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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Oder-Spree

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
32,214 (31 Dec 2008)

State
  
Brandenburg

Elevation
  
42 m (138 ft)

Postal codes
  
15890

Local time
  
Tuesday 8:25 PM

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Weather
  
3°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 87% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Städtisches Museum, Feuerwehrmuseum, Schwarzes Luch, Zwillingsschachtschleuse, Lunik

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Eisenhüttenstadt (literally "ironworks city" in German; [ʔaɪznˈhʏtnʃtat]) is a town in the Oder-Spree district of the state of Brandenburg, Germany, on the border with Poland. It had a population of 32,214 as of 31 December 2008.

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History

The town was founded in 1950 (under the name Stalinstadt) alongside a new steel mill as a socialist model city. A few years before the town was established a bridge over the Oder River was constructed, which was destroyed by retreating German forces in February 1945, near the end of World War II. The population grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1961, during De-Stalinization, the town was renamed Eisenhüttenstadt. After German reunification in 1990, the state-owned steel works were privatized, and most of its 12,000 employees lost their jobs. The factory currently employs around 2,500 workers. The town experienced a steep decline in population, from just over 50,000 to under 30,000 today.

Architecture

The first design for the new residential quarter was developed by the modernist and Bauhaus architect, Franz Ehrlich, in August 1950. His modernist plan, which laid out a dispersed town landscape along functional lines, was rejected by the Ministry for Reconstruction. The same happened to the plan presented by the architects Kurt Junghanns and Otto Geiler. The plan that was ultimately realized was developed by Kurt Walter Leucht.

International Relations

The town is twinned with:

  • Dimitrovgrad
  • Drancy
  • Głogów
  • Saarlouis

    • Notable people

    Eisenhüttenstadt was the birthplace of:

  • Bernhard Lösener (1890-1952), jurist
  • Udo Beyer (born 1955), shot put, Olympian champion 1976 and holder of world record
  • Hans-Georg Beyer (born 1956), handball player, olympic winner 1980
  • Detlef Gerstenberg (1957–1993), hammer thrower, competitor in 1980 Summer Olympics
  • Frank Schaffer (born 1958), athlete, medal winner in 1980 Summer Olympics
  • Katharina Bullin (born 1959), volleyball player
  • Gisela Beyer (born 1960), athlete
  • Hendrik Reiher (born 1962), rowing cox, medal winner in multiple Olympic Games
  • Torsten René Gutsche (born 1968), sprint canoer, competitor in two Summer Olympic Games; 1992 winner of the Bambi Award
  • Sven Helbig (born 1968), producer, musician
  • Kathrin Boron (born 1969), sculler, competitor in multiple Olympic Games, gold medalist in several World Rowing Championships
  • Sören Lausberg (born 1969), retired track cyclist, competitor in two Summer Olympic Games
  • Paul van Dyk (born 1971), DJ, composer and music producer
  • Amadeus Wallschläger (born 1985), soccer player
  • Roger Kluge (born 1986), racing cyclist, silver medal winner in 2008 Summer Olympic Games
  • Florian Müller (born 1986), soccer player

    • Other personalities associated with the city

  • Rudolf Bahro (1935-1997), regime critics and author of the book The alternative. To the critique of the existing socialism., spent his school days in the city
  • Tamara Bunke (1937-1967), fellow combatant of Che Guevara in Bolivia, made here the abitur
  • Rolf Henrich (born 1944), lawyer, first signatory of the Founding Call of the New Forum
  • Tom Hanks visited the city in 2011, creating much free publicity for the city.

    • References

    Eisenhüttenstadt Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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