Wolfen (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfn̩] ⓘ) is a town in the district Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
The first documentary mention of Wolfen was as Wulffen in 1400 in a fee (feudal tenure).
In the early 1930s, an early photographic plate was produced by Agfa in Wolfen, and by 1936 the same company commercialized the more technically advanced Agfacolor Neu color transparency film, which had been developed in Wolfen.
During World War II hundreds of women, children, and men from countries under Nazi domination were forced to work in the IG-Farben factories.
Significant local concerns include Organica Feinchemie GmbH Wolfen.