Dessau
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| Dessau | |
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| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
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| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Urban district |
| Lord Mayor | Klemens Koschig |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 244.62 km² (94.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Population | 91,243 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 373 /km² (966 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | DE |
| Postal codes | 06811-06849 06861 06862 |
| Area codes | 0340 (Dessau) 034901(Roßlau) |
| Website | www.dessau.de |
Dessau is a town in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. The next larger cities are Halle (Saale), about 40 km southwest, Leipzig, about 52 km south and Magdeburg, about 54 km northwest. The city became well known for its college of architecture Bauhaus (Architecture House or Building House related to the German verb for "build") founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. Since July 2007 it is called Dessau-Roßlau.
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 Position of Dessau in Germany |
 main building of the Bauhaus in Dessau (2003) |
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| Urban districts | Dessau-Roßlau · Halle · Magdeburg |
| Rural districts | Altmarkkreis Salzwedel · Anhalt-Bitterfeld · Börde · Burgenlandkreis · Harz · Jerichower Land · Mansfeld-Südharz · Saalekreis · Salzlandkreis · Stendal · Wittenberg |
| Former districts | Anhalt-Zerbst · Aschersleben-Staßfurt · Bernburg · Bitterfeld · Bördekreis · Burgenlandkreis · Halberstadt · Köthen · Mansfelder Land · Merseburg-Querfurt · Ohrekreis · Quedlinburg · Saalkreis · Sangerhausen · Schönebeck · Weißenfels · Wernigerode |
