Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau World Heritage Site

Official name
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau | UNESCO
Country
Germany | Map
Continent
Europe
Location
50.9747° Lat, 11.3295° Lon | Map
Code
729
Time Zone
Europe/Berlin (CET, +0100)
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Category
Cultural
Description
Inscribed 1996. Between 1919 and 1933 the Bauhaus movement revolutionized architectural and aesthetic thinking and practice in the 20th century. The Bauhaus buildings in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau are fundamental representatives of Classical Modernism, directed towards a radical renewal of architecture and design. This property, which was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1996, originally comprised buildings located in Weimar (Former Art School, the Applied Art School and the Haus Am Horn) and Dessau (Bauhaus Building, the group of seven Masters' Houses). The 2017 extension includes the Houses with Balcony Access in Dessau and the ADGB Trade Union School in Bernau as important contributions to the Bauhaus ideas of austere design, functionalism and social reform.