Bitterfeld district

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Bitterfeld district was a former administrative district in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, known historically for its lignite mining and chemical industry.

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instanceOf administrative district
former district of Germany
abolishedAsPartOf district reform of Saxony-Anhalt in 2007 NERFINISHED
borderedBy Delitzsch district NERFINISHED
Köthen district NERFINISHED
Muldentalkreis NERFINISHED
Wittenberg district NERFINISHED
capital Bitterfeld NERFINISHED
country Germany NERFINISHED
dissolvedIn 2007
environmentalReputation heavily polluted industrial region (historically)
governmentType Landkreis administration
hasEconomicActivity chemical processing
energy production
hasEconomicHistory coal-based industry
state-owned chemical combines
hasEnvironmentalIssue industrial pollution
hasEnvironmentalProject post-mining landscape restoration
hasFeature industrial chemical plants
open-cast mines
hasHistoricalRegion Bitterfeld NERFINISHED
hasIndustry chemical production
open-cast lignite mining
hasLake Goitzsche lake NERFINISHED
hasTransportInfrastructure federal roads
railway connections
historicalRole major industrial center in the GDR
historicalStatus district of the German Democratic Republic
knownFor chemical industry
lignite mining
language German
locatedIn Central Germany NERFINISHED
East Germany NERFINISHED
Saxony-Anhalt
federal state of Saxony-Anhalt NERFINISHED
former East German industrial belt
mergedInto Anhalt-Bitterfeld district NERFINISHED
namedAfter Bitterfeld NERFINISHED
partOf Bezirk Halle NERFINISHED
state of Saxony-Anhalt NERFINISHED
postReunificationChange environmental cleanup programs
industrial restructuring
reorganizedIn 1994
river Goitzsche NERFINISHED
Mulde NERFINISHED
subdivisionType district (Landkreis)
timePeriod 20th century

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Anhalt-Bitterfeld formedByMergerOf Bitterfeld district