Dessau

Dessau is a district of the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. Until 1 July 2007, it was an independent city. Wikipedia

Population 83,616 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Daylight 7 h 49 in Dec, dark by 16:00 · 16 h 40 in Jun
  1. January: 8 h 17 of daylight
  2. February: 9 h 58 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 48 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 52 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h 38 of daylight
  6. June: 16 h 40 of daylight
  7. July: 16 h 15 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 41 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 42 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 44 of daylight
  11. November: 8 h 52 of daylight
  12. December: 7 h 49 of daylight
Tourist office · 440 m Tourist-Information Dessau

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Kurt-Weill-Fest

    February – March

    Kurt-Weill-Fest annual culture festival honouring the German-American composer Kurt Weill (1900–1950), a native of Dessau, in late-February to mid-March every year

1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Dessau); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Schloßplatz

    1. Monday: 24 hours
    2. Tuesday: 24 hours
    3. Wednesday: 24 hours
    4. Thursday: 24 hours
    5. Friday: 24 hours
    6. Saturday: 24 hours
    7. Sunday: 24 hours

    24 hours

    390 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 15 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Dessau Hauptbahnhof 1.2 km, Dessau-Waldersee 2.0 km, Dessau Süd 3.2 km, Dessau-Alten 3.5 km, Dessau Adria 5.0 km, Roßlau (Elbe) 5.9 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.