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Luther Memorials in Wittenberg

Bauhaus Dessau and Masters’ Houses

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz

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“Come to Wittenberg … whose burghers are educated and welcome men of science.“ (Christoph Scheurl, humanist and companion of Luther, 1507) “Luther with graduation cap” (detail), Lucas Cranach the Elder, circa 1520 CONTENTS

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Bauhaus Dessau and Masters’ Houses 4 The great Reformation anniversary of 2017 is just around the CONTACT corner and highlights the indisputable importance of this city Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 5 which nearly 500 years ago became the birthplace of Refor- Collegienstraße 54 | 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany Map 6|7 mation. Surviving sites of that time such as the door of the Phone: +49 (3491) 4 20 30 [email protected] | www.martinluther.de Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve 8 Palace Church of Wittenberg where Martin Luther posted his 95 theses, bear witness to the historic importance of an entire Cranach the Younger 2015/ new epoch. INFORMATION & BOOKING Reformation anniversary 2017 9 His loyal companion Philipp Melanchthon and the painter Tourist-Information Lutherstadt Wittenberg Bauhaus anniversaries 2016 & 2019 10 Lucas Cranach the Elder left their marks all across town, all Schlossplatz 2 | 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany yours to discover. From the Cranach houses and courtyards to Phone: +49 (3491) 4986-10 | freephone holiday hotline: 0800 20 20 114 Credits 11 the impressive Cranach altar in the City Church to the former [email protected] | www.lutherstadt-wittenberg.de houses of Luther and Melanchthon – Lutherstadt Wittenberg TourismusRegion Anhalt-Dessau-Wittenberg e.V. Geschäftsstelle Dessau-Roßlau holds many sights that make for a very special experience! Re-experience the wedding of reformer Martin Luther and come to vi- Neustraße 13 | 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg Zerbster Straße 4 | 06844 Dessau-Roßlau sit on the 2nd weekend in June! “Luther’s Marriage” is one of the most Phone (0 34 91) 40 26 10 | Fax (0 34 91) 40 58 57 Phone (0340) 204 2442 | Fax (0340) 204 2642 beautiful festivals in Germany held at the original sites of Reformation. E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] Palace Church, City Church, Luther House and Melanchthon For a more detailed list of events please go to www. anhalt-dessau-wittenberg.de House were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1996. www.lutherstadt-wittenberg.de

2 3 Bauhaus Dessau and Masters’ Houses The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996 A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000

„construction means designing life processes […], much of what may “Wanderer – honour nature and art and protect their works.“ seem a luxury today, will be a standard tomorrow” (Leopold III. Frederick Franz, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, inscription on the Altar of Warning in Wörlitz, 1800) (Walter Gropius, architect and director of the Bauhaus Dessau)1 Walter Gropius, circa 1922 Duke Leopold III. Frederick Franz Photo: Louis Held, Weimar, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau

In the first decades of the 20th century, the thriving indus- CONTACT Encounter a fascinating natural landscape between the Ri- CONTACT trial city Dessau by the River Elbe provided a fertile ground Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau vers Elbe and Mulde which Goethe already enthused about Kulturstiftung DessauWörlitz for new ideas in modern architecture. So it came to pass that Gropiusallee 38 | 06846 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany – the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz. Inspired by his Schloss Großkühnau | 06846 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany in 1925/26 Walter Gropius had the Bauhaus building con- Phone: +49 (340) 6508-251 travels to England, Holland, Italy and France, the grandson Phone: +49 (340) 646 15-0 structed here as a “university of design” thereby laying the [email protected] | www.bauhaus-dessau.de of Duke Leopold I., Prince Leopold III. Frederick Franz applied [email protected] | www.gartenreich.com foundation stone for modern construction. Renowned artists his Enlightenment ideas to 18th-century landscape design including Kandinsky, Feininger, Schlemmer and Moholy-Nagy INFORMATION & BOOKING and gardening and had several famous palaces, gardens and INFORMATION & BOOKING came to Dessau to teach at the Bauhaus which had quickly Tourist-Information Dessau-Roßlau smaller buildings and structures built which up to this day Tourismusgesellschaft Wörlitz-Oranienbaum mbH become famous. In honour of the Bauhaus Masters, Gropius Zerbster Straße 2c | 06844 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany blend with their natural environment and leave the impressi- Förstergasse 26 | 06785 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz OT Wörlitz, Germany designed the legendary residential Masters’ Houses, to which Phone: +49 (340) 2041442 or 19433 on of a nearly endless parkscape. Phone: +49 (34905) 31009 or 19433 the new Masters’ Houses were added in May 2014. Other im- [email protected] | www.dessau-rosslau-tourismus.de The famous Wörlitz Park, the Baroque palace of Oranien- [email protected] | www.woerlitz-information.de portant buildings from Gropius’ time include the houses in baum and Mosigkau Palace with its beautiful Rococo gardens Törten, the former job centre and the Kornhaus. The annual Bauhaus Festival is held on the first weekend in September. are only some of the many components of this outstanding Conquer the Garden Kingdom in its entire beauty – every August on Highlights include an open-air show by Anhaltisches Theater and a pa- overall ensemble. Gartenreichtag. On this day you can discover the entire gardens through rade and celebrations at the Bauhaus building. a variety of events including guided tours, special exhibitions, Garden The Bauhaus building and the Masters’ House have been lis- For further information please go to: In 2000, the Garden Kingdom and its buildings, gardens and Kingdom tours and music performances. ted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. www.dessau-rosslau-tourismus.de | www.anhaltisches-theater.de art collections were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. For further events please go to www.gartenreich.com 1 Bauhausbücher Band 12, Gropius Bauhausbauten Dessau, 1930

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city park

central railway North station

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stop historic centre

City Centre Dessau-Roßlau

D-ROUTE

North 1 5 zoo Palace and Palace Church Old University Picture Gallery of Anhalt 2 Cranach Courtyards 6 Melanchthon House D-ROUTE Federal Environmental 3 Town hall 7 Luther House Agency of Germany 4 City Church 8 Luther Oak

central railway station exit Dessau-East

Auenhaus information centre (Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve) D-ROUTE Euro Cycle Path R1/D-Route 3/ Oranien Path Elbe Cycle Route

D-ROUTE Prince Franz Garden Kingdom Tour

Wörlitz Park Dessau-Wörlitz Railway Munich exit 1 Eisenhart 1 Bauhaus 7 Johannbau Dessau-South 2 Wörlitz Palace 2 Old and New Masters’ Houses Anhaltisches Theater 8 3 Church 3 Georgium 9 Cultural Path 4 Synagogue 4 Johannis Church 10 Kornhaus North 5 Isle of Stone 5 Town Hall 11 Törten settlement 6 Gothic House 6 Marien Church 7 Temple of Flora Sea ferry 8 Temple of Venus 9 Gondola station ferry ferry 10 Pantheon 11 Monument labyrinth Tip: historic restaurant “Zum Eichen- kranz” with guided tours and exhibition

6 7 Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve Cranach the Younger 2015 A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 1979 Reformation anniversary 2017

Lecture hall in Luther House, Lutherstadt Wittenberg „Biosphere reserves do not only add an economic dimension to the conservation of nature; they also include a social and cultural dimen- Elbe beaver Cranach the Younger: “Last Supper of the Reformers”, sion; good human life is at the heart of the concept.“ Johanniskirche Dessau, 1565 (Prof. Ute Stoltenberg, German committee for the “Man and the Biosphere” Programme (MAB) of UNESCO) Cranach the Younger 2015 Reformation anniversary Luther 2017 The UNESCO Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve with its unique CONTACT With the exhibition “Cranach the Younger 2015”, held from It was nearly 500 years ago on 31st October 1517 that Martin and abundant animal and plant life is part of the marketing Biosphärenreservatsverwaltung Mittelelbe 26th June to 1st November 2015, Lucas Cranach the Younger Luther posted his theses at the Palace Church of Wittenberg network Luther | Bauhaus | Garden Kingdom. It is with good Kapenmühle | PF 1382 | 06813 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany will step out from the shadow cast by his famous father and heralding a profound change in perspective of many aspects reason that this incredible floodplain landscape along the Phone: +49 (34904) 421-0 | [email protected] put his exceptional art centre stage. A total of seven exhibi- of religion and society. From art to language to economy – the Elbe River bears this title. Forming the biggest part of the www.mittelelbe.com | www.gartenreich.net | www.flusslandschaft-elbe.de tion projects in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Dessau and Wörlitz spirit of Reformation entered all areas of life and fundamen- Biosphere Reserve “Flusslandschaft Elbe” which extends over will provide a detailed introduction to the life and work of tally changed the way we live and think. Protestant Christians five German Länder, the area is dedicated to the protection INFORMATIONEN Cranach the Younger. from all over the world celebrate this key moment in human of endangered animals and plants such as the famous Elbe Informationszentrum Auenhaus | Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe history with the Luther Decade and the Reformation anni- beaver. Other rare species which have their habitat here in- Am Kapenschlösschen 3 | 06785 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz, Germany Born in 1515 in Wittenberg, Lucas Cranach the Younger not versary in 2017. clude the Siberian iris and the kingfisher. The first areas of the Phone: +49 (34904) 406-0 or -31 only made a name for himself as an important painter and Highlights of the 2017 anniversary include: UNESCO Biosphere Reserve “Flusslandschaft Elbe” were put [email protected] | www.mittelelbe.com portraitist but also as a contemporary and chronicler of Refor- •European Stations | November 2016 to May 2017 under protection as early as 1979. mation. His famous “Last Supper of the Reformers”, which is •German Protestant Kirchentag | 25th to 28th May 2017 Visit the popular outdoor beaver enclosure, where you can watch the on display in the Johanniskirche in Dessau, is one of the works •“Kirchentag auf dem Weg” | 25th to 27th May 2017 The information centre at Auenhaus provides information nocturnal rodents in their natural habitat. The enclosure also features that date back to this time. In the painting, we see, among •Festival Service | 28th May 2017 an observation tower for undisturbed views and a window into the bea- about the reserve for children and adults alike. ver lodge for glimpses of the family life of these reclusive animals. others, Luther, Melanchthon and George III. of Anhalt cele- •Reformation World Exhibition | May to September 2017 For events and guided tours please go to www.mittelelbe.com brating the Eucharist with Cranach the Younger depicted as •Confirmees and youth camps | June to September 2017 the cup-bearer. www.cranach2015.de www.luther2017.de | www.wb2017.de

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EDITORIAL Elke Witt, Anika Köcher

The new Moholy-Nagy Masters’ House in Dessau PHOTO CREDITS WittenbergKultur e.V. (Titel); Yvonne Tenschert, 2011, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau (Titel); Kulturstiftung DessauWörlitz, Bildarchiv, Heinz Fräßdorf Bauhaus building Dessau (Titel); Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe, Peter Ibe (Titel); UFA Film & TV Pro- HEARTLAND OF duktion GmbH, UFA-Filmprojekt (S. 2); Alimov (S. 3); Hagen Immel (S. 3); 90th anniversary of the Bauhaus in Dessau Bauhaus Centenary UFA Film & TV Produktion GmbH, UFA-Filmprojekt (S. 4, 5); Louis Held, Wei- GERMAN HISTORY mar, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau (S. 4); Kulturstiftung DessauWörlitz, Bildarchiv, Following the successful launch of the “Triennial of Moder- In 2019 Germany and partners from all over the world will SAXONY-ANHALT Heinz Fräßdorf (S. 5); Mirko Pannach (S. 8); TourismusRegion Anhalt-Dessau- nism” in 2013, Dessau will take centre stage during the 2016 celebrate the centenary of the Bauhaus. To this day, the Bau- Wittenberg e.V. (S. 9); Kirchengemeinde St. Johannis St. Marien Dessau Triennial events with the campaign “You must go there… – haus in its international focus remains one of the most effec- Saxony-Anhalt attracts with outstanding cultural and natural sights. (S. 9); Christoph Petras (S. 10); Investitions- und Marketinggesellschaft Sach- The “Romanesque Road” links village churches, monasteries, cathedrals and 90th Bauhaus anniversary in Dessau”. Over the three week- tive and successful ‘export articles’ of the twentieth-century. castles from the Middle Ages. “Garden Dreams” Parks are perfect for leisurely sen-Anhalt mbH (S. 10, S. 11 Jens Wolf); fotolia - Uwe Annas (Rückseite) ends between 23rd September and 9th October 2016, the Founded in 1919 in Weimar, the Bauhaus moved to Dessau strolls. The history of Reformation comes alive in the places where Martin three cities of Weimar, Dessau and Berlin will host a program- in 1925 and was finally closed down in 1933 in Berlin under Luther lived and worked, and the “Sky Paths” let visitors discover sensational redaktionsschluss 12.11.2014 me focusing on the topic of “open spaces”. The programme pressure from the Nazi government. Yet, it left its mark not archaeological finds. INVESTMENT AND European Commission will be accompanied by events and conferences. The Triennial only in these three locations in Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and MARKETING CORPORATION OF European Regional 2016 will be opened on Friday 23rd September 2016 at 7 pm in Berlin but throughout all of Germany, including, for example, SAXONY-ANHALT Development Fund Phone +49 391 56 8 - 99 0 INVESTITION IN IHRE ZUKUNFT the Bauhaus building in Dessau. Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart, the Trade Union School in [email protected] Taking modernist UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Berlin, Bernau or the Fagus works in Alfeld. Dessau, where countless All offer details are based on the details made available by the respecti-

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