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Dessau, city (1994 pop. 93,290), Saxony-Anhalt, E Germany, at the confluence of the Elbe and Mulde rivers. It is an industrial city, river port, and rail and road transport center. Before World War II it was the site of a large aircraft factory. Present industries include a shipyard, armaments, and vehicle, machinery, and chemical works. Dessau was first known as a German settlement in 1213. In 1603 it became the residence of the line of Anhalt Anhalt (än`hält), former state, c. ..... Click the link for more information. -Dessau. From 1925 to 1932 it was the seat of the Bauhaus art school, headed by Walter Gropius and widely regarded as the most significant art school in the 20th cent.; the school was converted into a museum in 1977. The city was severely damaged in World War II. The Marienkirche in Dessau, a 16th-century church, has an altarpiece by Lucas Cranach, the younger. The philosopher Moses Mendelssohn Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729–86, German-Jewish philosopher; grandfather of Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn . He was a leader in the movement for cultural assimilation. ..... Click the link for more information. was born (1729) in Dessau. Dessau an industrial city in E Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: capital of Anhalt state from 1340 to 1918. Pop.: 78 380 (2003 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This volume represents the results of two 1994 conferences, one in Dessau, Germany, and the other in Belt Berl, Israel, in honor of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the foundation of the Bauhaus and the transmission of part of its heritage to Israel. Before her marriage, she studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany, and art schools in Dusseldorf and Berlin. The same strategy was also pursued by the city of Dessau, Germany where we are delivering vehicles of the same family. |
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