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Des·sau

 (dĕs′ou)
A city of east-central Germany north of Leipzig. It was the site of the Bauhaus school from 1925 to 1932.
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Dessau

(German ˈdɛsau)
n
(Placename) an industrial city in E Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: capital of Anhalt state from 1340 to 1918. Pop: 78 380 (2003 est)
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Des•sau

(ˈdɛs aʊ)

n.
a city in NE central Germany, SW of Berlin. 102,000.
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This color-illustrated overview and guide gives details on the architecture of historical buildings and gardens of Dessau W|rlitz, a large park on the former property of royalty that is now a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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11 May 2010 - Stockholm-listed Rezidor Hotel Group AB (STO: REZT) announced yesterday the opening of the Radisson Blu Furst Leopold Hotel in Dessau, Germany.
Summary: Dessau, one of the largest engineering-construction firms in Canada, today announced that it obtained a contract of $38.8 million in Algeria's rail sector.
As well as the main buildings at Worlitz itself--the palace, inspired by English Palladian architecture, the Gothic House and the Villa Hamilton, a copy of the summer house in Naples in which Lord Hamilton lived with Emma Hart, which Leopold had visited during his Italian tour--the lesser known palaces, such as as the Luisium near Dessau, are also included.
Optical register systems and plate automation systems supplier Nela Brueder Neumeister GmbH in Lahr, Germany, with a subsidiary in Oakdale, Minn., has acquired the entire product range of OMCS Optical Measurement GmbH, Dessau, Germany, developer of optical surface-inspection systems for rubber, polymer and ceramic parts.