The Wörlitzer Park is the most well-known part of the Garden Kingdom that Leopold III. Friedrich Franz Duke of Anhalt-Dessau created. You can explore the extensive grounds, which are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, on foot or by gondola and discover the botanical diversity of this very natural-looking park landscape.
Wörlitzer Park is part of the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Kingdom, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
The location
The park is directly adjacent to the town of Oranienbaum-Wörlitz. This is located in the center of Saxony-Anhalt in the district of Wittenberg.
Visitor Information
The park is freely accessible and open all year round.
Fees vary for guided tours of the park, exhibitions and visits to the historic buildings.
Story:
The Wörlitzer Park is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Dessau-Wörlitzer-Gartenreich”. The park was created in the second half of the 18th century under the reign of Prince Leopold III. Friedrich Franz Duke of Anhalt Dessau created. The 112.5 hectare gardens are considered to be one of the first and largest English-style landscape parks. At the same time, the facility pursued an educational mission and was intended to provide information about architecture, garden art and agriculture.
The extensive park is extremely well preserved overall and was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 as part of the Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Kingdom.
description
The Wörlitzer Park is almost exclusively surrounded by natural boundaries. In the north, a flood protection wall separates it from the Elbe, which is very wide at this point. At the same time, it serves as a perimeter path from which you can enjoy many of the classic lines of sight, for example to the castle, as well as unique views over the complex.
The park itself is divided into different parts. Listing all of them would lead too far in this article, so we would like to limit ourselves to the most important ones:
- Neumark's Garden: This was created by one of the two most important gardeners of the complex, Johann Christian Neumark. There is also a labyrinth that symbolizes the wrong turns of life.
- Schoch's Garden: This is the part created by the second important gardener of the park: Johann Leopold Ludwig Schoch the Elder. It contains, among other things, the Gothic House and the White Bridge.
- Romantic section: This was created between 1780 and 1790. Small, tunnel-like corridors lead to lovingly designed, secluded scenes such as the hermit's prayer area or the grottos under the Venus temple.
- Luisenklippe: It gives the impression of a precipitously rising rock, which you can climb using steps carved into the stone.
- New complex: These were created from 1790 and extend the English Garden along the Elbe Wall to the east. It includes agricultural areas to a larger extent and thus appears very generous.
tips
There are a total of 17 bridges in the park, each built in a different style and with its own meaning. They offer extremely attractive views.