Friedensplatz

Friedensplatz is a park in Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt. Friedensplatz is situated nearby to the fountain Wasserharfe, as well as near the theater building Anhaltisches Theater.

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Type: Park
Description: street in Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Also known as: “Friedensplatz (Dessau-Roßlau)” and “Friedensplatz, Dessau-Roßlau”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Anhaltisches Theater and Bauhaus Museum Dessau.

Anhaltisches Theater

Theater building

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Anhaltisches Theater Dessau is a theatre in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, which was called Landestheater Dessau until 1984. It is Mehrspartentheater offering drama, musical theatre, ballets, concerts of the Anhaltische Philharmonie orchestra, and puppetry. Anhaltisches Theater is situated 150 metres southwest of Friedensplatz.

Bauhaus Museum Dessau

Museum

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The Bauhaus Museum Dessau 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. Bauhaus Museum Dessau is situated 400 metres southeast of Friedensplatz.

Dessau Hauptbahnhof

Railway station

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Dessau Hauptbahnhof is the main passenger station in the city of Dessau-Roßlau in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Dessau Hauptbahnhof is situated 380 metres northwest of Friedensplatz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dessau and Bauhaus Dessau.

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.

Bauhaus Dessau

Neighborhood

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Bauhaus Dessau, also Bauhaus-Building Dessau, is a building-complex in Dessau-Roßlau. 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. Bauhaus Dessau is situated 3½ km south of Friedensplatz.