Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm
The Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, (German: Dessau-Wörlitzer Gartenreich) is a cultural landscape and World Heritage Site in Germany, located between the city of Dessau and the town of Wörlitz in Central Germany. One of the first and largest English parks in Germany and continental Europe, it was created in the late 18th century under the regency of Duke Leopold III of Anhalt-Dessau. Today, the cultural landscape of Dessau-Wörlitz encompasses an area of 142 km2 (55 sq mi) within the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Because of its exceptional landscape design and testimony to the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment, the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm was designated as a world heritage site in 2000.
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
Amalia's Grotto in the gardens of Wörlitz | |
| Location | Saxony-Anhalt, Germany |
| Criteria | Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
| Reference | 534rev |
| Inscription | 2000 (24th Session) |
| Area | 14,500 ha (36,000 acres) |
| Coordinates | 51°50′33″N 12°25′15″E |
Location of Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm in Germany Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm (Saxony-Anhalt) | |
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