Guided Tours

Our Guided Tour Offers

Hellerau is home to the first German garden city, which, together with the Festspielhaus and the Deutsche Werkstätten, forms a unique triad of work, life and art. The Festspielhaus was built in 1911 to a design by architect Heinrich Tessenow. With its clarity and functional structure, the building set the trend for modernism and was a visionary alternative to traditional theater buildings.

Today, HELLERAU - European Centre for the Arts harks back to the theater's heyday from 1911 to 1914. The interdisciplinary co-production and guest performance venue offers around 350 events a year in the genres of dance, music, theater, performance, media art and visual arts.

Public Guided Tours

Duration: approx. 1 hour
Fridays, 12:30 pm, without advance booking
10/6,50 € reduced
4 €, children up to 14 years
Language: German

Guided tours for groups (on request)

Duration: approx. 1 hour
Minimum number of participants: 15 persons
9/6 € reduced
4 €, children up to 14 years
Minimum group price: 120 €

Guided tour for schools (on request)

Duration: approx. 1 hour
Minimum number of participants: 15 persons
6/4 € reduced
4 €, children up to 14 years
Minimum group price: 80 €

Please register up to 4 days in advance if the date falls on a public holiday.

Contact for registrations on public holidays

fuehrungen-sachsen@deutscher-werkbund.de

+49 351 880 2007

Based on the ideas of social reform at the beginning of the 20th century, the first German garden city was intended to harmoniously combine living and working, education and culture. A great idea. A social synthesis of the arts. Living and working in harmony.

What is left of it over 100 years later? Where does the myth live on? In the stories of the residents? In their way of life? In the architecture, the urban space? And what does a good life mean to us today? What about our work-life balance? Rhythmic balance? Balancing on the edge? Or free falling with every step?

Guided by a voice, the audience - equipped with mp3 players and headphones - explores the winding paths and architectural testimonies of the neighbourhood. In search of their own BALANCE, the participants encounter the individual stories of the residents, talking garden fences and the sounds of the neighbourhood that set the pace.

The mp3 players and headphones can be borrowed from the visitor centre during the opening hours listed below.

All information at a glance

Duration: approx. 1 hr. 30 min.
Issue of mp3 players: Visitor Centre HELLERAU in the West side building (Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 56, 01109 Dresden)
Latest distribution time: 2 hours before the visitor centre closes
Starting point: at the main entrance to the Festspielhaus
Cost: 6/4 euros, plus 20 euros deposit for the mp3 players in cash
Route information: approx. 3 km, moderate walking pace
The audio walk is not barrier-free.

For "emergencies" regarding route guidance, please contact the visitor centre on 0351 264 62 46.

Opening hours:
Mon closed
Tue, Thu, Fri 11am - 6pm
Wed 11am - 4pm
Sat 1pm - 6pm
Sun/Public holiday (01/04 - 31/10) 11am - 4pm

BALANCE is a co-production of STUDIO URBANISTAN and HELLERAU - European Centre for the Arts. Funded by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony. This program is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon state parliament.