Schilflache

Schilflache is in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Schilflache is situated nearby to the neighborhood Am Luisium, as well as near the suburb Innerstädtischer Bereich Nord.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Luisium and Dessau Zoo.

Luisium

Castle

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Luisium is a palace and landscape garden in Dessau-Roßlau, Germany. It is a part of Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 1774 work started on a small palace in the style of an English country house, which Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau built for his wife Margravine Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt, thus the name Luisium.

Dessau Zoo

Zoo

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The Dessau Zoo is a municipally owned zoo in Dessau-Roßlau, Germany, established in 1958. It is located in a historic park surrounding the mausoleum of the Dukes of Anhalt.

Georgium

Public building

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The Georgium is a princely palace in Dessau, 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 Roßlau.

Dessau

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

Roßlau

Town

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Rosslau was until 30 June 2007 a town in Saxony-Anhalt, in eastern Germany, belonging to the district Anhalt-Zerbst. After a fusion with the town of Dessau it became eponym of the newly founded town of Dessau-Roßlau and a quarter of it.