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Bauhaus, Elbe, Gartenreich

Cultural tours to Dessau:

„Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau“

„Places filled with literature and art“

„A tour through charming parks and gardens “

„Dutch Masters, Lucas Cranach and Gliding Gondola“

-> Why Dessau

-> Highlights

-> Travel excursions and ideas

-> Arriving

Why you should travel to Dessau:

- centre of the Bauhaus style developed by Walter Gropius
- entered twice in the UNESCO World Heritage List: Masters’ Houses (former architects’ homes) - UNESCO, Dessau-Woerlitz Garden Realm (UNESCO)
- Georgium Castle and its many park buildings
- one of the greenest cities in Germany

Highlights in Dessau:

Travel excursions and ideas: 

Landscape/Nature: Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve

Art: Anhalt Theatre Dessau, Altes Theater (culture center), Anhalt Art Gallery, Moses Mendelssohn Centre

Architectur: Dessau Bauhaus, Masters’ Houses

Castles, parks and gardens: Dessau-Woerlitz Garden Realm, Mosigkau Palace and Park, Landscape Garden Großkühnau and Castle Kühnau, Georgium Castle and Park, Luisium Castle and Park, Oranienbaum Palace and Park, Sieglitzer Berg

Railway culture: Dessau-Wörlitz railway, historic tram system

Industrial culture: Technikmuseum "Hugo Junkers", Museum of Power

Sacred buildings: St. Mary's Church

Excursions from Dessau: Wittenberg, town of Martin Luther incl. castle and castle church (where Luther pinned his thesis to the door), sightseeing tour Magdeburg and visit of the Magdeburg Cathedral; musicical town Leipzig; Potsdam incl. Sanssouci Castle and Park and Cecilienhof Castle; wine-growing region of Saale-Unstrut with Naumburg incl. Naumburg Cathedral with its world-famous founder figures and Freyburg incl. Rotkäppchen champagne cellars

Arriving:

	Leipzig/Halle airport (approx. 35 miles, direct connection via the E 51 motorway)
	via the A 9 motorway (Berlin-Munich)
	long-distance trains to Wittenberg, Bitterfeld, Magdeburg or Halle, then change to regional services to Dessau

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