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Dessau

Germany

city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), east-central Germany. It lies on the Mulde River at its confluence with the Elbe River, northeast of Halle. The German town, which developed from a Sorbian settlement, was first mentioned in 1213. From 1603 until 1918 it was the residence of the counts, princes, and dukes of Anhalt, and it remained the capital of Anhalt Land until 1945. In the 18th century the Anhalt line had a castle built in the Mosigkau district of the town in the southwest; it contains a museum of the Rococo period and a notable collection of paintings. Dessau was the seat of the Bauhaus architectural school under Walter Gropius (Gropius, Walter) from 1925 to 1933; the Bauhaus structures in the city were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996. Nearby is the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz, which applies Enlightenment philosophical principles to landscape design; it was named a World Heritage site in 2000.

Dessau was the site of a large aircraft works before World War II; its present industries include a shipyard where dredging machines are produced and vehicle, machinery, and chemical works. A railway junction with repair shops, on the Berlin-Belzig-Leipzig line, Dessau also has an inland harbour and an airfield. Extensive bombing during World War II destroyed many historic buildings. The Landestheater, the town hall, and the Johanniskirche (1690–1702) have been restored. The Marienkirche (1506–23) was reconstructed in the 1990s. Dessau is the birthplace of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (Mendelssohn, Moses) (1729). Pop. (2006 est.) 77,394.

词条	Dessau
释义	Dessau Germany city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), east-central Germany. It lies on the Mulde River at its confluence with the Elbe River, northeast of Halle. The German town, which developed from a Sorbian settlement, was first mentioned in 1213. From 1603 until 1918 it was the residence of the counts, princes, and dukes of Anhalt, and it remained the capital of Anhalt Land until 1945. In the 18th century the Anhalt line had a castle built in the Mosigkau district of the town in the southwest; it contains a museum of the Rococo period and a notable collection of paintings. Dessau was the seat of the Bauhaus architectural school under Walter Gropius (Gropius, Walter) from 1925 to 1933; the Bauhaus structures in the city were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996. Nearby is the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz, which applies Enlightenment philosophical principles to landscape design; it was named a World Heritage site in 2000. Dessau was the site of a large aircraft works before World War II; its present industries include a shipyard where dredging machines are produced and vehicle, machinery, and chemical works. A railway junction with repair shops, on the Berlin-Belzig-Leipzig line, Dessau also has an inland harbour and an airfield. Extensive bombing during World War II destroyed many historic buildings. The Landestheater, the town hall, and the Johanniskirche (1690–1702) have been restored. The Marienkirche (1506–23) was reconstructed in the 1990s. Dessau is the birthplace of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (Mendelssohn, Moses) (1729). Pop. (2006 est.) 77,394.
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