 In 1919 the buildings used by the former "Kunstgewerbeschule" and the neighbouring "Hochschule für Bildende Kunst" became the base of the newly founded Bauhaus art school.The buildings, designed by Henry van de Velde between 1904 and 1911, are now part of the Bauhaus World Heritage Site.The Bauhaus moved from Weimar to Dessau in 1925.