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Ferropolis – City of Iron – Artistic Pathway to Ferropolis loop from Ferropolis

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Wittenberg

Gräfenhainichen

Ferropolis – City of Iron – Artistic Pathway to Ferropolis loop from Ferropolis

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Ferropolis – City of Iron – Artistic Pathway to Ferropolis loop from Ferropolis

01:02

4.03km

20m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 14, 2026

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1.19 km

Ferropolis – City of Iron

Highlight • Monument

In the Ferropolis open-air museum you can take a journey into the past and into the future. Ferropolis, the city of iron, was energy and technology. Today, this gray everyday …

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1.32 km

Ferropolis – the City of Iron Open-Air Museum

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A fascinating, unique open-air museum of the region's mining history. Since last year it is also possible to pitch your tent in Ferropolis or travel by camper and spend a …

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1.44 km

A touch of nostalgia

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A glimpse into another time.
The dusty window, the old excavator with the lake in the background, the smells and sounds let you immerse yourself in a bygone era.

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1.99 km

Five to Twelve at the Registry Office

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An absolutely unique and unusual location to say 'I do' where for all the willing, the clock strikes five to twelve.😁

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2.00 km

Wedding room in the former control room, Ferropolis

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Absolutely unusual location for the 'I do'.

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2.14 km

Eisenmonster in Ferropolis

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Ferropolis is the city of iron. Here are five gigantic lignite mining excavators found their final resting place. There is also an exhibition building where you can still get some …

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3.65 km

Splash! Festival Entrance Sculpture

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3.69 km

Artistic Pathway to Ferropolis

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On the way to FERROPOLIS you drive over this street design. Artistically funny and a nice change.

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4.03 km

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Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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2.50 km

1.04 km

307 m

194 m

Surfaces

3.40 km

384 m

213 m

< 100 m

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Friday 26 June

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November 16, 2024,FERROPOLIS. Die Stadt aus Eisen

FERROPOLIS. The city made of iron

On a headland of the Gremminer See in the former open-cast lignite mining area of Golpa Nord is FERROPOLIS, the city made of iron, an open-air museum and at the same time an industrial monument with the mining equipment from the former open-cast mine in which lignite was mined until October 1991.

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June 26, 2021,2021/06/26 Sachsen-Anhalt (Wittenberg) Gräfenhainichen: Ferropolis, die Stadt aus Eisen

FERROPOLIS is a unique place of industrial culture, not far from Graefenhainichen. Where in other places one lake after another floods the coal-ravaged landscapes, five imposing large-scale devices have become the focal point of an extraordinary vision on the site of the former Golpa Nord open-cast lignite mine. Bucket wheel excavators, bucket chain excavators, spreaders. Conceived at the Bauhaus Dessau, …

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Ferropolis – City of Iron – Artistic Pathway to Ferropolis loop from Ferropolis

Ferropolis – City of Iron

Ferropolis – the City of Iron Open-Air Museum

A touch of nostalgia

Five to Twelve at the Registry Office

Wedding room in the former control room, Ferropolis

Eisenmonster in Ferropolis

Splash! Festival Entrance Sculpture

Artistic Pathway to Ferropolis

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