After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the remaining Anhalt divisions – Bernburg, Dessau and Köthen – were elevated to duchies by Napoleon while the Electorate of Saxony became a Kingdom; all were part of Napoleon’s Confederation of the Rhine until 1813.
In 1813 the Kingdom of Prussia occupied large amounts of Saxony’s territory in the Battle of Leipzig, including the Electoral Circle (which had been renamed the “Wittenberg Circle” in 1807); in May 1815 a treaty was signed in which Saxony ceded this territory to Prussia. In June 1815 they all became part of the German Confederation. In 1816 Prussia reorganised its annexed territory, merging it with the former Duchy of Magdeburg, Principality of Halberstadt, Principality of Erfurt, the Eichsfeld, and the former Imperial Cities of Mühlhausen and Nordhausen, along with the Altmark and other parts of Brandenburg west of the Elbe, into the Province of Saxony.
In 1863 the Anhalt duchies were finally reunited to form the Duchy of Anhalt. The duchy became part of the Prussian-led North German Confederation in 1867 and finally the German Empire in 1871.
Lake of Worlitz, Eichenkranz and Gondelplatz, Anhalt, Germany (1890s)
The Temple of Venus, park of Worlitz, Anhalt, Germany (1890s)
The Monument, park of Worlitz, Anhalt, Germany (1890s)
Flora Temple, park of Worlitz, Anhalt, Germany (1890s)
Gothic House I, park of Worlitz, Anhalt, Germany (1890s)
Gothic House II, park of Worlitz, Anhalt, Germany (1890s)
Stein, park of Worlitz, Anhalt, Germany (1890s)
Worlitz Castle and lake, park of Worlitz, Anhalt, Germany (1890s)
Church and Grey House, park of Worlitz, Anhalt, Germany (1890s)
The Castle of Dessau, Anhalt, Germany (1890s)
The Castle of Dessau, Anhalt, Germany (1890s)
Prince’s castle and Cavalier Street, Anhalt, Germany (1890s)
Mausoleum, Anhalt, Germany (1890s)
