In the western part around Gräfenhainichen and Bitterfeld, lignite was extracted until the end of the 1980s in open pits; as a result large areas of the natural woodland landscape were destroyed.
On its western perimeter are the towns of Bitterfeld and Gräfenhainichen and the River Mulde.
Ferropolis, "the city of iron" is an open museum of old huge industrial machines in Gräfenhainichen, a city near Dessau, Germany.
Since January 2007, it belongs to the municipality of Gräfenhainichen.
Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 100 between Wittenberg and Gräfenhainichen runs right through the community.
Söllichau ended up in the Halle region, and more locally in the Gräfenhainichen district.
Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 100 between Gräfenhainichen and Wittenberg runs straight through the municipality.
Born in Gräfenhainichen, Saxony-Anhalt, Ohnesorge started working for the Imperial Post in 1890.