HERITAGE RECORD · 534

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz

德绍－沃尔利茨园林王国

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz is an exceptional example of landscape design and planning of the Age of the Enlightenment, the 18th century. Its diverse components - outstanding buildings, landscaped parks and gardens in the English style, and subtly modified expanses of agricultural land - serve aesthetic, educational, and economic purposes in an exemplary manner.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ157543 ↗

Inception1780

Area14500 ha

Administrative areaQ1206

ArchitectQ66929

WikipediaDessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm ↗

Chinese Wikipedia德紹-沃利茨園林王國 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

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