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Things to do in Dessau, DE

Bauhaus Dessau. Source: Shutterstock
Bauhaus Dessau. Source: Shutterstock

And with good reason, as Walter Gropius brought the Bauhaus school to Dessau in 1926. The main building for the Bauhaus school is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the same goes for the houses Gropius designed for the school’s teachers. And yet another UNESCO site is the magical Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm.

Bauhaus Masters' Houses. Source: Claudio Divizia / Shutterstock.com
Bauhaus Masters' Houses. Source: Claudio Divizia / Shutterstock.com

Bauhaus Masters’ Houses. Bauhaus Masters’ Houses. Source: Claudio Divizia / Shutterstock.com. Where to stay: ... Bauhaus Masters’ Houses: Claudio Divizia ...

Dessau-TöRten Housing Estate
Dessau-TöRten Housing Estate

Dessau-Törten Housing Estate by Walter Gropius (1926–28) During the Weimar Republic there was an acute shortage of affordable housing. Overcoming this shortage called for the involvement of the public sector in order to provide affordable housing under the premise of ‘light, air and sun’ for a large share of the population.

Dessau-WöRlitz Garden Realm. Source: Shutterstock
Dessau-WöRlitz Garden Realm. Source: Shutterstock

And yet another UNESCO site is the magical Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm. Much older, this is a string of English parks and palaces initiated by the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau in the 18th century. Among these refined properties were the first English Parks and the first Neoclassical palaces in the German-speaking world.

Georgium
Georgium

www.dessau.de: Dessau is a town and former municipality in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, ... Georgium Palace and Park; Kühnau Palace and Park;

Luisium
Luisium

Dessau is a town and former municipality in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt.

Schloss WöRlitz. Source: Shutterstock
Schloss WöRlitz. Source: Shutterstock

15 Best Things to Do in Dessau ... Source: Shutterstock. Bauhaus Dessau. ... Shutterstock; Schloss Wörlitz: Shutterstock;