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Elbe Flood Embankment in Wörlitz Park

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Elbe Flood Embankment in Wörlitz Park

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  • Location: Oranienbaum-Wörlitz, Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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    September 15, 2021

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    Prince Franz chose the edge of an alluvial forest and an oxbow lake from the Elbe when he began to lay out the landscape garden in Wörlitz in 1765. The work was interrupted by two devastating floods in 1770 and 1771. As a result, the prince had the dikes reinforced and raised.
    Source: gartenreich.de/de/aktuelles/gartenreichbrief/sommer-2019/157-aktuelles-von-hoch-und-niedrigwasser-im-gartenreich
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    Even when the plant was being built, the Elbe was already experiencing severe flooding. The dam was therefore built to counteract this
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