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The 18th century landscape garden of Woerlitz is the heart of the Dessau-Woerlitz Garden Kingdom. >> printed guide books & maps >> Dessau online travel guide Prince Leopold III. Friedrich Franz and his architect Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff were influenced and inspired on their travels to England and Italy. The enlightened educational purpose of the gardens and their creators is summed up on the copy of Rousseaus tomb on the island in the lake of Woerlitz: "to the memory of J.J. Rousseaus, citizen in Geneva, who brought common sense to the wits, real enjoyment to the high living, the simplicity of nature to erring art, the consolation of revelation to the sceptics, with manly eloquence" The landscape garden of Woerlitz includes all elements of the surroundings: fields, meadows, cattle. The garden was explicitly open to everybody. Woerlitz lies in 11 mile distance from Dessau. you can hike or cycle through the garden kingdom. On Wednesdays, weekends and bank holidays the Dessau-Woerlitz Railways takes you from Dessau station via the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve to Oranienbaum and Woerlitz. There is a bus service during the rest of the week. You can stay over night in Woerlitz: In the village you find many hotels and restaurants. On summer weekends there are concerts on the Woerlitz lake. top of page << |
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