Eisenhüttenstadt

Eisenhüttenstadt

View over Eisenhüttenstadt

Coat of arms
Eisenhüttenstadt

Coordinates: 52°08′42″N 14°40′22″E / 52.14500°N 14.67278°E / 52.14500; 14.67278Coordinates: 52°08′42″N 14°40′22″E / 52.14500°N 14.67278°E / 52.14500; 14.67278
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Oder-Spree
Government
 • Mayor Dagmar Püschel (The Left)
Area
 • Total 63.40 km2 (24.48 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 30,416
 • Density 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 15890
Dialling codes 03364
Vehicle registration LOS
Website www.eisenhuettenstadt.de

Eisenhüttenstadt (literally "ironworks city" in German; [ʔaɪznˈhʏtnʃtat]; Polish: Żelazowa Huta; Lower Sorbian: Pśibrjog) 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.

History

See also: EKO Stahl

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, its territory was linked to Kłopot, Poland, by a bridge over the Oder River, but the link 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.[2] The town experienced a steep decline in population, from just over 50,000 to under 30,000 today.

Demographics

1953 celebration: Walter Ulbricht with Soviet ambassador Ivan Ilyichev
The Friedrich-Wolf-Theater, opened in 1955

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.[3][4]

International Relations

The town is twinned with:

Notable people

Eisenhüttenstadt was the birthplace of:

Other personalities associated with the city

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2015 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2016.
  2. ↑ Emily Young (28 April 2014). "Germany: The rise and fall of a model socialist city". BBC News. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  3. ↑ BernhFalter.pmd
  4. ↑ http://www.eisenhuettenstadt.de/cgi-bin/main.php?d1cnr=517
  5. ↑ http://www.dw.com/en/eisenhüttenstadt-tom-hanks-kind-of-place/a-15842082

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