100 from Wittenberg to Bitterfeld, and on the Landesstraße (state road) L136 to Zschornewitz. The Dessau-Ost interchange with the A9 autobahn (Munich - Berlin) is about 17 km away. Gräfenhainichen's railway station lies on the Deutsche Bahn line between Wittenberg and Bitterfeld. Personalities Joachim Gottlob Am Ende, theologian and teacher Paul Gerhardt, (1607-1676), theologian and hymn writer Johann Gottfried Galle, (1812-1910), astronomer Hugo Winckler, (1863-1913), archaeologist and linguist Wilhelm Ohnesorge (1872-1962), politician (NSDAP), Reichspostminister (minister for mail) Clubs Anglerverein Gräfenhainichen e.V. von 1959 (angling club) dashrecords e.V. Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club e.V. Ferropolis Bergbau- u. Erlebnisbahn e.V Gräfenhainichen (Ferropolis Mining and Adventure Railway) Ferropolis-Schule Gräfenhainichen Förderverein e.V. (Ferropolis School of Gräfenhainichen Development Club) Gräfenhainicher Carneval Club e.V. von 1973 References External links Gräfenhainichen's homepage Wittenberg (district)