Tourist attractions Dessau

Prince Leopold III of Anhalt-Dessau, an enlightened ruler, was very fond of English gardens which he felt were the perfect illustration of the philosophy of the Age of Enlightenment – the unity of nature and reason. He decided to create his own Engli..

This summer residence built in the 18C was the home of Princess Wilhelmine and represents a successful example of the Rococo style. Surrounded by a particularly attractive exotic garden, the main body of the castle has two storeys. The wings are embe..

Built in several stages between 1773 and 1813, the Gothic house has a façade that imitates that of the Gothic church of Santa Maria dell'Oro in Venice. The garden side of the house has a brick façade in Tudor style. The Gothic house was a refuge for ..

Erdmannsdorff built the castle at the end of the 18C and gave it a neo-Classical layout. The two-storey yellow and white plastered building stands out boldly from the surrounding vegetation. The original interior and artistic decoration have survived..

The castle built for Prince Johann Georg in the midst of a lovely garden is by no means devoid of charm. The castle is the abode of a picture gallery with German paintings from the last centuries, including a number by Cranach the Elder, together wit..

The Arbeitsamt or workplace is a fine example of functional architecture. The semicircular, flat-roofed building was designed by Walter Gropius in 1928.

This Design Academy was built according to plans by Walter Gropius in 1926. It displays all the features of the Bauhaus style: glazed façades, no visible supports at corners and cubic blocks.

The architect, Walter Gropius, built three semi-detached houses for the Bauhaus professors. The Feiningerhaus was both a home and a workplace and is now the Kurt Weill Centre, devoted to the composer born in Dessau in 1900. Don't miss the chance to s..

Several other Bauhaus houses are scattered around the town: the steel house and Fieger house (Südstraße), on Peterholzstraße and the consumer building (Konsumgebäude, Am Dreieck 1).

The Törten estate is made up of over 300 terraced houses, which were built to enable workers to buy their own homes. Despite subsequent alterations, it is still possible to recognise the distinctive Bauhaus style.