Editing Wittenberg (section)

==Economy and infrastructure==
The town is a centre of the [[chemical industry]] with the {{Interlanguage link|SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH|de|3=Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz}}. The whole area of the industrial park covers more than 220 hectares with more than 1,500 workers.{{fact|date=April 2025}} Tourism plays a major role. Wittenberg is one of the top destinations in Saxony-Anhalt.{{fact|date=April 2025}}

[[Lutherstadt Wittenberg station]] is the main railway station. It connects Wittenberg hourly with [[Berlin]] to the north and [[Leipzig]] and [[Halle (Saale)]] to the south. The station was rebuilt to be more environmentally friendly and re-opened in December 2016.{{fact|date=April 2025}}

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File:Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hauptbahnhof (1).jpg|The new [[Lutherstadt Wittenberg station]] in 2017
File:Elbbrücke Wittenberg.JPG|The Elbe bridge is part of the [[Bundesstraße 2|Bundesstraße 2 federal highway]]
File:Piesteritz SKW.JPG|The 'SKW Piesteritz' industrial area
File:Elbe in Wittenberg.jpg|The [[Elbe]] connects Wittenberg with [[Hamburg]] and [[Magdeburg]]
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