Dessau-Roßlau

Dessau-Roßlau is a kreisfreie Stadt in the German state of . It is situated at the confluence of the rivers and . The town was formed by merging the towns of and as part of the 2007 regional boundary reform of Saxony-Anhalt.
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  • Type: Locality with 75,400 residents
  • Also known as: “Dessau-Rosslau”
  • Postal code: 06862

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bauhaus Museum Dessau and Dessau Hauptbahnhof.

Museum
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The is a museum dedicated to the Bauhaus design movement located in Dessau, Germany. The museum's collection of 49,000 is the second-largest collection of Bauhaus-related objects in the world.

Railway station
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is the main passenger station in the city of in the German state of .

Public building
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The is a princely palace in , Germany. It was built for Johann Georg von Anhalt-Dessau, younger brother of Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau. It now houses the Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie art gallery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dessau and Bauhaus Dessau.

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, now Dessau-Roßlau, has a population of 68,000 and is the third largest city in the region of . is historically the capital of the Principality of Anhalt.

Neighborhood
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, also Bauhaus-Building Dessau, is a building-complex in . It is considered the pinnacle of pre-war modern design in Europe and originated out of the dissolution of the Weimar School and the move by local politicians to reconcile the city's industrial character with its cultural past.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 4 km southwest of Dessau-Roßlau.

Dessau-Roßlau

Latitude
51.8239° or 51° 49′ 26″ north
Longitude
12.2336° or 12° 14′ 1″ east
Population
75,400
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
Open location code
9F3JR6FM+HC
Geo­Names ID
2937956
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