Bitterfeld Arch

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The Bitterfeld Arch (German: Bitterfeld Bogen) is a structure in the form of a steel arch in Bitterfeld-Wolfen that is now a landmark of the city.

It is an architectural sculpture designed by the Frankfurt artist Claus Bury and situated on the Bitterfelder Berg an ancient sand dune. It sits above the newly created park and lake landscape of the Bitterfeld region that have been built over the remains of brown coal open pit mines. It is meant to symbolize not only the region's renewal after its departure from heavy industry, but also the unity of the city which was created by the merger of the towns Bitterfeld and Wolfen and the municipalities Greppin, Holzweißig and Thalheim on 1 July 2007.^[1]

A viewing platform that provides a panoramic view of Bitterfeld, and the surrounding region can be found at the top.^[2] The Bitterfeld Arch appears in Bitterfeld-Wolfen's city logo.^[3]