Wörlitz, the first landscape park to be made in Germany, was inspired by Prince Franz Anhalt-Dessau's visits to Claremont, Stourhead and Stowe. Laid out between 1765 and 1817, it forms part of a collective project covering a 25km area. There is a Temple of Flora, a Temple of Venus, A Gothic House, a Nymphaeum, a classical bridge and a Rousseau island. The estate can be divided into five sections: (1) the Schloss Garten with its Englischer Sitz, modelled on Stourhead but intended as a private garden; (2) the Neumark Garten with a canal, islands, a circular building modelled on Stowe; (3) the Schloss Garten with a Gothic House, a Temple of Venus and a Temple of Flora; (4) the garden on the north-east shore of the lake; (5) the New Gardens with mementos of Italy. Worlitz has many interesting scenes, which can be enjoyed like items in a postcard collection, but it suffers from the site's flatness and does not the have the unified composition of Stourhead.
Worlitz, near Dessau, South East, Germany
All year, Daily, Dawn to dusk