Bauhaus and its sites in Dessau in Saxony-Anhalt

Dessau in Saxony-Anhalt is the city with the largest number of original Bauhaus buildings in the world. After the First World War, a new era begins in Saxony-Anhalt, marked by modern housing, experimental art and reformed schools. Radical innovations in architecture, art and design were being developed at the Bauhaus in Dessau. The Bauhaus was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar on April12, 1919. He made his project a reality with his designs for the Bauhaus in Dessau and the Master Houses. To this day, the buildings are seen as key works in European Modernism that set the trend for the Neues Bauen architectural movement. They are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, along with the Houses with Balcony Access, which are prime examples of the development of twentieth-century social housing.
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