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OVERVIEWMAP HARBKE MÖCKERN () BEAU T Y 6 13 19 IS SO CLOSE! Harbke Palace and Garden Wendgräben Castle and Park Blankenburg Palace and Baroque Gardens

We are enchanted by parks and gardens. They how the gods have allowed the princes to create a This originally baroque pleasure garden was take us on a journey further towards paradise. dream around them.” He experienced this garden turned into a 6-hectare landscape park from 1760. As a former stately home, Wendgräben Palace was This trip can be short or long – it is certainly a dream on 14 May 1778. At this time, the “Harbkesche wilde Baumzucht” constructed in 1910 in the style of English coun- pleasure. Even if we often look full of longing at (“Harbke wild arboriculture”) was particularly try homes. The park is an excellent example of a GARDEN DREAMS – the blooming and fragrant oases in Italy, France EXPERIENCE GARDEN DREAMS important as a national plant supplier. Valuable country house park from the early 20th century. A HISTORICAL and England – beauty is so close! WITH ALL YOUR SENSES groves from this period have been conserved major feature is the North-South axis going out to the present day. The orangery, built in the from the palace, which makes the palace visible PARKS IN -ANHALT 50 WONDERFUL GARDEN SITES The Garden Dreams welcome their visitors – with neo-gothic style, is now a concert venue and café. from a long way off. entertaining guided tours, imaginative festivals, In the direct vicinity of the historical old city lies The Garden Dreams initiative of the state of unforgettable concerts, exquisite readings, stim- August-Bebel-Straße, 39365 Harbke ::: OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year Gezeiten Haus Schloss Wendgräben, Wendgräbener Chaussee 1, 39279 Möckern/Wendgräben the approx. 107 ha ensemble of the Blankenburg www.gartentraeume-sachsen-anhalt.de Saxony-Anhalt comprises 50 historical parks and ulating exhibitions and many other events in the GUIDED TOURS: on request ::: CATERING: orangery café (May to Oct., Sat., Sun. and holidays), tel. +49 171 5748796 OPENING TIMES: Spalace and garden areas at the palace: private, can only be visited on public guided tours, Palace Gardens. Above the Small Palace is the gardens. With loving carefulness and attention, shade of old trees or in the ballrooms of castles INFORMATION: tel. +49 39406 203 or +49 170 1426742, www.gemeinde-harbke.de external park area: can be visited all year, admission free baroque terraced garden with its bubbling water GUIDED TOURS AND INFORMATION: experts have chosen from more than 1,000 listed and manor houses. With around 600 dates a year, tel. +49 39245 69800, www.gezeitenhaus.de axis. Adjacent to this are the hill garden with the parks and public gardens. The majority of them there is something for everyone! teahouse, the Upper Mill and the Large Palace. have been renovated and restored during the past www.gartentraeume-sachsen-anhalt.de HUNDISBURG (HARZ) The modern pheasant garden, landscaped palace few years, in accordance with historical docu- 7 Hundisburg Palace and Baroque Garden, 14 Ilsenburg Abbey and Palace Garden (Harz) park, and zoo round off this unique ensemble. ments. Around 2 million visitors a year make sure Althaldensleben Landscape Park Schnappelberg 6, 38889 Blankenburg (Harz) that they do not miss this opportunity, and treat OPENING TIMES: Small Palace (tourist information): May-Oct Mon-Sat 10-17:00, Sun/holidays 14-17:00, themselves to a feast for the eyes and soul. Nov-Apr Mon-Fri 10-17:00, Sat 10-15:00, Large Palace: March to Dec Tue-Sun 10-16:00 GUIDED TOURS: Moonlight Tour: May to Sep Wed 21:00, other tours on request, tel. +49 3944 362260, THE CROWNING Ilsenburg Palace Park was designed along the lines Large Palace: March to Dec Sat 14-16:00 and on request of English landscape gardens of the 19th century. A CATERING: restaurants, hotels and guesthouses in the direct vicinity of the park INFORMATION: tel. +49 3944 362260, www.blankenburg-tourismus.de, www.rettung-schloss-blankenburg.de The high point of a Garden Dreams journey LEGEND PICTOGRAMS: special feature is the gentle transition into the ad- through Saxony-Anhalt are the seven parts of jacent woodland. The old network of trenches and the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm. Honoured by paths can still be easily recognised. The area of the With its baroque garden and the adjacent land- UNESCO with the title “World Heritage Site” in Garden Dreams Highlights palace and abbey is among the cultural highlights scape park, which extends to Althaldensleben 2000, this unique cultural landscape attracts ad- of Ilsenburg. 20 Abbey 2 km away, the Hundisburg Palace forms Spiegelsberge Landscape Park mirers from near and far, who cannot get enough Baroque Garden a total ensemble of national importance. The of Wörlitz’s combination of beauty and useful- Schloßstraße 26, 38871 Ilsenburg (Harz) opulence and splendour of the baroque garden, OPENING TIMES: palace gardens: open to the public all year, abbey: Nov-March 11-15:30, April-Oct 9:30-16:30 ness. Or as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote Landscape Park size and landscaped beauty of the park, and more GUIDED TOURS: can be booked as required under tel. +49 39452 80155 ::: CATERING: café in the palace to Charlotte von Stein, straight to the point: than 150 domestic and foreign types of trees make INFORMATION: tel. +49 39452 19433, www.ilsenburg.de, www.klosterilsenburg.de From 1763, the cathedral dean E. L. Ch. Spiegel had “Yesterday, in the evening, as we strolled around Park with Botanic Abundance a visit an enticing prospect at any time of year. The the current Spiegelsberge afforested and step by the lakes, canals and groves, I was very moved at palace houses numerous cultural amenities and DRÜBECK step had the park architecture constructed that offers high-quality musical events. 15 was typical for an early landscape park. Important Drübeck Abbey and Abbey Gardens buildings such as the hunting chateau with the Palace, 39343 Hundisburg world’s oldest giant wine barrel, the Belvedere OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year, palace info / shop: Sat/Sun and holidays 11-18:00 and viewing tower, and the hermitage have been Discover on request, exhibition at the palace: April to Oct. Sun. 14-17:00 ::: GUIDED TOURS: Sun. 14:00 and on request preserved. CATERING: Schlossrestaurant Hundisburg, tel. +49 3904 6683964 INFORMATION: the GARDEN DREAMS tel. +49 3904 44265 and 462431, www.schloss-hundisburg.de Spiegelsberge, 38820 Halberstadt ::: OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year, zoos in the immediate vicinity: May to Sep 9-19:00, Oct to April 9-17:00, with admission fee GUIDED TOURS: on request, tel. +49 3941 551815 ::: CATERING: Gästehaus Spiegelsberge, tel. +49 3941 621914 INFORMATION: tel. +49 3941 551815, www.halberstadt.de

HANSESTADT OSTERBURG (ALTMARK) BURG (NEAR ) 1 8 Around the Romanesque abbey church of St. Vitus 21 Krumke Palace and Garden Parks and Gardens in Burg and the other convent buildings – now conference Gardens venues among things – are the gardens of Drübeck Abbey. They were largely created in the 18th centu- ry. The abbey courtyard with its almost 300-year- In 1905 the factory-owner’s widow Albertine Flick­ old lime tree, lovely rose garden, the blooming From the blooming gardens on the Quedlinburg schu bequeathed 175,000 marks to the town of Burg kitchen garden and the meditative gardens of the Schlossberg, one has splendid views of the tim- for the creation of a public park. With this money, offer a space to meet up, to reflect and ber-framed town of Quedlinburg (UNESCO World the Flickschupark, with its dominating pond, and the to enjoy the gardens. Heritage) and the other abbey gardens: the Abtei- historical Goethepark were created at the start of garten connects the centre of Quedlinburg to the 20th century. Between these is the vineyard, the Klostergarten 6, 38871 Drübeck the Brühlpark, a landscaped park with a baroque A gilded wrought-iron gate welcomes guests to highest elevation in the town. The state horticultural OPENING TIMES: gardens: freely accessible all year, St. Vitus’ Church: 6:30-19:00 ::: GUIDED TOURS: April to Oct Tue-Sat hunting star. The blooming of wild garlic in early Krumke Palace and Garden. This picturesque land- show will take place in all the park complexes. 14:00, Sun/holidays 11 and 14:00, Nov to March on request, group and costume guided tours on request, tel. +49 39452 94307 summer there is unique. scape park around the neogothic palace houses CATERING: café in the gardener’s house, (wine bar in the evenings) tel. +49 39452 94304, abbey kitchen (reservation required), INFORMATION: numerous relics from its previous baroque design. Bahnhofstraße, 39288 Burg (near Magdeburg) ::: OPENING TIMES: 21.4-7.10.2018 opening times of State Horticultural Show, tel. +49 39452 94330 ::: tel. +49 39452 94330, www.kloster-druebeck.de Abteigasse, 06484 Quedlinburg These include the Cavalier’s House, the Stone Cab- open to the public all year from 2019 ::: GUIDED TOURS: tours of the State Horticultural Show 2018, OPENING TIMES: parks freely accessible all year inet, the Orangery, numerous sculptures and the Booking on tel. +49 3921 6369290 ::: CATERING: Restaurant Rosenrot, Weinlaube, Café am See, GUIDED TOURS: on request, tel. +49 3946 905625 ::: CATERING: wide range of options famous boxwood hedge 400 years ago. Magical Bistro Albertine, tel. +49 172 3764600 ::: INFORMATION: tel. +49 3921 6369290, www.touristinfo-burg.de INFORMATION: tel. +49 3946 905625, tel. +49 3946 905717, www.quedlinburg.de spring blooms, rhododendrons and a beautiful autumn colouring make the park particularly MAGDEBURG / DISTRICT attractive. 9 Herrenkrugpark Magdeburg 16 Wernigerode Castle and Gardens 22 Roseburg Parkstraße, 39606 Hansestadt Osterburg/Krumke OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year round GUIDED TOURS: on request CATERING: Café Kavaliershaus Krumke, tel. +49 3937 2239405; Reitergasthof Krumke, tel. +49 3937 2926931 INFORMATION: tel. +49 3937 895012, www.osterburg.de The Herrenkrugpark has been a popular trip The Roseburg was constructed in 1907 in the style destination for almost 200 years. Mighty old trees of a medieval castle complex. Garden designs The Wernigerode Palace Gardens comprise the grow in the park, which is set out in the style of from different centuries were incorporated in the former royal zoological gardens with the chestnut an English landscape garden. Beddings and the park. In addition to an imposing water axis and forest natural monument area, the pleasure gar- reconstructed historical park restaurant at the a mausoleum with viewing tower, the features dens and the terraced gardens close to the palace. Herrenkrug Hotel restored the attractiveness of of this fairy-tale park also include bridges, stairs, SCHÖNHAUSEN () The blooming terraces were created from 1870 2 the park at the start of the 20th century. balustrades, sculptures and mosaics. Estate Park and Bismarck Museum as architectural gardens and offer a unique view Schönhausen (Elbe) Herrenkrugstraße, 39114 Magdeburg of the Harz. In the pleasure garden, a landscaped Roseburg, 06493 Ballenstedt/district Rieder ::: OPENING TIMES: April to Oct 10-18:00, OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request, tel. +49 391 63601402 park, one can still find numerous relics of its previ- Nov to March 11-16:00, with admission fee ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request ::: CATERING: Burg-Café Roseburg CATERING: Herrenkrug Parkhotel, tel. +49 391 85080, Café Verde, tel. +49 391 40829229 ously baroque design such as the lion’s gate or the INFORMATION: tel. +49 152 59718974, [email protected], www.roseburg-harz.de, Discover Saxony-Anhalt – the federal state This extensive estate park is located in the birth- INFORMATION: tel. +49 391 63601402, www.magdeburg-tourist.de orangery. In their variety, the Wernigerode palace www.ballenstedt.de, www.facebook.com/Vereinroseburgrieder which is home to more authentic place of Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), next to the gardens reflect the historical horticultural devel- Bismarck Museum. It was set up in 1711 as a ba- buildings than any other, and in which the MAGDEBURG opment from the formal baroque to landscaped to BALLENSTEDT roque pleasure garden with geometric shapes and 10 historical hilltop gardens. 23 Bauhaus – as the icon of modernity – was at its numerous sandstone figures. In the 19th century, a Elbauenpark Magdeburg Ballenstedt Castle and Castle Park most industrious. Experience places such as landscape park area was added. A Hercules statue Schlossbereich, 38855 Wernigerode still connects the two areas. It is planned to restore OPENING TIMES: parks freely accessible all year, palace (terraced gardens): May to Oct 10-18:00, the Bauhaus Dessau with its Masters’ Houses, GUIDED TOURS: part of the park by 2020. Nov-April Tue-Fri 10-17:00, Sat/Sun and holidays 10-18:00 ::: on request CATERING: INFORMATION: th Schlosscafé, tel. +49 3943 553044 ::: tel. +49 3943 5537835, 553030 and 654670, As a high-ranking example of the garden art of the works of Lyonel Feininger in () The Elbauenpark was opened for the 25 Bun- th th OPENING TIMES: www.wernigerode-tourismus.de, www.wernigerode.de, www.schloss-wernigerode.de the 18 and 19 century, this 29 ha park surrounds Kirchberg 4, 39524 Schönhausen (Elbe) ::: the park is freely accessible, desgartenschau (horticultural show) in 1999. As and the colourful city of Magdeburg. Bismarck-Museum: Tue-Sun 11-16:00 ::: GUIDED TOURS: Bismarck Exhibition (incl. park) on request, tel. + 49 39323 38874 the late baroque palace complex of Ballenstedt. well as large flower shows, the park offers a great CATERING: Gasthaus Zur Alten Linde, tel. + 49 39323 38420; Imbiss Joachim Eckhoff, tel. +49 39323 75674 An outstanding element of the park is the formal variety of garden architecture and art in the theme INFORMATION: tel. +49 39323 38874, www.bismarck-stiftung.de, www.elbhavelwinkel.com water axis in the style of Italian villa gardens, www.bauhaus-entdecken.de #moderndenken gardens. The generously sized sports and play planned by Peter Joseph Lenné. Also worth seeing amenities, and attractions such as the Millennium are the renovated palace mill and the cast-iron lion HANSEATIC TOWN OF GARDELEGEN Tower, summer toboggan run, climbing rocks, WERNIGERODE 3 17 by Gottfried Schadow. Fortified Wall System in Gardelegen climbing park and zipline (planned from May 2018) Brockengarten (Harz) The Bauhaus. Our Spirit. ensure variety. The butterfly house and the fallow Schlossplatz, 06493 Ballenstedt ::: OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year, palace: Nov to April Tue-Sun deer enclosure are popular day-trip destinations. 10-16:00, May to Oct Tue-Fri 10-16:00, Sat/Sun 10-17:00 ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request, tel. +49 39483 82556 Several restaurants invite one to linger a while, CATERING: Restaurant “Klosterstuben”, tel. +49 39483 97660, palace hotel “Großer Gasthof”, tel. +49 39483 510, and one can travel comfortably from station to The Brockengarten was founded in 1890 for Cafeteria Marstall, tel. +49 39483 18939 ::: INFORMATION: tel. +49 39483 263 or 979098, www.ballenstedt.de Created from old fortifications around the medi- station with the Elbauen EXPRESS. Large events research and teaching purposes and as a display eval town centre of Gardelegen, the “Green Ring” such as Lichtzauber, family celebrations, and con- area for plants from high mountainous areas all th LUTHER | BAUHAUS | has existed since the 19 century. A lime tree cert highlights, are extremely popular. over the world. It now also protects and conserves 24 avenue more than 2.5 km long and more than 120 very rare plants and those that are at danger of Aschersleben Gardens and Parks GARDEN KINGDOM: years old leads along well-tended parks, the rose Tessenowstraße 7, 39114 Magdeburg extinction. The garden includes around 1,500 types World culture as far garden and the preserved parts of the medieval OPENING TIMES: park accessible all year, Mar-Oct with admission fee, Millenium Tower, Elbauen EXPRESS of plants, including the anemone and town wall, e.g. the famous Gate. and summer toboggan run: Apr-Oct Tue-Sun, butterfly house: all year Tue-Sun Gentiana farreri. as the eye can see. CATERING: seasonally Apr-Oct INFORMATIONEN AND GUIDED TOURS: 39638 Hansestadt Gardelegen ::: OPENING TIMES: grounds freely accessible all year tel. +49 391 593450, www.elbauenpark.de Brocken, 38879 Wernigerode. Can only be reached with the Brocken railway, Brocken charabanc or by foot/bicycle. GUIDED TOURS: on request ::: CATERING: in the vicinity of the walls and in the old quarter OPENING TIMES: middle of May to middle of October, Mon-Fri 11:30 and 14:00; Sat, Sun 12:15 INFORMATION: tel. +49 3907 42266, www.gardelegen.de GUIDED TOURS: see opening times and on request ::: CATERING: Brockenwirt, tel. +49 39455 312, Brockenhaus, tel. +49 39455 50005 ::: INFORMATION: tel. +49 3943 550220, www.nationalpark-harz.de

TANGERHÜTTE MAGDEBURG BLANKENBURG (HARZ) 4 1 1 18 Tangerhütte Municipal Park Rotehorn Municipal Park Michaelstein Abbey and Abbey Gardens At the heart of the town there is an impressive variety of gardens and parks. The Herrenbreite park is enlivened by promenades, a fountain field and play areas. The romantic town park delights The World Heritage Region of Anhalt-Dessau- visitors with its old tree population, plant library, packs a punch: 4 UNESCO sites in a radi- This idyllic park was set up in 1870 by the factory The spacious landscape park of Rotehorn lies in modern globe sculpture and rosarium. Along us of 18 km! www.luther-bauhaus-gartenreich.de owners Wagenführ and von Arnim. It contains the middle of Magdeburg on an island of the Elbe the town fortification, the historical is special features such as the lidded vases plaza, the and offers excellent opportunities for rest and WORLD CULTURE The gardening core of the former Cistercian abbey enclosed by the green promenade ring. mausoleum, and the impressive artificial water- leisure with its extensive meadows and wooded DESTINATION FROM SAXONY-ANHALT: of Michaelstein includes a herb garden, a vege- fall. The New Palace gives a splendid welcome. areas. From the observation tower one has a won- 06449 Aschersleben table garden and an apple orchard. These were SAXONY-ANHALT. Only here can visitors marvel at medieval archi- One treasure is the art casting pavilion which was derful view of the park landscape. The Adolf-Mit- OPENING TIMES: April to Oct 6-22:00, Nov to March 6:30-18:00, promenade ring: freely accessible all year recreated between 1989 and 2010 according to GUIDED TOURS: CATERING: YOU WILL FIND YOUR tecture along the “”, prome- premiered at the Paris World Exhibition of 1889. tag-See invites one to enjoy a pleasant boat trip. on request ::: various options in the town area nade through the idyllic “Garden Dreams Parks”, medieval plans and feature a multitude of historic INFORMATION: tel. +49 3473 8409440, www.aschersleben-tourismus.de HOLIDAY HERE. discover archaeological sensational findings on Birkholzer Chaussee, 39517 Tangerhütte ::: OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year, Heinrich-Heine-Platz, 39114 Magdeburg ::: OPENING TIMES: Park ganzjährig frei zugänglich healing plants, as well as vegetable, fruit and field the “Sky Paths”, experience modern Bauhaus New Palace only opened for special events ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request, tel. +49 3935 93170 or +49 3935 28236 GUIDED TOURS: on request, tel. +49 391 63601402 ::: CATERING: Café in the Fort XII, tel. +49 391 5693755; plants. The abbey inner courtyard enclosed by a INFORMATION: tel. +49 3935 93170, +49 3935 28236, www.tangerhuette.de Restaurant Le Frog, tel. +49 391 5313556; Württemburg Paddleboat, tel. +49 391 5628992 cloister and the exhibition “Abbey Gardens: Devel- Of course, Saxony-Anhalt also has other interesting architecture and get to know at the INFORMATION: tel. +49 391 63601402, www.magdeburg-tourist.de opment – Use – Symbolism” round off what is on towns and travel destinations to offer! It is worth original scenes of the . offer for gardening enthusiasts. As a museum, the visiting www.sachsen-anhalt-tourismus.de. You can discover the cultural and MAGDEBURG abbey offers retreats, gardens and music exhibi- We will be happy to help you with questions and natural worlds of Saxony-Anhalt at TANGERHÜTTE DEGENERSHAUSEN 5 12 tions all year round. 25 individual planning requests. Just call, fax or e-mail www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu Briest Manor House and Park Klosterbergegarten and Degenershausen Landscape Park us, we are there to help. www.naturfreude-erleben.de Gruson Greenhouses Michaelstein 15, 38889 Blankenburg (Harz) OPENING TIMES: museum (incl. gardens): Apr-Oct. daily 10-18:00, Nov-March Wed-Sun and holidays 11-16:00 tel. + 49 391 56899-80 GUIDED TOURS: can be individually booked all year round on tel. +49 3944 903015 ::: CATERING: : hotel & inn (Mon. – Thur. 9-17.00, Fri. 9-16.00) The oldest ancestral seat of the von Bismarck “Zum weißen Mönch”, tel. +49 3944 3671452, hotel & fish restaurant “Zum Klosterfischer”, tel. +49 39 44 351114 Fax + 49 391 56899-51 family in Briest includes an enclosed estate with From 1825, Peter Joseph Lenné created a public INFORMATION: tel. +49 3944 903018, www.kloster-michaelstein.de This 12 ha landscape park is a dendrological treas- [email protected] Renaissance castle, moats, chapel and landscape garden on the bank of the river Elbe, which was ure with more than 175 kinds and genera of native th www.saxony-anhalt-tourism.eu garden. The park created in the 19 century was one of the first in the German-speaking countries. and exotic groves. The park contains striking designed according to plans by Christian Schaum- The park featured landscape design with special individual trees, blooming meadows and a small burg, with a picturesque pond, spacious mead- groups of copses and a restored pond. Also on the pond. The 16 m-high white obelisk and the per- IMPRINT ows, groups of oaks and adjacent open country grounds are the Gruson Greenhouses of 1896 with ennial garden with international plant breeding Publisher: Investment and Marketing Corporation Saxony-Anhalt; with the friendly assistance of Gartenträume – Historische Parks in Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.; Concept and Design: Genese Werbeagentur GmbH, Magdeburg; Picture Credits: the Investment and Marketing Corporation Saxony-Anhalt, Archiv Gartenträume and plantation forest. a comprehensive collection of plants. areas are especially worth seeing. Sachsen-Anhalt e. V., J. Völzke, Verbandsgemeinde Elbe-Havel-Land (J. Freier), Hansestadt Gardelegen (M. Botzler), von Bismarck Family, Harbke Community (U. Kohl), KULTUR- Landschaft -Hundisburg e. V. (H. Blanke), Landesgartenschau Burg 2018 GmbH, MVGM (A. Lander), Konrad-Adenauerstiftung, Town of Ilsenburg (D. Loeffke), OPENING TIMES: OPENING TIMES: Evangelisches Zentrum Kloster Drübeck, Schloss Wernigerode GmbH (H. Schrader), administration (G. Karste), cultural foundation Saxony-Anhalt, tourist Lindenplatz 5, 39517 Tangerhütte ::: park open to the public all year Schönebecker Straße, 39104 Magdeburg ::: park freely accessible all year round, conservatories: Tue-Sun and Degenershausen, 06543 Falkenstein/Harz information Blankenburg (Harz) (M.S. Schüren), Förderverein Roseburg e.V. (U. Schrader), tourist information Ballenstedt (J. Meusel), Aschersleber Kulturanstalt, Förderverein GUIDED TOURS: on request from the Förderverein Briest (Tangerhütte) e.V., [email protected] holidays 9-17:00 ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request, tel. +49 391 63601402 (park) or tel. +49 391 4042910 (conservatories) OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request zur Erhaltung des Landschaftsparks Degenershausen e.V., Rosenstadt GmbH, C. Ratzel, Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz/Bildarchiv (H. Fräßdorf), Salus gGmbH, INFORMATION: [email protected] CATERING: Elbelandhaus, tel. +49 391 4006770 ::: INFORMATION: tel. +49 391 63601402, www.magdeburg-tourist.de CATERING: café-garden “Zum Forsthaus”, tel. +49 34743 61437, opened by arrangement Eisenmoorbad Bad Schmiedeburg-Kur-GmbH (K.D. Kluge), Förderverein Irrgarten Altjeßnitz e.V. (T. Ruttke), R. Luge, Stadtmarketing Halle (Saale) GmbH, M. Hoffmann, D. Frie- secke, Historische Kuranlagen und Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt GmbH, Town of Bad Dürrenberg, image archive of Vereinigte Domstifter, Cover Picture: KULTUR-Landschaft INFORMATION: tel. +49 34743 53681, www.landschaftspark-degenershausen.de Haldensleben-Hundisburg e. V., Photographer: Christian Hieber; Date: 18.01.2018, 15th edition; the publisher accepts no liability for the correctness of the information. Initiators: Ministry for Economy, Science and Digitalisation of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Ministry of Education of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt. (HARZ) VOCKERODE PETERSBERG/OSTRAU DISTRICT SOLESTADT BAD DÜRRENBERG (SAALE) 26 Stolberg Castle and Castle Gardens 33 Sieglitzer Berg 39 Ostrau Palace and Park 46 Bad Dürrenberg Spa Park 49 and Cathedral Garden

The gardens of Stolberg Palace include the ter- After 1777, Prince Franz had a “forest park” set up The park of the baroque palace of Ostrau was In the immediate vicinity of Naumburg Cathedral, With its well-tended flowerbeds and lawns, and raced gardens and the forest park. The terraced at the bend of the Elbe, to the west of Vockerode. created from 1760 as an English landscape park. winding paths between idyllic ponds, medieval more than 90 years old palm trees, the more than gardens have passed through several design The aim was to create an “ordered wilderness”. The complex features numerous ditches and bastion walls and old trees invite one to pause for 10 ha large spa park of Bad Dürrenberg conveys phases from the baroque garden to landscaping The garden, which includes the natural forest ponds, and special types of copse. Commemo- a moment. In the “Garden of the Naumburg Mas- the flair of the former health spa business. The to the formal garden of the modern era. The cover in its plan, also includes small architecture rative stones and graves commemorate the von ter”, visitors can find the plants that the famous wooden 12 m-high graduation towers are a strik- original garden is characterised by lush shrub- and memorials. Artistically designed gates mark Veltheim family as park owners. The “Winterling sculptor of donor figures, west choir screen and ing figure. More than 600 m long they form the beries, a generously sized water basin and broad the entrances to the park. The rebuilt solitude Days” in February/March are among the high- west choir in the cathedral portrayed in such a longest graduation works in . Visitors can perspectives. was presented to the public in 2012. lights of the year. realistic way. recharge their batteries and find relaxation in the Schlossberg 1, 06536 Südharz district Stadt Stolberg ::: OPENING TIMES: South Terrace and Forest Park: freely accessible 06785 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz, district Vockerode ::: OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year Schloßstraße 11, 06193 Petersberg/district Ostrau ::: OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year salty air along the graduation towers and in the Domplatz 16/17, 06618 Naumburg ::: OPENING TIMES: cathedral and cathedral gardens: March to Oct all year round, Palace: May-Oct. Tue.-Sun./holidays 10-17:00, Nov.-Apr. Tue.-Sun./holidays 11-16:00 ::: GUIDED TOURS: palace: INFORMATION: tel. +49 340 646150, www.gartenreich.de GUIDED TOURS: on request, tel. +49 34600 25642 ::: CATERING: palace café, Sat/Sun/holidays 13-18:00 cold inhalation hall. The park’s other attractions Mon-Sat 9-18:00, Sun/holidays 11/18:00, Nov-Feb Mon-Sat 10-16:00, Sun/holidays 12-16:00, possible restrictions Fri. 20:00, Sat 15:00 ::: INFORMATION: tel. +49 34654 454, 19433 and 858880, www.tourismus-suedharz.de INFORMATION: tel. +49 34600 25642, www.ostrau.de, www.gemeinde-petersberg.de include the brine dwarf, the plumtree bower, the due to weather ::: GUIDED TOURS: cathedral: several guided tours daily, garden: on request floral clock, the palm and birdhouse, the fountain, INFORMATION: tel. +49 3445 2301-120 or -133, www.naumburger-dom.de and also on archaeological findings (the Dürren- SANGERHAUSEN WÖRLITZ HALLE (SAALE) berg Shaman, approx. 6,500 B.C. – oldest known 27 Europa-Rosarium Sangerhausen 34 Wörlitz Palaces and Gardens 40 Reichardt’s Garden burial in Saxony-Anhalt). 50 Moritzburg Castle and Castle Park Apothekerberg 20, 06231 Solestadt Bad Dürrenberg ::: OPENING TIMES: spa park daily 8-22:00 GUIDED TOURS: various themed tours can be booked on tel. +49 3462 83990 or -83991 CATERING: café in the spa, tel. +49 3462 933696, Kurcafé, tel. +49 3462 541870, Hotel & Restaurant Altes This estate was set up at the end of the 18th Badehaus, tel. +49 3462 99800 ::: INFORMATION: tel. +49 3462 83990 or 83991, www.badduerrenberg.eu century as the private garden of the composer J.F. Reichhardt, in the style of an English landscape garden, and was known as the “hostel of Roman- ticism” because of guests such as Goethe and Between Südharz and Kyffhäuser there is the Novalis. The characteristic feature of the garden kingdom of the queen of the flowers: the Eu- is its network of paths and stairs, which lead past ropa-Rosarium, the biggest rose collection in the MÜCHELN (GEISELTAL) The early baroque palace forms a remarkable numerous memorials. 47 world. It was set up by botanists and rose lovers Baroque Garden and Landscape Park overall ensemble with the gothic cathedral and and now comprises more than 8,600 kinds and Seebener/Wittekindstraße, 06114 Halle (Saale) St. Ulrich, Mücheln (Geiseltal) the rest of the fortifications. The adjacent palace species of roses on 13 ha total area. A rosy splen- OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request park, the venue of the Zeitz State Horticultural dour of flowers from antiquity to the modern INFORMATION: tel. +49 345 1229984, www.halle-tourismus.de Show in 2004, impresses with its varied area. Here age compete for the favour of visitors from all one can discover, among other things, an orang- over the world. Lush parks, picturesque ponds, The artistic highlight of the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm is the Wörlitzer Parks complex, a total The garden ensemble consists of an English land- ery with baroque parterre, a pleasure garden, an pavilions and display gardens make a visit a very artwork which combined garden design and architecture with unprecedented harmony. The garden HALLE (SAALE) scape garden and a terraced baroque garden. The English landscape park, a Japanese garden and special experience at any time of year. is regarded as the epitome of the Enlightenment in Germany. From 1764, Leopold III Friedrich Franz 41 Amtsgarten baroque garden features high limestone walls, generously sized adventure areas for children. von Anhalt-Dessau (1740-1817) had the landscape garden arranged in the English style. From the which divide the garden into three roughly equally Am Rosengarten 2a, 06526 Sangerhausen ::: OPENING TIMES: May and Sept. 9-18:00, Jun.-Aug. 9-20:00, Oct. 10-18:00, start, the Wörlitzer Gardens were open to everyone, so the little principality became a travel desti- sized terraces. A teahouse in a classicist style forms Schloßstraße 6, 06712 Zeitz ::: OPENING TIMES: park: Apr-Oct daily 10-18:00, Nov-March Tue-Sun 10-16:00, with with admission; Nov.-Apr. Mon.-Fri. 10-17:00, Sat/Sun 10-18:00, no charge for admission nation for important contemporaries and a model for many other parks. the upper end of the terraced garden. From here admission fee, Museum/palace Moritzburg: April to Oct Tue-Sun 10-18:00, Nov to March Tue-Sun 10-16:00, cathedral see: GUIDED TOURS: on request, Garden Dreams shop: see opening times, apart from Nov.-Apr. Mon.-Fri. 10-17:00 one has a beautiful view of the centre of Mücheln. www.zeitz.de ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request ::: CATERING: Schloss-Restaurant Moritzburg, tel. +49 3441 6889927, CATERING: Restaurant “Zur Schwarzen Rose”, tel. +49 3464 589810, Rosencafé, tel. +49 3464 5898292 Brauhaus & Schnitzelschmiede tel. +49 3441 2292237 06785 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz/district Wörlitz ::: OPENING TIMES 2018: Park freely accessible all year; palace (tour museum): INFORMATION: tel. +49 3464 19433, www.europa-rosarium.de The Amtsgarten is one of the oldest gardens in the INFORMATION: tel. +49 3441 83291, www.kultur-zeitz.de 24.3-30.4/8.10-31.10 Tue-Sun/holidays 10-17:00, 1.5-7.10 Tue-Sun/holidays 10-18:00; Gothic House 24.3-30.4/8.10-31.10 Sat/Sun/ Schlossstraße, 06249 Mücheln (Geiseltal) OPENING TIMES: GUIDED TOURS: holidays 11-17:00, 1.5-7.10 Tue-Sun/holidays 10-17:00; Insel Stein: 24.3-30.4/8.10-31.10 Tue-Sun/holidays 11-17:00, 1.5-7.10 Tue-Sun/ urban area of Halle. Its creation dates back to the park open all year ::: on request, tel. +49 34632 90841 CATERING: INFORMATION: holidays 10-18:00, with admission fee ::: GUIDED TOURS: park tours daily 13:00, for groups on request, tel. +49 34905 31009 baroque period. The complex is characterised by on-site ::: tel. +49 34632 90841, www.muecheln.de CATERING: restaurant in the kitchen building, tel. +49 34905 22338 ::: INFORMATION: tel. +49 340 646150, +49 34905 4090 its peaceful, dreamy atmosphere. Special features and +49 34905 31009, www.gartenreich.de, www.woerlitz-information.de of the garden are the differently themed terraced KÖTHEN/ANHALT gardens and the charming views from the Römer- BURGSCHEIDUNGEN 28 Köthen Castle and Park berg into the . 48 Burgscheidungen Palace and Garden MOBIL IN SAXONY-ANHALT. Seebener Straße, 06114 Halle (Saale) ::: OPENING TIMES: park accessible all year ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request, CATERING: ORANIENBAUM tel. +49 345 1229984 ::: Objekt 5, tel. +49 345 47823360, Gasthof zum Mohr, tel. +49 345 5200033 35 INFORMATION: tel. +49 345 1229984, www.halle-tourismus.de On the move at a low price with the attractive DB.Abocenter.@bahn.de, Oranienbaum Palace and Garden tariff offers of DB Regio AG – convenient and 01805 06 60 11 The palace garden created in the 17th century in The baroque palace of Burgscheidungen towers congestion-free: Hopper-Ticker Saxony-Anhalt, (14 ct/min. from the landline, the Italian style, was turned into a landscape HALLE (SAALE) imposingly above the valley of the Unstrut. Deci- Saxony-Anhalt Ticket, Saxony-Anhalt Ticket mobile communications varies) park. Eye-catching old and rare trees, early flower- 42 sive for the unique appearance of the palace com- Single ers and a romantic castle moat invite one to stroll Botanical Garden plex is the hillside in front of it, which looks like an Timetable online: around the castle for the whole year. Since 2012 Italian terraced garden, with symmetrical paths, 0800 150 70 90 Information on the internet: restoration measures have been carried out on sculptures, cut trees and a grotto. At the foot of only timetable information) free of charge www.bahn.de > enter rail station the path system and to the wooded areas. the slope there is a landscaped garden area. The Botanical Garden of the University of Halle 01805 99 66 33 the service no. of German Rail: booking, service, information Your mobility partner Schlossplatz 5, 06366 Köthen/Anhalt ::: OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year has existed for more than 300 years. It was the Schlossbergstraße 56, 06636 Laucha district Burgscheidungen ::: OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year Palace: Tue.-Sun. 10-17:00 ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request ::: CATERING: Café “Leopold”, tel. +49 3496 3099715 first of its kind in . In addition to the partly GUIDED TOURS: April to Sept. Sat/Sun 14:00, otherwise on request ::: CATERING: café-restaurant “Gräfin Cosel” (14 ct/min. from a landline, tariffs for mobile INFORMATION: tel. +49 3496 70099260, www.bachstadt-koethen.de historical show-houses, the different open-air with beer garden ::: INFORMATION: tel. +49 34462 69650, www.schloss-burgscheidungen.de communications may vary) plant collections are worth seeing. The grounds also contain an observatory dating from 1787/88, UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE which was constructed by the architect of the Gate, Carl Gotthard Langhans. TRANSPORT LINKS Oranienbaum is an early and important baroque ensemble in a Dutch style, in Germany. The exten- BY BICYCLE, sive baroque park impresses with its large collection of citruses, which in winter are housed in one Am Kirchtor 3, 06108 Halle (Saale) ::: OPENING TIMES: April to Oct. Mon-Fri 14-18:00, CAR, COACH, OR The Dessau-Wörlitz of the longest orangeries in Europe. The English-Chinese garden is the only preserved example of its Sat/Sun/holidays 10-18:00 ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request, tel. +49 345 5526229 BY RAIL AND AIR INFORMATION: tel. +49 345 5526271, www.halle-tourismus.de, www.biologie.uni-halle.de/bot/boga GARDEN REALM kind in Germany. Saxony-Anhalt lies in the heart of Germany and borders Schloßstraße, 06785 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz, district Oranienbaum on , , DESSAU-ROSSLAU OPENING TIMES 2018: park freely accessible all year, palace (tour museum) 30.3-30.4 Tue-Sun/holidays 10-17:00, KABELSKETAL Saxony and Brandenburg. 29 1.5-7.10 Tue-Sun/holidays 10-17:00, 8.10-31.10 Tue-Sun/holidays 10-17:00, with admission fee ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request, 43 From the state capital Mag- Mosigkau Palace and Garden tel. +49 34904 20259 ::: CATERING: hotel and restaurant “Goldener Fasan”, café and restaurant at the market Dieskau Castle and Park deburg it is 150 km to Berlin, INFORMATION: tel. +49 340 646150 and +49 34905 31009, www.gartenreich.de, www.woerlitz-information.de 280 km to , 420 km to /Main, and 225 km to Frankfurt/Oder. Halle an der Saale in Saxony-Anhalt The charming palace and gardens of Mosigkau This 67 hectare complex was created from 1778 and Leipzig in Saxony, which were constructed in the years 1752-1757. In the Even more information on the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm: to 1784 as an extensive landscape park, featuring is less than 40 km away, both heyday of the rococo, a building and garden www.gartenreich.de, www.woerlitz-information.de several ponds. Numerous sculptures and small 1 benefit from Leipzig-Halle complex was created here, radiating an incom- architectural features decorate the popular park. Airport. In Saxony-Anhalt, the parable rural charm. The complex is now one of The ensemble also includes the palace, which was autobahns A2, A9, A14, and A38, well developed B-roads, the last largely conserved rococo ensembles of originally constructed in the Renaissance style, PRETZSCH (ELBE) one of the densest railway Central Germany. 36 Pretzsch Castle and Castle Park and the restored baroque style church st. anna. networks in Europe, and a high-performance local public OPENING TIMES 2018: OPENING TIMES: Knobelsdorffallee 2/3, 06847 Dessau-Roßlau ::: park freely accessible all year, Schlossplatz, 06184 Kabelsketal ::: park freely accessible all year transport system ensure quick GUIDED TOURS: CATERING: Palace: 30.3-30.4 Sat./Sun./holidays 10-17:00, 1.5-7.10 Tue-Sun/holidays 10-17:00, 8.10-31.10 Sat/Sun/holidays 10-17:00, park: on request, tel. +49 345 58299181, palace: on request ::: Hotel “Haus am Park”, 2 and comfortable travel to all GUIDED TOURS: INFORMATION: with admission fee, visit only possible with guided tour ::: on request, tel. +49 340 521139 tel. +49 345 131750 ::: tel. +49 345 58299181, www.park-dieskau.de, www.schloss-dieskau.de the sights. INFORMATION: tel. +49 340 646150, www.gartenreich.de, www.dessau-rosslau-tourismus.de The Renaissance palace of Pretzsch was used by 3 Queen Christiane Eberhardine, the wife of August 5 the Strong, as her court. The park was set up as a GOETHESTADT BAD LAUCHSTÄDT baroque pleasure garden at the start of the 18th 44 4 century. The park was later re-landscaped. The Historical Spa Facilities and Goethe Theatre palace houses, among other things, a café and DESSAU-ROSSLAU a small museum. The palace gardens are to be 30 Großkühnau Palace and Garden renovated by 2019. Schlossbezirk 1, district Pretzsch, 06905 Bad Schmiedeberg ::: OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year; 8 palace museum/palace café Apr-Sept Mon-Sun 10-17:00, Oct-Mar Fri-Sun 11:30-17:00; exhibition in the palace: 8-16:00, 7 Sat/Sun and café ::: GUIDED TOURS: dates under www.schloss-pretzsch.de and on request tel. +49 34926 56344 CATERING: palace café “Eberhardine”, tel. +49 173 6326274 ::: INFORMATION: tel. +49 34926 5630, www.schloss-pretzsch.de 6 9 The Kühnau Landscape Park was set up in the 10 13 th early 19 century. The vineyard with stone BAD SCHMIEDEBERG 12 11 terraces and the little vineyard palace – an 37 This architectural and horticultural complex Italian-looking country home – form the park’s Bad Schmiedeberg Spa Park was created from 1776 to 1787 by the monastery creative highlight. Another part of the complex builder from , Wilhelm Chryselius. The is the ensemble consisting of the palace church charming eastern part of the park features a pond, of Großkühnau with small palace garden. pavilions, entertainment hall, pruned groves, and LEGEND PICTOGRAMS The “Städtische Eisenmoorbad” – the town iron colonnades. The attractive western part of the OPENING TIMES: moor baths – was founded in Schmiedeberg in 1878. Burgkühnauer Allee, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau ::: park freely accessible all year round, park is landscaped. The historical spa complexes Parking area small vineyard palace: please ask ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request, tel. +49 340 2041542 The imposing park was already arranged as a garri- include the Goethe Theatre, which is more than CATERING: Haus Kühnau – Landgasthof zur Burg Reina, tel. +49 340 617007 son park in 1874. This was redesigned and extended 20 30 Toilets 200 years old. 33 INFORMATION: tel. +49 340 2041442, www.gartenreich.de, www.dessau-rosslau-tourismus.de several times. A magnolia grove, moor and herbal 14 34 31 Café / restaurant arbor, rose garden and shrub line have been charm- Parkstraße 18, 06246 Goethestadt Bad Lauchstädt 16 35 15 29 32 OPENING TIMES: park freely accessible all year ::: GUIDED TOURS: May to Sept. Tue-Sun and holidays DESSAU-ROSSLAU ing garden details since that time. The art nouveau 17 19 Museum / exhibition 10:30, 15:00 and on request, Oct to April with advance notification, guided tours in foreign languages on request, 21 31 casino, built in 1907, is a landmark of the town. 18 24 Georgium Palace, Georgengarten tel. +49 34635 78228 ::: CATERING: Restaurant Lauchstedter Gaststuben, tel. +49 34635 20353 28 36 Regular guides INFORMATION: 22 23 37 and Beckerbruch Kurpromenade, 06905 Bad Schmiedeberg tel. +49 34635 7820, www.goethe-theater.com 38 Shop OPENING TIMES: GUIDED TOURS: the parks are freely accessible all year ::: on request and at 25 www.eisenmoorbad.de ::: CATERING: restaurant in the casino, tel. +49 34925 62073, Café Piano, tel. +49 34925 61030 Family-friendly INFORMATION: tel. +49 34925 62010, www.eisenmoorbad.de 39 The Georgengarten is an impressive demonstra- tion of the principle of gradual transition from an ALTJESSNITZ MERSEBURG 26 Green Flag Award: distinction artfully arranged landscape garden to a natural 38 45 for well-tended, visitor- landscape. The important buildings in the park Maze at Altjeßnitz Manor Park , Palace and Garden 40 41 oriented and professionally include the Wallwitzburg, the Elbpavillon, the managed parks. round temple, the guest house and Georgium 27 42 43 Palace, home of the Anhalt Picture Gallery. Above the town stands the tower and gable-rich 44 OPENING TIMES: assembly of palace and cathedral of Merseburg. UNESCO World Heritage Site Saxony-Anhalt participates in Puschkinallee 100, 06846 Dessau-Roßlau ::: park fully accessible all year round. Palace: temporarily closed, 45 orangery: Tue-Sun 10-17:00, guest house: Sun 14-17:00 ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request, tel. +49 340 2041542 The accompanying palace garden was originally the Germany-wide initiative 1 “Garden Dreams” CATERING: Restaurant am Georgengarten, tel. +49 340 6611330, Restaurant Kornhaus, tel. +49 340 65019963, Waldschänke, “Reisen für Alle” (Travel for All) designed as a baroque pleasure garden and later 47 46 tel. +49 340 617203 ::: INFORMATION: tel. +49 340 2041442, www.gartenreich.de, www.dessau-rosslau-tourismus.de landscaped by Peter Joseph Lenné. It underwent a “Sky Paths” and has facilities inspected redevelopment in a regular style in 1968. The park with surveys by trained staff, 48 “Luther Trail” according to nationwide DESSAU-ROSSLAU offers impressive views of the cathedral, palace uniform quality criteria and 32 and the Saale river. “Romanesque Road” Luisium Villa and Park In the middle of the 18th century, Germany’s certified by a qualified inspec- 49 ting authority. When defined oldest and biggest historical maze was created in OPENING TIMES: Locations Oberaltenburg, 06217 Merseburg ::: park freely accessible all year, castle: Mar-Oct. 9-18:00, Nov-Feb and Germany-wide uniform the Altjeßnitz Manor Park. There are around 125 10-16:00, cathedral: March-Oct. Mon-Sat 9-18:00, Sun/holidays 12-18:00, Nov-Feb Mon-Sat 10-16:00, Sun/holidays 12-16:00, A-roads [autobahns, highways] criteria are fulfilled, the distin- GUIDED TOURS: ways to reach its centre. The maze is embedded with admission fee ::: on request, tel. +49 3461 2 4170, castle: Sun and holidays 14:00, tel. +49 3461 401318 ction “Accessibility checked th CATERING: INFORMATION: in a 4-hectare landscaped park. The 12 century Radisson Blu Hotel, tel. +49 3461 45200 ::: tel. +49 3461 214170, www.merseburg.de 50 B-roads – partially accessible (level The Luisium is an idyllic park dedicated by Prince fieldstone church standing in the manor park is Under construction or in planning 1)” or “Accessibility checked – Leopold III Friedrich von Anhalt-Dessau to his surrounded by picturesque groves. Play facilities accessible (level 2)”. spouse Louise. The classicist castle (1774-1778) is a www.sachsen-anhalt- and picnic sites invite one to enjoy a family outing. Railway and suburban railway masterpiece by Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmans- tourismus.de/reisen-fuer-alle dorff. The garden is enlivened by neo-gothic and Parkstraße, 06800 Raguhn/Jeßnitz, district Altjeßnitz OPENING TIMES: April to Oct. Mon-Fri 12-20:00, Sat/Sun and holidays 10-20:00, Rivers, lakes and canals – classicist buildings, as well as grottoes, construct- “Blue Ribbon” in Saxony-Anhalt ed ruins and sculptures. last admission: 18:00, closed in the winter months GUIDED TOURS: on request, tel. +49 3494 78158 ::: CATERING: café at the manor, tel. +49 3494 669650 The Biosphere Reserve “Middle Elbe” With the friendly support of the INFORMATION: tel. +49 3494 78158, www.irrgarten-altjessnitz.de extends along the whole bank of the saving banks of Saxony-Anhalt. Schloss Luisium, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau ::: OPENING TIMES 2018: park freely accessible all year round, Elbe in Saxony-Anhalt. Palace: 30.3-30.4 Sat/Sun/public holidays 10-17:00, 1.5-7.10 Tue-Sun/public holidays 10-17, 8.10-31.10 Sat/Sun/public holidays 10-17:00, with admission charge, visit only possible with guided tour ::: GUIDED TOURS: on request, tel. +49 340 218370 INFORMATION: tel. +49 340 646150, www.gartenreich.de, www.dessau-rosslau-tourismus.de