Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

🇩🇪 Dessau is a town and former municipality in Germany at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 2007, it has been part of the newly created municipality of Dessau-Roßlau. Dessau is situated on a floodplain where the Mulde flows into the Elbe. This causes yearly floods. The worst flood took place in the year 2002, when the Waldersee district was nearly completely flooded. The south of Dessau touches a well-wooded area called Mosigkauer Heide. The highest elevation is a 110 m high former rubbish dump called Scherbelberg in the south-west of Dessau. Dessau is surrounded by numerous parks and palaces that make it one of the greenest towns in Germany.

The Bauhaus 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.

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. • Stahlhaus (Steel House), designed by Georg Muche and Richard Paulick in 1926–1927. • Fieger Haus, designed by Carl Fieger in 1927. • The Kornhaus, a restaurant overlooking the river Elbe designed by Carl Fieger in 1929–1930. • 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).