Ferropolis

{{Short description|Open-air industrial museum in Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} thumb|Panorama view over Ferropolis

'''Ferropolis''', "the city of iron", is an open-air museum of huge mid-20th century industrial machines in Gräfenhainichen, a city between Wittenberg and Dessau, Germany. These can measure up to 30 meters high and 120 meters long, and weigh up to 1,980 tons. The area is also used for several events such as opera performances or music festivals, including the Splash! Festival, Melt! Festival, and the "Ferropolis in Flammen" ("Ferropolis in flames") festival. Also some drifting events such as Drift Masters.

==History== The museum is located on the site of a former strip mining operation. The minister of finance of the Saxony-Anhalt formally created the project on 14 December 1995. In December 2005, the museum was integrated into the "European Route of Industrial Heritage".{{cn|date=January 2025}}

==Gallery== <gallery> Image:Bucket wheel excavator in Ferropolis.jpg|Bucket-wheel excavator Image:A huge machine on display at Ferropolis.jpg|A huge machine on display at Ferropolis Image:A machine on display at Ferropolis.jpg|A machine on display at Ferropolis </gallery>

==External links== {{commons category}} * [http://www.ferropolis.de/ Ferropolis] (German) * [http://travel.guardian.co.uk/article/2007/may/15/festivals.berlin The Guardian about Ferropolis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517051732/http://travel.guardian.co.uk/article/2007/may/15/festivals.berlin |date=17 May 2007 }}

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{{Authority control}} Category:Open-air museums in Germany Category:Museums established in 1995 Category:Industry museums in Germany Category:Museums in Saxony-Anhalt Category:Mining museums in Germany Category:Mining in Saxony-Anhalt