 2024

In the Ferropolis open-air museum you can take a journey into the past and into the future. Ferropolis, the city of iron, was energy and technology. Today, this gray everyday work life breathes the most colorful culture. Ferropolis makes you think, but is also relaxation in nature.
Five heavy excavator giants, each with its own story, on a peninsula in the middle of the Gremminer See.
Two large opencast mines are accessible - one of which can even be accessed barrier-free with an elevator. From there you can let your gaze wander over the peninsula.
Relaxation at the lake with small sections of beach is also provided, I enjoyed it...

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Klausi

May 19, 2024

After the open-cast mine was closed in 1991, the idea of bringing together the large machines that remained on the site and using them as a museum on a remaining pillar that protrudes into the open-cast mine, today's peninsula, was born, based on a diploma thesis submitted to the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation in 1992 by the architect Martin Brück. In addition to the Bauhaus Foundation, the Expo 2000 Society Saxony Anhalt GmbH and the Lausitzer and Central German Mining Management Company were involved in the design of the site, which was designated as a regional project for Expo 2000. The official founding of the "city of iron" was completed with the unveiling of the town sign by the then Minister of Economic Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt, Klaus Schucht, on December 14, 1995. Ferropolis was opened to the public in July 2000. The opening gala concert was conducted by the Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis; the accompanying light show was staged by Gert Hof. Bauhaus and Expo-Gesellschaft withdrew from the operating company Ferropolis GmbH at the end of 2001; the main shareholder is currently (2019) the city of Gräfenhainichen.
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der Wanderer

May 7, 2022

A guided tour here is very interesting.
Several of the excavator giants can also be climbed. The latest achievement is on the 1025-Medusa spreader. Here a lift leads directly to the top platform.

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1. Ferropolis – City of Iron – View of Ferropolis loop from Gräfenhainichen Ferropolis

2. View of Ferropolis – Ferropolis – City of Iron loop from Gräfenhainichen

3. Ferropolis – City of Iron – Eye sculpture at Gremminer See loop from Gräfenhainichen Ferropolis

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