• Wörlitzer Park, Venustempel
  • Wörlitzer Park, Hornzackenbrücke
  • Wörlitzer Park, Weiße Brücke
  • Wörlitzer Park, Balzender Pfau

Wörlitz

An impressive English-style landscaped park

„Here is now infinitely beautiful. […] The bushes are in their most beautiful youth, and the whole has the purest loveliness...”, wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1778 about the then new Wörlitz Park. To this day, guests of the unique landscape park are as enthusiastic as the prince of poets.

  • Wörlitzer Park, Balzender Pfau
  • Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe
History

The earliest of its kind

After a trip to England, Prince Leopold III Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau began to reshape his principality in 1765 and to a certain extent created his own England there. The Wörlitzer Park is the start and highlight of this project. It is the first English landscape park to be created on the European mainland – and to this day it is a true masterpiece of garden art!

Wörlitz Park combines the prince’s intentions to beautify his country, to educate his people and to combine the useful with the beautiful. What does that mean? Stay tuned!

Highlights

World and time travel in miniature

The first neoclassical palace and the first neo-Gothic building in Germany, Europe’s only artificial volcano, a stone labyrinth, 17 different bridges, numerous temples, grottos and caves, islands, ancient sculptures, special plants and constantly new surprising visual axes – Wörlitz Park has all kinds of great things to offer. What you should not miss with such an abundance of attractions:

    What's special

    Gondola rides

    A trip across Lake Wörlitz and through the canals, as experienced by Prince Franz, is still one of the most beautiful ways to enjoy the constantly changing garden images of the landscape park.

    Travel times 2025

    April 2025
    Daily on the hour 11:00-15:00

    May to September 2025
    Daily 10:00-17:00

    October to November 2, 2025
    Daily on the hour 11:00-15:00

    Prices

    Adults € 12.00
    reduced € 10.00
    Children and pupils € 3.00
    Dog € 2.00

    Discounts for groups of 15 or more
    Students up to 25 years, trainees, unemployed, severely disabled (accompanying person free), holders of honorary cards of the city of Dessau-Roßlau

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    Special gondola rides

    May to September
    Mon-Fri 10:00-20:00

    150.00 €/hour (max. 12 people per gondola)
    each additional hour € 110.00
    plus price for coffee set, food, drinks

    By appointment only!

    Inquire

    Evening gondola rides

    Evening gondola cruise on Lake Wörlitz and the canals with an elegant Italian dinner on the water

    Start time 18:00 (two hours), ticket price per person: € 72.00

    Dates 2024
    June 26; July 02, 04, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25;
    August 01, 06, 13, 20, 22, 27, 29 2024

    Booking at www.abendgondelfahrt.de

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    To new shores

    Ferries

    The passenger ferries make it possible to let your gaze wander far over the water and shorten your way through the park as you wish. Ideal for all guests who are not so good on foot.

    Amtsfähre

    Synagogue–Weidenheger

    March 2025
    Sat, Sun 12:00-17:00

    April 2025
    daily 11:00-17:00

    May to September 2025
    daily 10:00-18:30

    October to November 2, 2025
    daily 11:00-17:00

    Roseninselfähren

    Neumarks Garten-Roseninsel-Schochs Garten

    April and October to November 2, 2025
    daily 11:00-17:00

    May to September 2025
    daily 10:00-18:00

    Teelaubenfähre

    Schlossgarten-Neumarks Garten

    April and October to November 2, 2025
    Sat, Sun, public holidays 11:00-17:00

    May to September 2025
    daily 10:00-18:00

    Prices

    One-way ticket € 1.00
    reduced € 0.50

    Day ticket € 3.00
    reduced € 1.50

    Guided tours

    Immerse yourself in the story(s)

    Public

    Public guided tours

    Numerous stories are hidden in the artfully designed landscape of the park and are waiting to be told and heard. That’s why we recommend all guests to take part in a guided tour. Be inspired!

    Wörlitzer Park, Muschelnymphe

    Dates 2025

    Public guided tours of the park take place daily from April to October at 13:00.

    Meeting point at the summer dining room of the kitchen building, castle side
    Duration 2 to 2.5 hours

    Prices

    Adults: € 11.00
    Guests with a spa card: € 10.00
    Reduced: € 5.50

    Children up to 16 years free of charge

    Tickets

    Tickets are available at the Tourist information office in the Küchengebäude at Schloss Wörlitz, on +49 (0) 3 49 05.3 10 09 or online

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    Guided tours for groups

    You are welcome to book group tours in Wörlitzer Park with us. And we also have very special themed tours ready for your group trip: How about a literary walk in the footsteps of the great poet Goethe?

    Wörlitzer Park, Muschelnymphe

    Group tour Wörlitz Park

    Duration: 2 hours (recommended)
    Package price up to 15 people: € 105.00
    Each additional person: € 7.00
    Reduced: € 3.00
    (plus € 1.00 per person ferry crossing)

    Duration: 1 hour (castle garden only)
    Package price up to 15 people: € 75.00
    Each additional person: € 5.00
    Reduced: € 2.00

    Themed tours

    Depending on the area of interest of your travel group, our special themed tours could be suitable for you. Browse through the offers that we have lovingly put together for you.

    To the list of themed tours and day programs for groups

    Foreign languages

    Guided tours in English and French are also available by prior arrangement.

    Inquiry

    You can find out more at the Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz Tourist Information in the kitchen building at Wörlitz Palace, on +49 (0) 3 49 05.3 10 09 or via the contact form:

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    Through the park via app

    Actionbound

    The Park Wörlitz can be explored in a playful way with the Actionbound app. Active and tricky tasks make a visit to the park a fun and informative experience for young and old. Three themed routes are available: through the palace garden, through Schoch’s garden and a bridge bound.

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      Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz

      Touristinformation

      in the kitchen building at Wörlitz Castle
      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 2025

      January to March 21, November, December:
      Monday to Friday 9:30 am to 4:00 pm

      22. March to October 31:
      Monday to Thursday, Sunday 9:30 am to 4:00 pm
      Friday and Saturday 9:30 am to 5:00 pm