Georgium

Palace and Park

In the Dessau Georgium, it is fascinating to see how cleverly an already existing floodplain forest, the so-called Beckerbruch, has been integrated into the English landscape park. In this way, excellent garden art and the wild nature of the Elbe meadows merge into a homogeneous unit. The heart of the complex is the classicist Georgium Palace, which rises like a silent sentinel from the green expanses and invites you to visit the art-historical treasures inside.

History

Connection between art and nature

Around 1780, an ambitious project began to blossom on the sandy fields and meadows northwest of the residential city of Dessau: the Georgium. It was Prince Johann Georg of Anhalt-Dessau, the younger brother of the visionary Prince Franz, who cherished and made the dream of this landscape park come true. Most of the buildings were designed by Friedrich Willhelm von Erdmannsdorff. From 1780/81 he also created the palace in the sense of an English country house – of classicist simplicity and elegance. In 1958, the collections of the Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie (Anhalt Picture Gallery) moved into the rooms and today give the former country house the function of a modern museum.

Come on in!

What to expect

Georgium Palace

Anhalt Picture Gallery

A true art treasure is presented here. Works by Dutch masters, the German Late Gothic and Renaissance, Dutch Mannerists, the Dutch and Flemish Baroque, German Classicism as well as an extensive graphic collection, Erdmannsdorff’s graphic estate and sheets of the Chalcographische Gesellschaft lead through the centuries. Impressive!

Opening hours 2024

Daily 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Closed on Tuesdays

Permanent Exhibition

The permanent exhibition of the painting collection is presented in more than 20 rooms on the two upper floors of Georgium Palace. For this purpose, about 250 paintings were selected, which, arranged according to epochs and themes, allow an artistic journey through time from the 15th to the 20th century, from the late Middle Ages to the modern age.

Special Exhibitions

Child’s heads. Children’s portraits from the Baroque to the Romantic period
1 September to 1 December 2024

The selection of outstanding portraits of children from the Baroque to the Romantic period, from Anthony van Dyck to Philipp Otto Runge, compiled in this exhibition, takes us back to a time when the ideas of the Enlightenment significantly changed not only the image of childhood, but also the genre of the portrait of children.

Contact

Stadt Dessau-Roßlau
Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie Dessau
Puschkinallee 100
06846 Dessau
Tel. +49 (0) 340 66 12 600
gemaeldegalerie@dessau-rosslau.de

Stroll and enjoy

Georgengarten and Beckerbruch

The Georgengarten at the palace with its gently curved paths merges seamlessly into the extensive Beckerbruch. On 97 hectares, a landscape stretches all the way to the Elbe, which holds architectural gems and sculptural works of art at every corner. Here, where nature and art meet in an intimate embrace.

Opening hours 2024

The park is open all year round and is freely accessible.

In the event of weather events, closures may take place at short notice. There is a limited winter service.

Contact

Stadt Dessau-Roßlau
Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie Dessau
Puschkinallee 100
06846 Dessau
Tel. +49 (0) 340 66 12 600
gemaeldegalerie@dessau-rosslau.de

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    Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz

    Touristinformation

    in the kitchen building at Wörlitz Palace
    Kirchgasse 35, D-06785 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz
    Phone +49 (0) 3 49 05.3 10 09
    info@welterbe-gartenreich.de
    www.welterbe-gartenreich.de

    Opening hours 2024

    January to 15 March, November, December:
    Monday to Friday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m

    . March 16 to October 31:
    Monday to Thursday, Sunday 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    Friday and Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.