Elbe

The Central Elbe Biosphere Reserve is one of the oldest biosphere reserves in Germany and is traversed by the Elbe, Germany’s third largest river.

The port of Aken looks back on over 120 years of history and developed from a reloading point with a focus on bulk goods to a trimodal interface for freight services in the central German region.

The park of Großkühnau is the youngest complex of the Garden Kingdom Dessau-Wörlitz. Today, the castle is the seat of the Dessau-Wörlitz Cultural Foundation.

Built on the banks of the Elbe River, this historic restaurant occupies one of the most beautiful spots in Dessau-Roßlau.

Near the Bauhaus building, the masters of the Bauhaus lived with their families in the „masters’ houses“.

The Bauhaus was the most important school of art, design and architecture of the 20th century.

The Bauhaus Museum Dessau opened on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus on September 8, 2019.

The Museum of Technology in Dessau-Roßlau details the life and work of aviation pioneer and engineer Hugo Junkers.

Prince Franz of Anhalt-Dessau had a forest park with a small classicist castle laid out to the west of Vockerode in the years following 1777.

Leopold III Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau built the first English landscape park on the European continent.

The fame of the English garden at Wörlitz attracted increasingly more visitors, and in the mid-1780s, nobles, scholars and artists flocked to the small principality of Anhalt-Dessau.

Boasting the only artificial volcano in Europe, the island “Stein” in the eastern part of Lake Wörlitz is one of the most spectacular monuments in the UNESCO World Heritage Garden Kingdom Dessau-Wörlitz.

With its 52 m tower, the church of St Nicholas dominates the Coswig townscape. Anyone driving through the town on the Elbe will notice this magnificent building whose history goes back a long way.

Luther posted his 95 theses, bound to change the fate of the world, on the door of Wittenberg’s Castle Church.

Martin Luther erhielt am 15. Juni 1520 die Bannandrohungsbulle von Papst Leo X. als Antwort auf seine 95 Thesen.

"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would perish, I would still plant an apple tree today."

Martin Luther preached in this church.

Most in-depth museum of the history of the Reformation

Luther’s faithful companion Philipp Melanchthon once lived here.

Located directly on the Elbe, at the gateway to the Düben Heath, Pretzsch Castle stands out as an imposing Renaissance palace.

Lichtenburg Castle is a Renaissance building in Prettin dating back to the 16th century. It stands on the site of a former monastery that was transformed into a widow’s seat for the Electresses of Saxony.

The campsite is located near one of the four bodies of water that make the Elbe valley lake district so ideal for recreation and rents out pitches for tents, mobile homes and caravans, as well as nine bungalows.

Enjoy camping or a mobile home vacation in the nature park Düben Heath near the nature reserve Lausiger Teiche.

A stay in the apartment complex/guesthouse "Auf der Tenne" in Klöden on the Elbe promises rural idyll and active recreation.

The vacation village at the Flämingbad in Coswig is a family resort near a beautiful lake. It also boasts a well-maintained outdoor pool.

The 4-star hotel is located in the heart of Wittenberg's old town, right next to the famous Luther House and the old Leucorea University.

In the historic walls of the Lutherhaus, Christian Hirsch's team serves modern German dishes with Mediterranean influences.

The personally managed 3-star superior hotel welcomes you with 159 modernly furnished guest rooms as well as eight meeting rooms.

This spacious campsite offers bed-and-breakfast, cyclists’ cabins and a sport harbor on the Elbe.

The modern youth hostel is part of the Wittenberg castle complex and was reopened in 2007 after a complete renovation.

In the middle of the historic town of Lutherstadt Wittenberg you will enjoy the service on 3-star superior level.

This 4-star hotel is located directly on Lake Wörlitz in the UNESCO World Heritage Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Kingdom.

This privately run 4-star hotel is located east of the Wörlitz Park, which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Kingdom.

Sorgfältig ausgewählte Produkte, erstklassige Küche und hingebungsvoller Service in den Räumen der ehemaligen Junkers Flugzeugwerke.

Zwischen Elbe, Bauhaus und Gartenreich übernachten Sie hier absolut einmalig im Bauhaus-Ambiente. 

Das 4-Sterne Hotel liegt direkt im Zentrum der Bauhaus-Stadt Dessau, gegenüber vom Anhaltischen Theater. 

Die Jugendherberge liegt unmittelbar am Dessauer Waldrand, im grünen Stadtteil „Siedlung“.

Shoppen in der Bauhausstadt Dessau: In über 90 Fachgeschäften bietet das Rathaus-Center alles, was das Herz begehrt. 

Direkt gegenüber dem Weltkulturerbe Bauhausbauten Meisterhäuser und in fußläufiger Entfernung zum weltberühmten Bauhaus und dem Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz gelegen.