Podcasts
Now you can listen to the World Heritage Region!
Find out more about travelling in our region by listening to a podcast.
We have put together a small overview of podcasts about our World Heritage Region for you.
As always, most podcasts are available on your favourite streaming platform, be it Spotify, Deezer, Apple etc., but you can also listen to them on the podcasters' websites or on Podcast.de - you decide where and how you want to listen.
Please note: All podcasts are available in German only.
A colourful collection of podcasts

Klassik Radio und Beats Radio
Die WelterbeRegion Anhalt-Dessau-Wittenberg ist aktuell mit einem neuen Werbespot im Klassik Radio und Beats Radio zu hören. Mit stimmungsvollen Bildern im Kopf und einer klaren Botschaft lädt der Spot die Hörerinnen und Hörer dazu ein, die Vielfalt unserer Region zu entdecken.
Die Geschäftsführerin der WelterbeRegion Anika Kinnemann informiert über das Bauhaus in Dessau, das Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz, die Lutherstätten in Wittenberg und viele andere lohnenswerte Ausflugsziele in unserer Region, wie jetzt in der Weihnachtszeit die Adventsmärkte der Region.
Mit der deutschlandweiten Ausstrahlung im Klassik Radio und Beats Radio setzt die WelterbeRegion ein akustisches Zeichen für Kulturgenuss, inspirierende Erlebnisse und nachhaltiges Reisen.
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IGEL Podcast - Inklusion ganz einfach leben
Zur Folge auf igel-inklusion-ganz-einfach-leben.letscast.fm
In dieser Folge geht es um „Reisen für Alle“ in Sachsen-Anhalt. Sascha Lang spricht mit Anika Kinnemann, Geschäftsführerin des Tourismusverbandes WelterbeRegion Anhalt-Dessau-Wittenberg e.V. und Manuela Fischer vom Landestourismusverband Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. über das Projekt „Reisen für Alle“ in Sachsen-Anhalt.

Bauhaus - The Podcast
To the individual episodes on Podcast.de.
"What is the Bauhaus? A school of design? An art movement? A social movement? Bauhaus - the podcast tries to get to the bottom of this. The monthly podcast from the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation provides an insight into the wide range of activities at the Bauhaus Dessau."

Merian - Travelling begins in the mind
Listen to the episode on Podcast.de
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"World Heritage in series: In this episode, a special kind of cultural journey awaits you. Saxony-Anhalt has no fewer than six World Heritage Sites - from the oldest depiction of the starry sky known to mankind to the clear lines of the Bauhaus in Dessau. From Naumburg Cathedral to the Luther towns of Wittenberg and Eisleben, from the half-timbered wonder of Quedlinburg to the green garden kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz: the Merian podcast duo Kathrin Sander and Inka Schmeling will help you discover a state full of history and stories."

MDR Kultur: Weltgeschichte vor der Haustür
Zur Folge auf Podcast.de
"Katharina von Bora war eine außergewöhnliche Frau und doch kennen wir sie nur, weil sie Luther geheiratet hat. Hartmut Schade über ein selbstbestimmtes Leben im Schatten des Reformators."

The wondrous world of bicycles
Zur Folge auf Podcast.de
"Together with Jule aka Radelmädchen, I travelled along the R1 European Cycle Route. We started in Köthen with the gravel bikes and cycled via Dessau, Wörlitz and Wittenberg to the Beelitz sanatoriums."
To the blog post about Radelmädchen's cycle tour.

World tour - The travel podcast
To the episode on Acast.com.
"Welcome to a new episode from the city insider tips category. Come along to Dessau in the travel podcast. Because there's never been so much world heritage on a world tour. Everyone has heard about the famous Bauhaus. We've finally been inside and report on what else there is to experience in the city. A weekend on a bike is great fun. You can cycle past modern architecture or out into the greenery of the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Kingdom."

Kaffgeplapper
Zur Folge auf Podcast.de
Kaff Geplapper ist ein zweiwöchiger Podcast vom Land. Genauer gesagt aus dem Hohen Fläming, eine spannende Region hinter der südwestlichen Stadtgrenze Berlins. Wir sprechen mit Fläminger Urgesteinen, Zugezogenen,Traditionsbäckern, Landaktivisten & Visionären, Gemeinschaftsliebhabern und ganz normalen Leuten und laden euch zum Zuhören ein. In dieser Folge geht es um die FLAKUPA - der Flaemingkulturpartie, die jährlich im sachsen-anhaltischen Fläming stattfindet. Interviewt wird Annekathrin Els, Gründerin der FLAKUPA.

MDR Kultur: World history on the doorstep
To the episode on Podcast.de
‘The first practicable multi-layer colour film in the world was once produced in the Wolfen film factory, and this changed both the cinema landscape and photography decisively.’
The Travel Destination Saxony-Anhalt Podcast
Every month, Destination Saxony-Anhalt publishes an interview with a person who lives and works in Saxony-Anhalt. We show you the episodes that are also about our World Heritage region.
An extract from the podcast description:
"When you think of travelling, sandy beaches, blue seas, snow-capped mountains and other cultures tend to come to mind. However, travelling is not only interesting far away, but also on your doorstep. In this series, we would like to invite you to explore our home in the heart of Germany. To paraphrase Goethe, we don't want to wander far afield, but rather look for the good things nearby.
We chat to interesting people who tell us what you should definitely see in their neighbourhood. There's bound to be an insider tip or two. Be curious! Saxony-Anhalt is really beautiful, really green, really special and really just round the corner."

Anke John and the Bauhaus Dessau
Listen to the episode on Podcast.de.
Anke is well-known in Dessau for her costume tours. As Ise Gropius, she guides guests through Dessau in a period costume. Mady Host talks to her about the Bauhaus, the Wörlitz Garden Kingdom, what else there is to experience in Dessau and, of course, about Ise Gropius. We also find out what Ise Gropius would say if she came to Dessau today.

Thies Schröder and FERROPOLIS
Listen to the episode on Podcast.de.
Thies first came into contact with Ferropolis in the 1990s - today he is Managing Director of the City of Iron and knows the former open-cast lignite mine, which is now an open-air museum, like the back of his hand. He talks to Barbara Weinert-Nachbagauer about the attraction of the site, the impressive backdrop of the City of Iron for events and what else you can experience on the peninsula on Lake Gremmin.

Katja Köhler and the fascination of Luther
Listen to the episode on Podcast.de
Katja Köhler is a multi-talent. The graduate in tourism management is not only known in her second life as the actress who played Katharina von Bora, but also as the head of museum education at the Luther Memorials Foundation. Her mission is to bring history to life in all its forms.

Anke Triller and the FrauenOrte Sachsen-Anhalt
Listen to the episode on Podcast.de.
Anke Triller, coordinator of the Saxony-Anhalt Women's Places project since the end of 2019, is our guest in the fifth episode of the ‘Saxony-Anhalt Travel Destination’ podcast. There are a total of 52 of these places in 37 towns and municipalities that tell the story of remarkable women - sometimes in museums, sometimes on memorial plaques or on guided tours.

Andreas Ohse and Saxony-Anhalt's industrial heritage
Listen to the episode on Podcast.de.
The guest in the sixth episode of the podcast ‘Saxony-Anhalt as a travel destination’ is Andreas Ohse, Chairman of the Central German Society for Industrial Heritage. As one of the most traditional industrial regions in Europe, today's Saxony-Anhalt has always been home to ground-breaking innovations, from the first colour film or the world's first synthetic fibre to the beginning of classical modernism in architecture. Exciting places can still be explored today on the Coal, Steam and Light Lakes Route. In addition to the technical and industrial aspects, visitors can also experience a lot of nature and culture while exploring. Structural change is also a major challenge for the region.

Sophia Tymnik and the Elbe cycle path
Listen to the episode on Podcast.de.
As Managing Director of Elbe Rad Touristik, Sophia Tymnik knows all about cycling in this country. The Magdeburg native has loved the Elbe cycle path since she was little and
also enjoys going on cycle tours with her family in her free time.
In the podcast, she gives tips on the best routes, talks about two-wheeler trends and tells us what you absolutely must have with you on a longer bike tour.

Director Barbara Steiner on the Bauhaus Dessau
Listen to the episode on Podcast.de.
In 2025 and 2026, the Bauhaus Dessau will celebrate its 100th anniversary. To mark the occasion, we spoke to the director of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation about the celebrations. Where can you still experience the fascination of Bauhaus today?
The FrauenOrte in Saxony-Anhalt Podcast
FrauenOrte tell stories - 52 times in Saxony-Anhalt
The podcast aims to complement the striking FrauenOrte plaques and bring the "stories behind them" to life. Local protagonists share with us the fates of women, working environments and the historical achievements of strong women who have lived and worked in Saxony-Anhalt since the 10th century.

Listen to the episode on Podcast.de.
"Coordinator Anke Triller meets with the museum curator of the ifm and two contemporary witnesses in the former ORWO film factory in the Bitterfeld-Wolfen Chemical Park. Find out why and under what harsh conditions women were allowed to work in this chemical factory from as early as 1910. And why they were the first to be dismissed three times in the 20th century. Both contemporary witnesses describe their work ‘in the film’ in GDR times very personally and openly. You can also find out what is behind terms such as ‘Be-Gießerei’, “Muttibus” and ‘063’. Around 10 minutes of bonus material from the museum tour round off this episode on industrial history and women's gainful employment in the 20th century."

Listen to the episode on Podcast.de.
"With the abolition of three-class suffrage in 1918, not only women but also many men finally gained the right to vote and stand for election. The French Revolution is regarded as the starting signal on the way to gaining this civil right; later stages include the Prussian Landrecht as well as the Napoleonic Wars of Liberation and the 1848/49 Revolution.
After the political opportunities for women were initially severely restricted in the middle of the 19th century, a new structure of the women's movement was established, including charitable and educational organisations. Many pioneering women of this time acquired the tools for their later parliamentary and extra-parliamentary political careers. Well-known names such as Luise Otto-Peters, Luise Aston and Hedwig Dohm are mentioned, as is the women's rights activist Minna Cauer, who wanted a quota for women to be stipulated in the 1918 electoral law. The fact that the response of the then Secretary of State for the Interior had prophetic overtones and is highly topical today - over 100 years later - is thought-provoking to say the least.
From the newcomer in the Anhalt state parliament (Marie Kettmann, SPD in Dessau), the long-standing successful SPD state top candidate (Minna Bollmann from Halberstadt) to the highest proportion of women in the provincial state parliament in Merseburg at the time. Using the example of KPD delegate Ida Lehmann from Röblingen, historian and German scholar Uta Forner traces her development from working-class child to feisty politician in Halle. Today, a women's village in Lower Saxony also commemorates Minna Faßhauer (born near Egeln), who was the first female minister of education in the ‘Socialist Republic of Braunschweig’ to reform history lessons and the school system, as Elke Stolze emphasises.
This episode should motivate as many people as possible to exercise their right to vote as responsible citizens, because it was hard-won for everyone."

Listen to the episode on Podcast.de.
"As part of the Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation's Heimatstipendium #2 contemporary art programme, 10 artists spent 12 months as guests in 10 museums and memorials. Special thanks go to Mareen Alburg Duncker and Petra Reichenbach from Halle, who enriched the two Nazi memorials in Bernburg and Prettin with their artistic approach to this topic! Here they both talk about the development process of their art projects, the results of which can now be seen on site during regular opening hours."

Listen to the episode on Podcast.de.
"At Easter 1523, a group of nuns fled from the Cistercian monastery in Nimbschen. One of them was to become the most famous woman of the 16th century - the noblewoman Katharina von Bora and later Lutheran. Women's Places Coordinator talks to Katja Köhler (Katharina Guest Guide and Head of Cultural Education at the Luther Memorials Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt) and - shortly before his retirement - its longstanding director and board member Dr Stefan Rhein about life in the convent and her escape, disruptions and achievements in Katharina's life. A plea by two experts for the married couple Katharina and Martin and definitely also for this Wittenberg Women's Place, which has been designated since 20 December 2000!"

Listen to the episode on Podcast.de.
"This episode takes Women's Places coordinator Anke Triller to the edge of the Düben Heath. Ernestine Christine Reiske, née Müller, was born here in Kemberg in 1735. The local all-day school has chosen her as its patron saint. Since then, entire year groups have been searching for traces of the life and work of this highly respected classical philologist, author, publisher and agricultural entrepreneur. Heike Beck, acting headmistress, and Carina Engelhardt, German and art teacher, explain how the school's commemoration is successful across all subjects and what values can be conveyed."

Listen to the episode on Podcast.de.
‘Welcome to a festival that celebrates the connection between art, WOMEN's history and human resilience in 2024 under the motto ’Shining in the Shadows" - and not just musically! How and, above all, which women will be brought ‘out of the shadows and onto the stage’? Women's Places coordinator Anke Triller talks about this with Katharina Markworth, Managing Director of Kurt Weill Fest Dessau GmbH and Constanze Mitter from the artistic festival management."

Listen to the episode on Podcast.de.
“Once upon a time... and still is today - the ”Little Red Riding Hood", or more precisely the daycare center of the same name in Zörbig! As the oldest kindergarten in Germany still in continuous use as a children's facility at its historic location, it was the very first place in Germany to be awarded a plaque. In this episode, the current kindergarten director, the mayor of Zörbig and the local museum director talk to the Women's Places Coordinator about everyday life at the kindergarten yesterday and today."

Listen to the episode on Podcast.de.
“The Women's Places Coordinator has been invited to the ”Haus der Fürstin" in Wörlitz together with the Dessau Equal Opportunities Officer. During a tour of the permanent exhibition “The whole country a garden”, she learns more about the former landlady Louise Henriette Wilhelmine von Anhalt-Dessau from Corinna Meyer, castellan of the Luisium, using relevant exhibits. Born a Prussian princess of Brandenburg-Schwedt, she was married to her cousin Leopold III Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau (better known as Prince Franz) in 1762 at the behest of the Prussian king. They had an unusual marriage. Although biased by tradition, but open to the bourgeois values of the Enlightenment, Princess Luise sought her own way of living."
