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Dessau is a district of the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Until 1 July 2007, it was an independent city.
Dessau-Roßlau (German pronunciation: [ˈdɛsaʊ̯ ˈʁɔslaʊ̯] ⓘ) is a kreisfreie Stadt (urban district) in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Elbe and Mulde .
- NemoTraveler. Aarhus, Denmark 683 contributions. Aviation museum. The museum is located in an industrial area in the northwestern part of Dessau with ample free parking available in front of the museum.
- keen72762. Vancouver, Canada 273 contributions. Minimalist dream. Very interesting houses. Bauhaus museum first and then the Masters houses. Very modern architecture.
- Maik F. Cologne, Germany 354 contributions. A Must for all Bauhaus-Fans. It is a beautiful place and takes you back to the 1920s. We made a guided tour which we absolut recommend as you get more insight and also visit rooms which are closed to public.
- Andrew P. Guildford, UK61 contributions. A delightful and walkable park. The small park has a most charming house and some simple but noteworthy follies in its grounds.
- Bauhaus Dessau. Walter Gropius designed the highly influential main building of the Bauhaus school in 1926, and he drew up the plans in his own office as the school didn’t have an architecture department until 1927.
- Bauhaus Masters’ Houses. Dessau also funded the Gropius-designed houses for the Bauhaus teachers, who rented them from the city. Gropius and his wife Ise lived in the largest, detached property, built in a row with three semi-detached houses, each with identical modular floor-plans.
- Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm. Across Dessau there’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site for stately buildings and gardens from the 18th-century reign of Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau.
- Schloss Wörlitz. The Garden Realm has the first Palladian palace built outside England. Schloss Wörlitz took the place of a Baroque hunting lodge, and was finished in 1773 to celebrate the duke’s recent marriage to of Margravine Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt.
Discover the diversity of a fascinating double city. Four times world heritage in the heart of Germany. That is Dessau-Roßlau.
Dessau, city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), east-central Germany. It lies on the Mulde River at its confluence with the Elbe River, northeast of Halle. The German town, which developed from a Sorbian settlement, was first mentioned in 1213.
Dessau, now Dessau-Roßlau, has a population of 68,000 (2020) and is the third largest city in the Saxony-Anhalt region of Germany. Dessau is historically the capital of the Principality (later Duchy) of Anhalt.
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