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Park in Woerlitz
N 51°50.76', E 12°25.283'
2019-08-23
https://www.gartenreich.de/en/
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The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (Gartenreich) is a fairly large park complex in Saxony-Anhalt, a UNESCO cultural heritage site. It includes about a dozen different palaces and parks around the city of Dessau-Roßlau. This article is about the pearl of the complex - a park in the town of Wörlitz .
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
The park was founded in 1769 - 1773 and became one of the first English-style gardens on the continent. What is very unusual for its time, it was originally planned as an open park, where visitors can study architecture, gardening and agriculture. Actually, now you can walk in the park at any time, admission is free. Get ready to walk a lot, only a sightseeing trail around the lakes is about 10 kilometers.
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
In 1774, one of the first neo-Gothic buildings in Europe appeared in the park.
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Peacocks live here
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
In 1773, a palace was built in the park, the residence of Prince Leopold III (Friedrich Franz von Anhalt Dessau), who founded the park. It was the first building in the neoclassical style in modern Germany.
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Louise, the wife of Prince, had her own residence, which was called the Gray House (Graues Haus). In the next photo, it can be seen to the left of the cathedral. The building is so unremarkable that I did not even photograph it.
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
The neo-Gothic church of St. Peter was completed in 1809.
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
In 1790, a synagogue (Wörlitz Synagogue) was built on the lake. Prince Leopold was an admirer of the Enlightenment and thus showed a tolerant attitude to different religions and architectural styles. For patronage of the sciences and the arts, as well as religious tolerance for Jews, the prince enjoyed great authority in Germany.
Wörlitz Synagogue ©Yuriy Buriak
The synagogue survived Kristallnacht, the Jewish pogroms that Hitler organized from November 9 to 10, 1938. It was rescued by the park ranger, who lost his job afterwards.
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
An unusual structure is located at the eastern end of the lake. If I give you 100 attempts to guess what it is, I think you can’t do it.
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Artificial Volcano (Vesuv von Wörlitz) ©Yuriy Buriak
We were sure that it was just a grott. But it turned out that this is an artificial volcano, the only one in Europe. It was built by Leopold under the impression of the volcano Vesuvius, which he saw in Naples.
Villa Hamilton ©Yuriy Buriak
The volcano still operates today. In August, during the festival, it is launched for the audience. Here is a video from 2019.
VIDEO
We were in the park during the festival, though we did not know about the volcano. Please note that viewers are sitting on boats and move from performance to performance.
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
The park also has replicas of Roman temples and buildings of other eras.
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
Park in Wörlitz ©Yuriy Buriak
To take evening and morning photos, we specially spent the night in the park, in the hotel Zum Gondoliere (booking.com ).
Wörlitz Park map ©Yuriy Buriak
Getting there: parking N 51 50.661 E 12 24.894 . The Wörlitz train station is 1 km from the park. The bus stop Wörlitz Neue Reihe, Oranienbaum-Wörlitz is closer, use bahn.de .
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Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Our rating - 8.00
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
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Visitor's rating - 0.00
Location : ------------ 1 - Far beyond the settlements, you must spend minimum a day 2 - Near the small town, you need to walk long distance 3 - Can be reached only by car 4 - A small town with a poor public transport 5 - Outside the settlements, but with excellent transport links 6 - A small town with excellent transport links 7 - Medium-size city 8 - Suburb of the capital or major city, the ability to reach by public transport 9 - Big city 10 - Capital
Impressions : ------------ 1 - No point in visiting 2 - Boring, wasted time 3 - You can visit, if you have a lot of free time and nothing better to do 4 - A lot of things, but not so interesting 5 - It seems to be interesting, but hard way to spoil the impression 6 - There is something interesting, but the rest is not worth the attention 7 - Probably interesting, but for everybody 8 - Very cool, but difficult to see everything and long-distance trails 9 - Very cool, but there are similar facilities in other locations 10 - Very cool, this is not anywhere else
Number of tourists (weekend afternoon) : ------------ 1 - Crowds, impossible to see everything normally 2 - A lot of tourists, a long wait 3 - A lot of tourists, the organization is lame 4 - A lot of tourists, but good organization 5 - There are many tourists, but they are concentrated in one place and you can walk freely 6 - Many tourists everywhere, but the large space is compensated 7 - The average number of tourists. To photograph, you must wait 8 - Tourists are, but they do not interfere 9 - There are few tourists 10 - You are alone
State : ------------ 1 - Only title left 2 - Dull ruins 3 - On restoration 4 - The picturesque ruins 5 - Have not been restored, the state is poor 6 - Partially destroyed, but the rest of the normal state 7 - Have not been restored, good condition 8 - OK, but it is possible to make better 9 - Looks good from the outside, partial repair inside or without repair 10 - In excellent condition, well-groomed area
Picturesque (for the photographer) : ------------ 1 - - 2 - - 3 - Horrible background, normal pictures only from the top 4 - wires and cars do not allow make normal photo 5 - Interfere with foreign objects 6 - In the city, but more or less normal photo can be made 7 - Beautiful, but you can take pictures with just one point 8 - Very nice, but you can only shoot at a certain time 9 - Very nice, but hard to get to the good weather or permanently interfere with tourists 10 - Very nice, but occasionally interferes with the weather or tourists
* - Note: Description of the evaluation is not always appropriate for a particular object, it's just a little help