Open Monument Day

Visiting the settlers’ house with self-catering garden
10 am – 12 pm, Knarrberg 26, 06846 Dessau-Roßlau

To mark Open Monument Day, art historian Katina Kuschnerus and Martin Kunze are offering a guided tour of the building site of their own house (architect: Leopold Fischer) and garden, which is part of a historical reconstruction. Current research findings on the concept of this ecological garden estate with self-sufficient gardens and a circular economy by pioneer Leberecht Migge will be presented.

The Steel House
13 – 17 pm, Dessau-Törten Housing Estate

Guided tours provide an introduction to the history of the building, which was built in 1926/27 according to plans by Georg Muche and Richard Paulick, and explain the various refurbishment measures since the 1970s. The focus is particularly on the special structural features that had to be dealt with: the steel panel construction developed together with the Leipzig safe construction company Carl Kästner AG, the materials used for the interior fittings, insulation made of peat (‘Torfoleum’), plastered cinder blocks, a Rabitz ceiling and the red-coloured stonewood screed of the house, which was reconstructed in 2024 according to a traditional recipe and laying technique.

Further information will follow.