Editing Dessau (section)

==Sights==
===Castles and gardens===
[[File:Dessau asv2022-08 img24 Schloss Georgium.jpg|thumb|Georgium Castle]]
*[[Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz]], (''Dessau-Wörlitzer Gartenreich'') is a [[World Heritage Site]] landscape garden. It is an exceptional example of 18th century [[Age of Enlightenment]] landscape design in the English style.<ref>[https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/534rev Unesco. Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz]. Retrieved 2 January 2019</ref>
*[[Dresden Elbe Valley]]
*Zoo at Mausoleumspark
*Wallwitzburg
*Rondell
*remains of the [[Dessau Palace]] (Johannbau)
*Georgium Palace and Park
*Kühnau Palace and Park
*Mosigkau Palace and Park
*Luisium Palace and Park
*[[Erbprinzliches Palais Dessau]] (demolished)

===The Bauhaus===
[[File:Dessau Bauhaus neu.JPG|thumb|Bauhaus Dessau building, built 1925-26]]
There are several examples of [[Bauhaus]] architecture in Dessau, some of which are part of the [[Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau]] World Heritage Site. This includes the Bauhaus Dessau school building, designed by [[Walter Gropius]], which is one of the iconic modernist buildings of the 20th century.<ref name="unesco">{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/729 |title=Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau |publisher=[[UNESCO]] |access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref>

In addition to the buildings that are part of the World Heritage Site, other notable Bauhaus architecture in Dessau includes:
* Dessau-Törten Estate, designed by Walter Gropius in 1926–1928.<ref>[https://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/en/architecture/bauhaus-buildings-in-dessau/dessau-toerten-housing-estate.html Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. Dessau-Törten Estate]. Retrieved 2 January 2019</ref>
*''Stahlhaus'' (Steel House), designed by [[Georg Muche]] and Richard Paulick in 1926–1927.<ref>[https://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/en/architecture/bauhaus-buildings-in-dessau/steel-house.html Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. Steel House]. Retrieved 2 January 2019</ref>
*''Fieger Haus'', designed by [[Carl Fieger]] in 1927.<ref>[https://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/en/architecture/bauhaus-buildings-in-dessau/house-fieger.html Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. Fieger House]. Retrieved 2 January 2019</ref>
* The ''Kornhaus'', a restaurant overlooking the river Elbe designed by Carl Fieger in 1929–1930.<ref>[https://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/en/architecture/bauhaus-buildings-in-dessau/kornhaus.html Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. Kornhaus]. Retrieved 2 January 2019</ref>
* ''Arbeitsamt'' (Employment office), designed by Walter Gropius in 1928–1929. It is now the Dessau-Roßlau ''Amt für Ordnung und Verkehr'' (Authority of Public Security and Regulations).<ref>[https://www.bauhaus-dessau.de/en/architecture/bauhaus-buildings-in-dessau/employment-office.html Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. Employment Office]. Retrieved 2 January 2019</ref>

===Churches===
[[File:Dessau Peter und Paul 3.jpg|thumb|upright|Church of St. Peter and Paul]]
*St. Mary's Church
*St. John's Church
*Georgenkirche
*Petruskirche
*Auferstehungskirche
*Pauluskirche
*Christuskirche
*Propsteikirche St. Peter and Paul
*Dreieinigkeit
*St. Josef

===Other sights===
[[File:Dessau uba 05.jpg|thumb|Umweltbundesamt (UBA)]]
* Townhall, built in 1901
* The palaces of Waldersee and Dietrich, today used as libraries
* General post office
* New water tower
* ''Umweltbundesamt'' (formerly Wörlitzer Bahnhof)
* Footbridge crossing the river Mulde