Dessau Travel Guide

 Leipzig Says:  The Anhalt Theatre Dessau is the cultural centre of the town. It serves as theatre, opera, dance theatre and houses the Anhalt Philharmonic Orchestra. It is the largest theatre in Saxony-Anhalt. According to a local our guild over 500 performances take place here yearly. The... 

 Leipzig Says:  This baroque palace in the center of Dessau was built between 1747 - 1752 and was originally the palace of Prince Dietrich and his wife Princess Henriette Amalie. In the years from 1777 - 1793 it served as the seat of philanthropist Basedow. A few years ago the building was... 

 Leipzig Says:  The Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environment Agency) is an architectural highlight, hidden behind the Wörlitzer Bahnhof (Wörlitz Station - a former station which serves now as an office building). This composition of glass, steal and wood was made by the architects Sauerbruch... 

 Leipzig Says:  This building is a kind of landmark. Located on the busiest intersection in town it catches everyones eyes. This copy of the St. Spiritus Hospital near Rome was build in the mid 18th century as a charitable institution. Today it hosts the Museum for Natural History and... 

 Leipzig Says:  This Baroque chruch was built in early 18th century. It is located a few hundred meters south of the market square. In the 1960s and later in the early 1990s the church became extensively restored. 

 Leipzig Says:  The Johannbau, originally built around 1530, is perhaps the most beautiful building in town. The Renaissssance wing of the former castle was reconstructed after the fire air raids in 1944/45. Today it houses the City Museum with permanent exhibitions.The museum is opened... 

 Leipzig Says:  "Der Alte Dessauer" can be translated as the old man of Dessau. This memorial near St. Mary's Church is a trubute to Prince Leopold I. of Anhalt-Dessau. The Prince was general field marshal in the Prussian army who created the Prussian infantry.He brought the Gose beer to... 

 Leipzig Says:  This Late Gothic gem with Renaissance elements can be found right behind the town hall. It was originally built between 1506 - 1554 by the architects Schmiedeberg and Binder. Due to an air raid in 1944 which destroyed over 90% of the city the church became destroyed. After... 

 Leipzig Says:  With constructing the Bauhaus Building, based on designs by Walter Gropius in 1925, Dessau became famous in the modern world. The building opened as the High School for Design. Later more buildings in Bauhaus style were erected in the city.UNESCO has added the Bauhaus... 

 Nemorino Says:  Gigantomania was a common feature of all the Nazi building projects, and this theater in Dessau was no exception. With over a thousand seats, it was one of the largest theaters in Germany when it was built in the 1930s on orders of the local Nazi ruler. Adolf Hitler and... 

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 Leipzig Says:  Situated halfway from Berlin to Leipzig. Good traffic connections by rail and road to International Airport Leipzig. Located on Autobahn 9 (Berlin - Leipzig- Nuremberg - Munich). 

 Nemorino Says:  Glad to see they haven't removed the bust of Karl Marx from the square in front of the theater. 

 Leipzig Says:  "Tag der Elbe" (Day of Elbe River), is an annual event where hundred of brave swimmer swimm across the fast flowing stream. In 2006 the Naturathlon took place at the same time (location variies each year). My company took place and formed a team. Several tasks had to be... 

 Nemorino Says:  This building was originally a drab pre-fab Plattenbau, built in 1982. A typical building from the era of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).In 2001 it was empty and desolate, and they were seriously thinking of tearing it down, but instead it has been completely...