Dessau
Population of Dessau proper: 77,973 (June 2006). Dessau is situated on a floodplain where the Mulde flows into the Elbe. The Head of the Town called Schultheiss was constituted by the Earl.The public transport is organized by a company named “DVG”, every year they transport around 6 million people. Dessau has a main train station with connections to Magdeburg, Berlin, Leipzig, Halle, Bitterfeld and Lutherstadt Wittenberg. The Hugo Junkers Technical Museum is situated in the neighbourhood (directly east) of the airfield, which has the eastern end of the modern runway almost directly abutting the historical World War II Junkers factory airstrip s western end. Today the “Leopoldshafen” (harbour) is used for the annual international motorboat racings.
The Dessau-Wörlitzer-Eisenbahn (railroad) connects Dessau to Wörlitz, a town situated 15 km to the east, and the Wörlitzer Park. The Schultheiss of Dessau changed nearly every year until the Town Council Constitution was cancelled in 1832.
Since the German reunification this committee is elected free. The worst flood took place in the year 2002, when the Waldersee district was nearly completely flooded.
The next harbour for goods is situated in Rosslau. Dessau is perfectly appropriated for biking. In 1863 two of the noble line died out, and became reunited. Dessau is famous for its college of architecture Bauhaus.
The Mayor is directly elected by the people since 1994. Consists of the following parties: (Local Elections from April 22 2007) Dessau is part of the EU-URBAN programme. Since 1 July 2007, it is part of the merged town Dessau-Roßlau.
The Bauhaus College itself was constructed after drafts by Walter Gropius. Dessau owns a tramway system with three lines and several buses with numerous lines. There are several projects in Dessau sponsored via this subsidy. .
Dessau became the capital of this state within the Holy Roman Empire. Next to the traditional sports, Dessau has active sport clubs in the following disciplines: aikido, badminton, basketball, canoeing, chess, climbing, cycling, dancing, fishing, horse riding, karate, judo, ju-jutsu, motorboat, rowing, speedskating, sailing, skittles, skydiving, squash, swimming, water polo, wrestling and a few more. The borough of Dessau is mentioned first in 1372.
The runway has a length of 1000m. The Dessau-Bitterfeld line, opened in the year 1911, was the first fully electrified railroad.
The two exits to Dessau on the A9 are called Dessau-Ost and Dessau-Süd . The handball team played in the GDR Oberliga and since 1990 they are playing in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga .
Since 1852 the Head of the Town is called Mayor. The highest elevation is a 110m high former rubbish dump called Scherbelberg in the southwest of Dessau.
This train also stops at the stations Dessau-Waldersee and Dessau-Adria. In 1938 the autobahn A9 (Munich-Berlin) was built southeast of the town area. The former soccer team SG Waggonbau Dessau won the GDR soccer cup in 1949.
Regional trains also stop at the stations Dessau-Süd, Dessau-Alten, Dessau-Mosigkau and Rodleben. Dessau is also crossed by the Bundesstrassen (federal roads) B 184 and B 185. The airfield of Dessau is situated northwest of the town between the districts Kleinkühnau, Alten and Siedlung.
Since German reunification in 1990 many historic buildings have been restored. The composer Kurt Weill was born in Dessau. The Town Council Constitution was elected by the people.
Dessau was part of the InterCity long distance network until the year 2002. The south of Dessau touches a well-wooded area called Mosigkauer Heide.
Actually Dessau has around 80 sport clubs with over 13.500 members. A destination with a charter airplane is possible.
Dessau was connected to the railroad in 1840. It became an important centre in 1570, when the principality of Anhalt was founded.
And since 1994 it s called Stadtrat (Town Council). It moved here in 1925 after it had been forced to close in Weimar.
The Nazis forced the closure of the Bauhaus in 1931, and it was not reopened until 1986. The city was almost completely destroyed by Allied air raids in World War II on March 7, 1945 - just a few days before American troops occupied the town. Afterwards Dessau became a Town Council and a Town Delegation Constitution.
This causes yearly floods. During the National Socialism the Mayor was constituted by the party (NSDAP).
Dessau was also the birthplace of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (in 1729), and Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (der alte Dessauer), a lauded field marshal for the Kingdom of Prussia. There are several examples of Bauhaus architecture in Dessau, some of them included in the UNESCO World Heritage. Anhalt was dissolved In 1603 it was split into four – later five –Anhalts, Dessau becoming the capital of the mini-state of Anhalt-Dessau until 1918.
Afterwards it was rebuilt with typical GDR concrete slab architecture and became a major industrial centre of East Germany. This programme is based on the integrated approach that is used for tackling the environmental, economical and social problems, affecting the deprived urban areas.
After the 2nd World War the Soviets formed an Executiv Council with a Mayor. The bike roads have a length of about 146 km and guide you to all the parks and sights. Sports like soccer, cycling, handball, volleyball, gymnastics, table tennis and tennis have a long tradition and are very popular in Dessau.
As of 1372 the Town Council was divided in 2 agencies. Since 1993 the city has hosted an annual Kurt Weill Festival.
The “Wallwitzhafen” is used as a private sportboat harbour and the “Elbehafen” near the Grain House is used for cruisers. Starting point of this railroad is the main train station.
Together with a few assessors the Schultheiss formed the Town Council. Many famous artists were lecturers in Dessau in the following years, among them Walter Gropius, Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky.
Dessau is surrounded by numerous parks and palaces that ranks Dessau as one of the greenest towns in Germany. Dessau was first mentioned in 1213. Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt.
As of 1600 in three agencies and as of 1785 again in two agencies.
