Why this ride
87 km from Dessau to Dessau, about 1 h 35 of riding. On the way it passes Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz, The Castle Church and back through Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr. and The Castle Church starting at Dessau
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 87 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 35
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz → The Castle Church
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 20 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 23 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr.
Hannes Meyer, the second director of the Bauhaus, believed that architecture should serve the needs of the people, not the egos of architects, and the five apartment buildings he designed with Bauhaus students in Dessau-Törten in 1929 and 1930 are an expression of that belief. The Laubenganghäuser, houses with balcony access, are three-storey brick buildings with external walkways along the facades giving access to the apartments, a cheap and efficient way to provide affordable housing for workers. The buildings on Peterholzstraße were added to the UNESCO listing of the Bauhaus and its sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau in 2017.
Read the complete House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr. write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr. is where the day begins. Next is Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz.
2. Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
In the late eighteenth century, a small German principality decided to remake its entire landscape as a work of art. Prince Leopold III Friedrich Franz of Anhalt-Dessau, inspired by travels in England and by the ideas of the Enlightenment, created a vast network of parks, gardens, palaces and estates along the Elbe and Mulde rivers, combining beauty, education and agriculture. The result, the Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz, is one of the earliest and largest landscape gardens in continental Europe, and it was listed by UNESCO in 2000.
Read the complete Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz comes up about 21 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Castle Church.
3. The Castle Church
On 31 October 1517, according to tradition, a professor of theology named Martin Luther nailed a list of ninety five theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, challenging the sale of indulgences by the Catholic Church. Whether he actually used a hammer is debated by historians, but the theses spread rapidly across Germany and beyond, thanks to the printing press, and they sparked the Reformation, which transformed the religious, political and cultural life of Europe. The original wooden door was destroyed by fire in 1760, and in 1858 it was replaced by bronze doors bearing the text of the theses in Latin. Luther is buried inside the church, as is his friend and colleague Philipp Melanchthon.
Read the complete The Castle Church write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 44 km into the recorded legs you reach The Castle Church. Next is back through Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz.
4. back through Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz, late in the day. Next is House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr., 19 km on.
5. House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr. write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr.. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz to The Castle Church
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz → The Castle Church is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Castle Church to back through Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
The Castle Church → back through Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz to House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr.
back through Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz → House with Balcony access - Peterholzstr. is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.