Zörbig

Zörbig
Coat of arms
Zörbig Location of Zörbig within Anhalt-Bitterfeld district
Coordinates: 51°37′0″N 12°7′0″E / 51.61667°N 12.11667°E / 51.61667; 12.11667Coordinates: 51°37′0″N 12°7′0″E / 51.61667°N 12.11667°E / 51.61667; 12.11667
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Anhalt-Bitterfeld
Government
• Mayor	Rolf Sonnenberger
Area
• Total	113.26 km2 (43.73 sq mi)
Elevation	89 m (292 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	9,311
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	06780, 06369
Dialling codes	034956, 034975
Vehicle registration	ABI
Website	www.stadt-zoerbig.de

Town hall.

Castle.

"Hallescher Turm".

 Zörbig  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.

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

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