Zörbig

Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Zörbig within Anhalt-Bitterfeld district

(2019–26) Matthias Egert^[1]Area

• Total113.26 km² (43.73 sq mi)Elevation

89 m (292 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total9,153 • Density81/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

06780, 06369

Dialling codes034956, 034975Vehicle registrationABIWebsitewww.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.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
^ Hauptsatzung der Stadt Zörbig, § 15, 17 June 2021.