# Ferropolis

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{{Short description|Open-air industrial museum in Germany}}
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thumb|Panorama view over Ferropolis

'''Ferropolis''', "the city of iron", is an [open-air museum](/source/open-air_museum) of huge mid-20th century industrial machines in [Gräfenhainichen](/source/Gr%C3%A4fenhainichen), a city between [Wittenberg](/source/Wittenberg) and [Dessau](/source/Dessau), [Germany](/source/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](/source/Splash!_(festival)), [Melt! Festival](/source/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](/source/Saxony-Anhalt) formally created the project on 14 December 1995. In December 2005, the museum was integrated into the "[European Route of Industrial Heritage](/source/European_Route_of_Industrial_Heritage)".{{cn|date=January 2025}}

==Gallery==
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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==
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* [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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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

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