Wolfen

Wolfen is a town in the district Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2007 it is a piece of the town Bitterfeld-Wolfen. It is arranged around 6 kilometers northwest of Bitterfeld, and 20 kilometers south of Dessau. The primary narrative notice of Wolfen was as Wulffen in 1400 of every an expense medieval residency. The spot name was named after an originator whose name started with Wolf. In 1846 lignite was found in the district which was mined and the present Silver Lake was created from this mine. Later the territory turned into a focal point of the German concoction industry.

Amid World War II several ladies, kids, and men from nations under Nazi mastery were compelled to work in the IG-Farben processing plants. After the war, the rights to the Agfa brandname were lost toward the West German organization, and the Wolfen organization's items were rebranded ORWO ORiginal WOlfen. ORWO was the main overall trademark of the GDR. Amid GDR years, Wolfen turned into a quarters community for individuals working at the Bitterfeld and Wolfen modern and the lignite mining organization, BKK Bitterfeld.