Dessau Main Post Office – St John's Church, Dessau loop from Dessau Süd
Dessau Main Post Office – St John's Church, Dessau loop from Dessau Süd
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Dessau Main Post Office – St John's Church, Dessau loop from Dessau Süd
00:31
8.84km
20m
Cycling
Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 17, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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1.55 km
Old Crematorium
Highlight • Historical Site
After several extensions, the crematorium was in use until the 1980s. The ovens and carts on which the corpses were driven over rails into the fire are still in place inside the building today.
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Dessau Museum of Natural History and Prehistory
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Dessau Main Post Office
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In the years 1899–1901, based on a design by the building department in the Reich Post Office under Oberpost building officer Ernst Hake[1], the two-story new building was built in the Neo-Renaissance style as a representative corner building with a large, overhanging octagonal tower.[2] The facade is clad in yellow sandstone and has elaborate decorations. The gables bear various animal figures such as: B. Adler. The tower was originally used to receive and distribute telephone and telegraph cables.
During the Second World War there were persistent air raids on the city, with the post office building being partially destroyed. During the reconstruction in 1951, the old tower was restored in a shortened, simple form.[3]
On October 3, 1990, as part of German reunification, Deutsche Post was merged with Deutsche Bundespost in accordance with Article 27 of the Unification Treaty. The Dessau main post office was incorporated into the Deutsche Bundespost and, extensively renovated from 1993 to 1995, was part of Deutsche Post AG since 1995 after privatization. By 2012, however, it had completely separated itself from its self-operated post offices or sold them as branches to its subsidiary Postbank.
Today the building serves as a branch of Postbank and various facilities and service providers such as a call center.
The post office is registered as a monument in the local register of monuments under registration number 094 40846.
Source de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauptpostamt_Dessau
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Dessau Main Post Office
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Source de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauptpostamt_Dessau
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St John's Church, Dessau
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The Lutheran Reformation was introduced in the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau in 1534. In 1596 the royal house and with it the entire territory changed to the Reformed (Calvinist) faith. It was not until 1679 that immigrant Lutherans were allowed to practice their religion freely and to build their own church in Dessau, the St. John's Church. The foundation stone was laid in 1690. However, the main sponsor and donor Christoph Pflug, princely Anhalt mint master, died in 1693, and a subsequent inheritance dispute delayed further construction. With the support of Prince Leopold I, the church was finally completed in 1702 and inaugurated on May 2nd of the same year. 125 years later, on May 14, 1827, the Reformed and Lutheran communities in Anhalt ended their church separation with a ceremonial union in Dessau's St. Mary's Church.
The tower of St. John's Church was restored by one floor after storm damage in 1833. A profound redesign of the interior took place in 1868.
After being destroyed by an air raid on May 25, 1944, St. John's Church was rebuilt in 1955, although the Baroque design of the interior was not restored.
Since the medieval town church of St. Marien has no longer been used as a church since it was destroyed in the war, St. Johannis is the central location for festive services of the Evangelical Regional Church of Anhalt.
Source de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanniskirche_%28Dessau%29
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Bauhaus Museum Dessau
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6.85 km
Aviator Monument 'Before the Start'
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8.84 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
4.22 km
2.45 km
1.79 km
224 m
107 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
5.53 km
1.77 km
1.27 km
142 m
107 m
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