Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
Also known as Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, Dessau-Wörlitzer Gartenreich, Jardins de Dessau-Wörlitz, Le royaume des jardins de Dessau-Worlitz, Le royaume des jardins de Dessau-Wörlitz, Royaume des jardins Dessau-WÖrlitz
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Germany
Inscribed
2000
Area
14,500 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz is about 55 km south-east of Magdeburg. The nearest other World Heritage site is Luther Memorials, about 25 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Magdeburg · about 230,000 peopleabout 55 km north-west
- Leipzig · about 543,000 peopleabout 60 km south
- Potsdam · about 218,000 peopleabout 80 km north-east
- Berlin · about 3,406,000 peopleabout 110 km north-east
- Gera · about 105,000 peopleabout 110 km south
- Jena · about 105,000 peopleabout 110 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
GermanyCultural26 km away
GermanyCultural78 km away
GermanyCultural79 km away
GermanyCultural103 km away
GermanyCultural105 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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