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DESSAU , a See also:

town of See also:Germany, See also:capital of the duchy of See also:Anhalt, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Mulde, 2 M. from its confluence with the See also:Elbe, 67 m. S.W. from See also:Berlin and at the junction of lines to CSthen and See also:Zerbst. Pop. (1905) 55,134. Apart from the old See also:quarter lying on the Mulde, the town is well built, is surrounded by pleasant gardens and contains many handsome streets and spacious squares. Among the latter is the See also:Grosse Markt with a statue of See also:Prince See also:Leopold I. of Anhalt-Dessau, " the old Dessauer." Of the six churches, the Schlosskirche, adorned with paintings by See also:Lucas See also:Cranach, in one of which (" The Last Supper ") are portraits of several reformers, is the most interesting. The ducal See also:palace, See also:standing in extensive grounds, contains a collection of See also:historical curiosities and a See also:gallery of pictures, which includes See also:works by See also:Cimabue, See also:Lippi,See also:Rubens,See also:Titian and See also:Van Dyck. Among other buildings are the town See also:hall (built 1899-1900), the palace of the hereditary prince, the See also:theatre, the See also:administration offices, the See also:law courts, the Amalienstift, with a picture gallery, several high-grade See also:schools, a library of 30,000 volumes and an excellently appointed See also:hospital. There are monuments to the philosopher See also:Moses Mendelssohn (See also:born here in 1729), to the poet Wilhelm See also:Muller, See also:father of See also:Professor Max Muller, also a native of the See also:place, to the See also:emperor See also:William I., and an See also:obelisk commemorating the See also:war of 1870-71. The See also:industries of Dessau include the See also:production of See also:sugar, which is the See also:chief manufacture, woollen, See also:linen and See also:cotton goods, carpets, hats, See also:leather, See also:tobacco and musical See also:instruments. There is also a considerable See also:trade in See also:corn and See also:garden produce. In the environs are the ducal villas of Georgium and Luisium, the gardens of which, as well as those of the neighbouring town of Worlitz, are much admired.

Dessau was probably founded by See also:

Albert the See also:Bear; it had attained civic rights as See also:early as 1213. It first began to grow into importance at the See also:close of the 17th See also:century, in consequence of the religious emancipation of the See also:Jews in 1686, and of the See also:Lutherans in 1697. See Wurdig, Chronik der Stadt Dessau (Dessau, 1876).

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