Kurt-Elster-Platz

Kurt-Elster-Platz is a recreation area in Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt. Kurt-Elster-Platz is situated nearby to the school Philanthropin, as well as near Lilly-Herking-Platz.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Altes Theater and Bauhaus Museum Dessau.

Altes Theater

Theater building

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Altes Theater is a theater building, which is situated 100 metres northwest of Kurt-Elster-Platz.

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 240 metres northwest of Kurt-Elster-Platz.

Marienkirche

Theater building

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Marienkirche is a theater building, which is situated 200 metres northeast of Kurt-Elster-Platz.

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 3 km south of Kurt-Elster-Platz.