Federal environmental Agency
Localisation
| State | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Regional (NUTS III) hierarchical level | Land Sachsen-Anhalt |
| District level (LAU1) | Dessau-Roßlau |
| Municipality (LAU2) | Dessau -Roßlau municipality |
| Connection to traffic network | The center of the town |
Main factors of successful redevelopment process
- General localization - located in Dessau-Roßlau
- Specific localization – located in centre of settlement,
- Transport links – proximity to E51 highway
- Public attitudes, adoption of innovations and new developments - built on conception: “City in the landscape” equals “Landscape in the city”
- Availability of financial incentives - Built for using as Headquarter for Ministry for Urban Development and the Environment (Umweltbundesamt – UBA)
- Other factors - project for demonstration of ecological thinking - ambitious in terms of energy efficiency and ecological aspects
Brief description of site and current use
Intensive industrial activities were the main reason why the site and its surrounding was since 1840 the most polluted industrial area. Old “Gasviertel” industrial area – ground floor was strongly contaminated, and most of the ground soil thus had to be decontaminated or replaced. In 1996 the abandoned building was chosen for Ministry for Urban Development and the Environment as the exhibition of ecological and environmental friendly buildings. After 8 years of regeneration process, in 2005, the project was successfully finished.
The selected traces of the industrial past still remain: A former factory building and the mansard-roofed old Wörlitzer Bahnhof, once a station for a rail line, as well as unused tracks along the west.
Original use – basic description
| Original use | Industrial building |
| Area | 7 ha |
| Type of site | Industrial site |
Current state – basic description
| Current use | Public administration - Headquarter of Federal Environmental Agency |
| % of built-up area | 75 % |
| State of Environment | After decontamination |
| New use from | 2005 |
| Total costs | 68 million EUR |
| Owner of site | State |
Contact to stakeholders
| Owner of site |
The Federal
Republic of Germany Represented by: The Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing Represented by: LBB Saxony-Anhalt head office, Magdeburg Represented by: Landesbetrieb Bau Niederlassung Ost, Dessau |
| Local public administration |
Dessau Council, Frau Jahn tel: 03 40 / 2 04 – 20 61, email: stadtplanung@dessau.de |
| Investors participating at redevelopment | None |
| NGOs | No NGOs involved |
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