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. Since 1 January 2011, it has been part of the town

Oranienbaum-Wörlitz Oranienbaum-Wörlitz () is a town in the Wittenberg (district), district of Wittenberg, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2011 by the merger of the former towns Oranienbaum, Germany, Oranienbaum and Wörlitz and the former muni ...

. It is situated on the left bank of the

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Dessau Dessau is a district of the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the ''States of Germany, Bundesland'' (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Until 1 July 2007, it was an independent ...

. The historic parks of Wörlitz are included into the

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, one of the

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References

* Wörlitz. In: Meyers Lexicon. 4th edition. Volume 16, Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1885–1892, p. 746

External links

Homepage of Wörlitz-Information (''German'')
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