Travel Guide to Dessau, Germany

Dessau is a German city of duchy and residence Anhalt. The city is situated on the Mulde River that falls into the Elba River. Dessau’s major growth started in XVIII. At that time there were numerous fast-developing factories producing wallpapers, fabrics, paper, sugar, alcohol, machinery and wagons. At that time in Dessau were also organized Philanthropic and Halkographic societies.

Much time has passed since that period. After World War II almost nothing left from those luxurious duke’s residences and beautiful old buildings of Dessau. Only things that were saved were some pictures from the old museum collection, books from the duchy library, a theatre and documents that prove the large number of charities and scientific societies that have once been working in Dessau. Today the city cannot be proud of its grey elegant buildings created centuries ago. However, there’s something still left and Bauhaus is considered one of the biggest sights of Dessau.

Bauhaus is an architectural and art cooperation that appeared in Dessau in 1925. The building was created by the famous architect Walter Gropius, who created the building with the main idea “function defines form”. Limited in materials, money, time and space, he managed to create an amazing work that stuns visitors by it simple shapes and color scheme. Bauhaus is a museum that exhibits building plans of the project “Socialistic City” of 1930.