Siedlung Törten, Dessau

Lonely PlanetSep 20

Enjoy a long weekend in Dessau and get up close and personal with iconic examples of the Bauhaus design movement that took the world by storm.

Working-class housing estate designed by Gropius.

11 things in this story

Bauhaus-Dessau MuseumMuseumRepository of 49,000 pieces, quintessential Bauhaus.
BauhausgebäudeSightMasterpiece of apparently unremarkable simplicity.
MeisterhäuserSightBauhaus show-houses built in honor of early proponents.
Siedlung TörtenNeighborhoodWorking-class housing estate designed by Gropius.
Bauhaus PrellerhausHotelFormer student quarters with shared bathrooms.
Appartements Am BauhausHotelSelf-catering apartments overlooking the Bauhausgebäude.
KornhausRestaurantBauhaus riverside showpiece designed by Carl Flieger.
GropiushausHotel
Haus FeiningerHotel
Haus Muche/SchlemmerHotel
Haus Kandinsky/KleeHotel

Siedlung Törten