Eisenhüttenstadt

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Eisenhüttenstadt
View over Eisenhüttenstadt
View over Eisenhüttenstadt
Coat of arms of Eisenhüttenstadt
Coat of arms
Eisenhüttenstadt is located in Germany
Eisenhüttenstadt
Eisenhüttenstadt
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Location of Eisenhüttenstadt within Oder-Spree district
Eisenhüttenstadt in LOS.png
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Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Oder-Spree
Government
 • Mayor Dagmar Püschel (The Left)
Area
 • Total 63.40 km2 (24.48 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
 • Total 27,205
 • Density 430/km2 (1,100/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] ( listen)) is a town in the Oder-Spree district of the state of Brandenburg, Germany, on the border with Poland. It has a population of 32,214 (as of 31 December 2008). It was formerly linked to Kłopot by bridge.

History

The town was founded in 1950 (under the name Stalinstadt) alongside a new steel mill as a socialist model city.[2]

Demographics

  • Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)

  • Recent Population Development (Blue Line) and Forecasts

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:

References

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  3. ↑ BernhFalter.pmd
  4. ↑ http://www.eisenhuettenstadt.de/cgi-bin/main.php?d1cnr=517[dead link]

External links

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