gibarian´s room

1958

• Explanation of the open mining Golpa north

1964

• Beginning of the rough coal promotion

1991

• Official beginning of the mining industry reorganization
• Idea and concept for FERROPOLIS in the context of the workshop project "industrial garden realm" at the building house Dessau

1995

• Planning for the list of the excavators
• Ferropolis becomes EXPO project
• Beginning of regular pit walks in the remainder hole of the open mining, organizes from the building house Dessau
• 14.12. Town foundation of "FERROPOLIS - city from iron" by the minister of economics at that time of Saxonia-Anhalt, Dr. Klaus Schucht

1997

• Establishment of the FERROPOLIS GmbH
• Arranging celebration of the city Ferropolis with light installation of Mr. Jonathan Park
• Agency of studio park, London, with the design planning for the arena
• Award of the "Freiherr-vom-Stein-Preis" for Rainer Weisbach and Martin Brück for the idea "Ferropolis"

1998

• Drafts of the AG Ian Ritchie, London/THP architect, Berlin for gate building and station of the city Ferropolis
• Consultant procedure/agency of office Kiefer landscape architect, Berlin with the detailing of the arena and the development of an outline plan for the landscape design of the peninsula Ferropolis
• Commencement of construction

1999

• Extracting the peninsula from the mining industry right

2000

• Beginning of the flow of the remainder hole with strange water
• Agency of the AG sea-farmer, Wefers and partner landscape architect, Berlin and IFT, potsdam with the development of a master plan "gate to the Duebener heath" for the city Graefenhainichen and the municipalities Burgkemnitz, Gossa, Groebern, Schleesen and Zschornewitz
• Inauguration of the arena with Mikis Theodorakis and a fire and a light production by Mr. Gerd Hof
• first full meeting season of the Ferropolis arena

2001

• Preparation for the II. Section, Graefenhainichen and the district Wittenberg guarantee complementary financing
• Establishment of the promotion association Ferropolis e. V.

2002

• Requesting the conveyances for the II. Section by the city Graefenhainichen
• Production of a feasibility study for the further development of Ferropolis

2003

• Ferropolis as film scenery for the motion picture film "peas on half six"
• Grant of the requested conveyances for the infrastructure and the excavator reorganization
• Commencement of construction end of the yearly
• best meeting season with 3 sold off concerts and altogether over 125.000 meeting visitors

2004

• Conclusion of the excavator reorganization and the largest part of the infrastructure measures
• the minister of economics of Saxonia-Anhalt, Mr. Rehberger, visits Ferropolis
• Gremminer Lake was sold to Blauwald Ltd.