Experience the charm and history of Anhalt’s residential towns and their world heritage sites. Thismany-faceted discovery tour along the bike trails Elbe, Saale and Euro-Route R1 passes romantic rivers and historic towns. We recommend this round trip of approx. 156 km as a multi-day bike tour, to give cyclists enough time to experience the individual cities with their natural and cultural highlights in the best possible way.
With the World HeritageCard, you can get to know the Anhalt residence towns even better. For example, you will receive a free guided tour of Zerbst, free admission to Köthen Castle or a complimentary coffee at Rittergut Marxdorf. »Discoveries with the WelterbeCard
´From the Kornhaus restaurant in the north to the Bauhaus building and the masters’ houses to the Dessau-Törten estate in the south, Dessau has more original Bauhaus buildings than any other city. The most important ones are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
St Jacob’s, built from 1400 onwards, not only defines the townscape, it is also the linchpin of the town’s history. Even from afar, the two 70-meter-high towers of the city and cathedral church of St. Jacob greet visitors of the city and the Köthen region.
The former residential castle of the princes and later dukes of Anhalt-Bernburg rises on a high sandstone rock on the eastern bank of the Saale. A “civitas brandanburg” was first mentioned in a deed of gift from Otto I dated July 29, 961.
Of the former 3-winged residence of the noble house of Anhalt-Zerbst, only the eastern wing still exists. It houses exhibitions and host events in the summer. Here, visitors can immerse themselves in the castle's history.
The collection, lovingly assembled, found a home in the beautiful former Kavaliershaus, close to the once magnificent residence of the nobles of Anhalt-Zerbst. Stucco ceilings, busts and tile decorations made in Zerbst form the stylish framework of the exhibition.
„The beauty here is infinite,” Goethe raved when he visited the Wörlitz park 250 years ago - the largest and first part of the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Kingdom.
