Wörlitz Palace finished in 1773 , residence of Duke Leopold and his wife Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt , was the first Neoclassical building in present-day Germany . The palace and its interior with valuable cabinets from the studio of Abraham and David Roentgen as well as a large collection of Wedgwood porcelain were publicly accessible . Louise had her private home in the adjacent '' Graues Haus '' ( Grey House ) . At the eastern rim of the palace 's garden stands the Wörlitz Synagogue built in 1790 as a rotunda modeled after the ancient " Temple of Vesta in Tivoli , Italy . The building expressing Leopold 's religious tolerance was saved from demolition in the 1938 " Kristallnacht " pogrom by the custodian of the park , who thereupon lost his employment . The Neo-Gothic St Peter 's Church in the west with its tall steeple was finished in 1809
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm