Eisenhüttenstadt

Eisenhüttenstadt (literally "city of iron-huts" in German; [ʔaɪznˈhʏtnʃtat] ( listen)) is a town in the Oder-Spree district of Brandenburg, Germany at the border with Poland. The town was founded in 1950 (under the name Stalinstadt) alongside a new steel mill as a socialist model city and has a population of 32,214 (as of 31 December 2008). It was formerly linked to Kloppitz by bridge. Eisenhüttenstadt is colloquially referred to as Hütte or Hüttenstadt by locals. Eisenhüttenstadt is located on the Oder river in the Berlin-Warsaw glacial valley and is surrounded by terminal moraine hills to the south and pine forests. The Oder-Spree canal flows into the Oder in the town. Eisenhüttenstadt is located 25 km south of Frankfurt (Oder), 25 km...