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 References