Dessau calendar available

The Dessau Calendar 2023, the 67th volume of this local yearbook for Dessau-Roßlau and the surrounding area, was published in time for the beginning of December. It is published by the Dessau-Roßlau City Archive. The volume has 224 pages and contains 15 articles on a wide range of topics from the history and present of our city and region. As always, it is richly illustrated with 292 pictures.

Presentation of the calendar in the Old Water Tower

On 6 December at 7 p.m. it will be presented to the public at the Archivverbund Dessau (Alter Wasserturm, Heidestraße 21). Admission is free. As the number of places available is limited, registration is requested by e-mail at stadtarchiv@dessau-rosslau.de or by telephone on 0340/2041024. The event will take place in compliance with the rules of infection control then in force.

The Dessau Calendar 2023 includes the following contributions: Nikolaus Abramowitsch Putjatin in Dessau and Dresden | Großkühnau Palace – architectural research with the help of an architectural model from the Museum of City History Dessau | Berting Park or “Fliederwall” – Entree of the Wörlitz Gardens | On the 175th birthday of August Klughardt | Wiederaufbau. Rediscovery of a rare historical musical instrument | Short biographies of the Dessau theatre artists Erna Seremi, Irmgard Roloff, Emmy Prell and music director Ernst Albrecht Reinhard | Documents on the company history of the Junkerswerke:
History of Junkers Aircraft Construction Part 1: Aircraft Development 1910 to 1918 | Memories of Philipp von Doepp, Research Institute Prof. Hugo Junkers Dessau | Biography of Paul Riess, Part 3 | Oskar Jungk – From Peus Student to Dessau Ido Association Chairman | The Anhalter Metallwerke Winkler & Co. and the “Hermetisator”.

The Dessau Calendar 2023 is available at the price of 12 euros in bookshops, at the Tourist Information, in the City Archive and in many other places.