Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm

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The Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, is a World Heritage Site in Germany, that lies between city of Dessau and the town of Wörlitz in Central Germany. It was designated world heritage in 2000. It is one of the first and largest English parks in Germany and continental Europe. It was created in the late 18th century under the regency of Duke Leopold III of Anhalt-Dessau, returning from a Grand Tour to Italy, the Netherlands, England, France and Switzerland he had undertaken together with his friend architect Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff. Strongly influenced by the ideals of The Enlightenment, they aimed to move on from the formal garden concept of the Baroque era in favour of a naturalistic landscape as they had seen at Stourhead Gardens and Ermenonville. Today the cultural landscape of Dessau-Wörlitz encompasses an area of 142 km² within the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. ()

Local name: Dessau-Wörlitzer Gartenreich Unesco: from 2000Area: 55.98 mi²Coordinates: 51°51'49"N, 12°16'53"E

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Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Anhaltisches Theater, Luisium, Dessau Zoo, Rathaus-Center Dessau.

2.7 miSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Anhaltisches Theater, Dessau
68 min walk • Anhaltisches Theater Dessau is a theatre in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, which was called Landestheater Dessau until 1984. It is Mehrspartentheater offering drama, musical theatre, ballets, concerts of the Anhaltische Philharmonie orchestra, and puppetry.
1 miSW
Museum
Luisium, Dessau
25 min walk • Luisium is a palace and landscape garden in Dessau-Roßlau, Germany. It is a part of Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2.3 miSW
Zoo, Park
Dessau Zoo, Dessau
59 min walk • The Dessau Zoo is a municipally owned zoo in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany which was founded in 1958. It is located in a park that surrounds the former mausoleum of the Dukes of Anhalt.
2.6 miSW
51°50'3"N • 12°14'41"E
Rathaus-Center Dessau, Dessau
66 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
2.1 miW
Forts and castles
Wallwitzburg, Dessau
53 min walk • Wallwitzburg is a miniature castle built towards the end of the 18th century in the form of a medieval castle ruin. The artificial ruin is located in the Beckerbruch of the Georgium Landscape Park in the Ziebigk district of Dessau-Roßlau.
1.9 miNW
Forts and castles
Burg Roßlau
49 min walk • Roßlau Castle is a moated castle at about 58 m above sea level in Ortslage in the street Am Schlossgarten 18b in the district of Roßlau in Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt.
2.2 miSW
51°50'59"N • 12°14'2"E
Viereckteich, Dessau
58 min walk • Museum
2.4 miSW
51°51'1"N • 12°13'47"E
Turmruine, Dessau
61 min walk • Ruins
2.4 miSW
51°50'57"N • 12°13'53"E
Widderkopfaltar, Dessau
61 min walk • Memorial
2.3 miSW
51°50'5"N • 12°15'15"E
Krötenhof, Dessau
59 min walk • Museum, Art gallery
2.8 miSW
51°49'49"N • 12°14'36"E
Dessau Center, Dessau
72 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre