Zörbig

Zörbig
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Zörbig within Anhalt-Bitterfeld district
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Coordinates: 51°37′N 12°7′E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Anhalt-Bitterfeld
Government
• Mayor (2019–26)	Matthias Egert[1]
Area
• Total	113.26 km^2 (43.73 sq mi)
Elevation	89 m (292 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	9,153
• Density	81/km^2 (210/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

Town hall.

Castle.

"Hallescher Turm".

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

1. Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
3. Hauptsatzung der Stadt Zörbig, § 15, 17 June 2021.