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Garden Kingdom Dessau-Wörlitz

A UNESCO World Heritage since 2000

„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, the „Gartenreich“. Soon after, all of Europe was to admire this unique Garden Kingdom, based upon English precursors. Naturally, the local population of the time was also in awe. Thanks to the enlightened ideas of the reigning prince and founder of the Garden Kingdom, Leopold III Friedrich Franz, princely gardens now became accessible to the people „for educational purposes“. These gardens included the Georgium, the Luisium and the Sieglitzer Berg forest park. Grand avenues, paths along dikes and visual axes connect these places to this day with older grounds in Oranienbaum and Mosigkau, merging them into a seemingly endless park complex.

Marvel at the only artificial volcano in Europe on the rocky island „Stein”, or take an Italian gondola ride on lake Wörlitz; these and many more offers await you in Dessau-Wörlitz.

Wörlitz Castle and Landscape Park

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

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Mosigkau Castle and Park

Today, the Mosigkau castle complex is one of the last largely preserved rococo ensembles in Central Germany.

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Luisium Palace and Park

Between 1774 and 1778, Prince Franz von Anhalt-Dessau had the small Luisium country house built for his wife Louise as a private residence.

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Oranienbaum Castle and Park

Discover a piece of Holland in this castle and park complex, built as an ensemble in the Dutch Baroque style.

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Georgium Castle and Park

The 20-hectares of „George’s garden“ (the Georgengarten surrounding the castle Georgium) are a remarkable example of the ideas of Enlightenment.

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Großkühnau Castle and Park

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.

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Forest park Sieglitzer Berg

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.

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Truly astonishing: The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz

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An overview of the 7 Castles and Parks complexes in the region

Gartenreich-Tour Fürst Franz

An den stillen Auen der Elbe und der Mulde entlang, führt diese Tour für ca. 60 km, vorbei an Schlössern, Parkanlagen, Alleen und Kleinarchitekturen, die sich in schönem Wechsel aneinanderreihen.

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Geführte Gartenreich-Radtour

Angebot der Tourist-Information Dessau-Roßlau

Drei der Gärten werden Sie im Laufe unserer Gartenreichradtour besuchen: das Luisium, das Georgium und den Park Großkühnau. Dabei fahren Sie durch die natürliche Auenlandschaft der Elbe und streifen ebenso die Industriegeschichte der Region.

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Truly astonishing: The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz

Garden Dreams - Historical Parks in Saxony-Anhalt

A preservation network for Saxony-Anhalt

In 2000, the state of Saxony-Anhalt started a project unique in Germany. Among the approximately 1,000 garden monuments between the Harz mountains and the rivers Elbe and Saale, the most beautiful, most important and most popular sites were selected and then combined to a meta-entity dubbed “Garden Dreams - Historical Parks in Saxony-Anhalt“. The aim was to foster preservation and tourism at the same time.

Today, 50 sites belong to the initiative. 11 of them are in the World Heritage region Anhalt-Dessau-Wittenberg, among them the UNESCO World Heritage Site Garden Kingdom Dessau-Wörlitz. Following extensive restoration work, the parks today shine in renewed splendor.