EISENHTTENSTADT

city, Brandenburg Land (state), eastern Germany. The city lies along the Oder River at the Polish border, southeast of Frankfurt an der Oder. It was formed in 1961 by the union of Frstenberg, Stalinstadt, and Schnfliess. Stalinstadt was a planned-residence town for workers employed in a metallurgical complex established in 1951 just west of the old town of Frstenberg. Now one of the chief industrial cities of eastern Germany and a principal producer of pig iron and steel products, Eisenhttenstadt is a rail junction with an inland harbour (the eastern terminus of the Oder-Spree Canal) and shipyards. Glass, briquettes, and coal-tar dyes are manufactured, and the city is an important frontier trade centre. Pop. (1994 est.) 47,545.