Park Wörlitz
An impressive English-style landscaped park
“Here is now infinitely beautiful. […] The bush is in its most beautiful youth, and the whole thing has the purest loveliness …”, wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1778 about the then completely new Wörlitzer Park. Visitors to the unique landscape park are as enthusiastic as the poet prince to this day.
Further classicist and neo-Gothic buildings follow, making Park Wörlitz the showpiece of a comprehensive program to improve and beautify life. In the spirit of the Enlightenment, this idea radiates from the laboratory of the small Principality of Anhalt-Dessau to the whole of Europe. Soon Park Wörlitz became a pilgrimage destination and a role model to emulate. Prince Franz created his own England here on 700 square kilometers – as an alternative to militaristic Prussia.
The starting point for the architecture of the Wörlitz Park, which the prince conceived with the architect Erdmannsdorff, a friend of his, and the gardeners Eyserbeck and Schoch, was the “English Seat”. The park, which was created over the course of 35 years, not only included gardens and buildings, but was associated with fruit growing, agriculture and cattle breeding.
The useful and the pleasant should come together here.
Behind this is the Enlightenment educational goal of Prince Franz, to open the facilities to all citizens from the very beginning. That has remained the case to this day. In the sense of a miniature world with 17 bridges from all over the world, delightful garden paintings, temples, caves and other architectures, the park invites you to travel back in time. The five garden parts are connected by a sophisticated system of visual relationships, paths and canals. At the beginning and end of the visual axes are buildings, sculptures and plantings. Meaningful and unerring, the view is directed into the distance. The garden and building are maintained, renovated and restored to this day.
April
on the hour 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
May to September
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
October
on the hour 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Adults € 12.00
Reduced € 10.00
Children and pupils € 3.00
Dog € 2.00
Discounts
for groups of 15 people or more
Students up to 25 years, trainees, unemployed, severely disabled (accompanying person free), holders of volunteer cards of the city of Dessau-Roßlau
May to September
Mon–Fri 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
€ 150.00/hour (max. 12 persons per gondola)
each additional hour € 110.00
plus price for coffee set, food, drinks
By appointment only!
Evening gondola ride on Lake Wörlitz and canals with elegant Italian dinner on the water
Start 6:00 p.m. (two hours), ticket price per person: € 72.00
Dates 2024
June 26; 02, 04, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25 July;
01, 06, 13, 20, 22, 27, 29 August 2024
Booking at www.abendgondelfahrt.de
Synagogue–Weidenheger
March
Sat, Sun 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
April, October
daily 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
May to September
daily 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Neumarks Garten–Roseninsel–Schochs Garten
April, October
daily 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
May to September
daily 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Schlossgarten–Neumarks Garten
April, October
Sat, Sun, public holidays 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
May to September
daily 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Normal price:
Per person per crossing € 1.00
Reduced € 0.50
Children and pupils € 0.50
Day ticket:
Per person € 3.00
Children and pupils € 1.50
Highlights
World and time travel in miniature
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Public guided park tours take place daily at 1:00 p.m. from April to October.
Meeting point at the summer dining room of the Küchengebäude, palace side
Duration 2 to 2.5 hours
Adults: € 11.00
Gäste mit Kurkarte: 10,00 €
ermäßigt: 5,50 €
Children up to 16 years free of charge
Duration: 1 hour (only palace garden)
Package price up to 15 people: € 75.00
each additional person: € 5.00
reduced: € 2.00
Duration: 2 hours (recommended)
Package price up to 15 people: € 105.00
each additional person: € 7.00
reduced: € 3.00
(plus € 1.00 per person ferry crossing)
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