Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz

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The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz is an extensive 18th-century landscape park and cultural ensemble in Germany, renowned as one of the earliest and most significant examples of Enlightenment-era landscape design in Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
cultural landscape
landscape park
architecturalStyle English landscape garden
Enlightenment landscape design
area 14200 hectares
bufferZoneArea 8690 hectares
builtDuring 18th century
contains agricultural landscapes
artificial islands
bridges
canals
follies
gardens
meadows
palaces
pavilions
temples
water features
woodlands
country Germany
creator Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
foundedBy Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
governingBody Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz
hasPart Georgium
Grosskühnau
Kühnauer Park
Luisium
Mosigkau Palace and Park
Oranienbaum (Lomonosov) palace-and-park ensemble
surface form: Oranienbaum Palace and Park

Sieglitzer Berg
Wörlitz Palace
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wörlitz Park
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
inception 1765
influencedBy English landscape garden movement
Enlightenment philosophy
inscriptionYear 2000
locatedIn Coswig (Anhalt)
Dessau
surface form: Dessau-Roßlau

Oranienbaum
Saxony-Anhalt
Wörlitz
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedNear Dessau
Wittenberg
locatedOn left bank of the Elbe
mainDesigner Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff
notableFor combination of ornamental and productive land use
early example of landscape gardening in continental Europe
integration of art, education, and landscape design
symbolic references to Enlightenment ideals
officialWebsite https://www.gartenreich.de
partOf Anhalt-Dessau cultural heritage
Elbe River landscape
significantPeriod Age of Enlightenment
touristAttraction yes
UNESCOcriteria (ii)
(iv)
UNESCOregion Europe and North America
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 534

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Saxony-Anhalt hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
City of Dessau-Roßlau hasHeritageSite Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
subject surface form: Dessau-Roßlau
this entity surface form: Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm
City of Dessau-Roßlau heritageDesignation Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
subject surface form: Dessau-Roßlau
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz)
City of Dessau-Roßlau hasLandmark Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
subject surface form: Dessau-Roßlau
this entity surface form: Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm
Schloss Oranienbaum partOf Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
this entity surface form: Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm
Schloss Oranienbaum partOf Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm
Dessau hasHeritageSite Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
Dessau hasLandmark Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
this entity surface form: Wörlitz Park
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz hasPart Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Wörlitz Park
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz governingBody Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz
Wörlitz knownFor Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
this entity surface form: Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm
Wörlitz partOf Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
this entity surface form: Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm
Wörlitz hasAttraction Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
this entity surface form: Wörlitz Park
Wörlitz partOf Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
this entity surface form: Dessau-Wörlitz Cultural Landscape