Zörbig

Zörbig is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km west of Bitterfeld, and 20 km northeast of Halle (Saale). Zörbig is well known for its molasses made from sugar beets.

Geography
The town Zörbig consists of the following Ortschaften or municipal divisions:


 * Cösitz
 * Göttnitz
 * Großzöberitz
 * Löberitz
 * Quetzdölsdorf
 * Salzfurtkapelle
 * Schortewitz
 * Schrenz
 * Spören
 * Stumsdorf
 * Zörbig

People

 * Thomas Selle (1599–1663), composer and church musician
 * Johann Jacob Reiske (1716–1774), Graezist, Arabist and Byzantinist
 * August Gottlieb Richter (1742–1812), surgeon
 * Carl Marx (1911–1991), painter, pupil at the Bauhaus Dessau 1931-33