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Dessau

Dessau

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The name "Dessau" is known to students of modern architecture because in 1925–26 the architect Walter Gropius set up his highly influential Bauhaus school of design here. Gropius hoped to replace the dark and inhumane tenement architecture of the 1800s with standardized yet spacious and bright apartments. His ideas and methods were used in building 316 villas in the city's Törten neighborhood in the 1920s.

Architectural styles that would influence the appearance of such cities as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco were conceived in the Bauhaus Building. The architecture school is still operating, and the building can be visited. Other structures designed by Gropius and the Bauhaus architects, among them the Meisterhäuser, are open for inspection

The Bauhaus isn't the only show in town. Professor Hugo Junkers was one of the most famous engineers-cum-inventors of the 20th century, and his factories were at the forefront of innovation in aircraft and industrial design until they were expropriated by the Nazis in 1933. The star of the Technikmuseum Hugo Junkers (Hugo Junkers Technical Museum) is a completely restored JU-52/3—the ubiquitous German passenger airplane transformed into military transport. The museum also houses a fascinating collection of industrial equipment, machinery, engines, and the original Junkers wind tunnel

For a contrast to the no-nonsense Bauhaus architecture, we’ll also explore downtown Dessau's older buildings, including the Dutch-baroque Georgkirche (St. George's Church) , built in 1712.

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