Dessau

Dessau is a district of the independent city Dessau Rosslau in Saxony Anhalt. By July 1, 2007 Dessau changed into a county stage city. The former Dessau turned into, measured by using the wide variety of inhabitants, to Halle and Magdeburg Saxony Anhalt's third biggest cities in terms of region the second biggest and one among 3 most important centers of the country.

The nearest primary towns are Halle, approximately 40 km southwest, Leipzig, approximately 52 km south, and Magdeburg, approximately 65 km northwest. Dessau was historically the capital and residence of the duchy, later Duchy of Anhalt Dessau and Anhalt. Established as a buying and selling post at the intersection of alternate routes at the Mulde near its mouth within the Elbe on the cease of the 12th century, Dessau turned into first documented in 1213. The trading branch developed right into a farmer town. Castle of the Ascanians, Dessau 1470 changed into the permanent house of the princes of Anhalt Dessau and Anhalt. The conversion of the fort right into a citadel and the extension of the Marienkirche had been the primary constructing sports of the princes to improve the house.