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FORM FOR THE SUBMISSION OF FACTUAL ERRORS IN THE ADVISORY BODIES EVALUATIONS (in compliance with Paragraph 150 of the Operational Guidelines)

STATE(S) PARTY(IES): Federal Republic of

EVALUATION OF THE NOMINATION OF THE SITE: The Cathedral and the Landscape of the rivers Saale and Unstrut – territories of power in the High Middle Ages (Germany)

RELEVANT ADVISORY BODY’S EVALUATION1: ICOMOS

The deficits and errors listed below culminate in a fundamentally erroneous understanding by the Advisory Body of the cultural landscape of the High Middle Ages under evaluation, in line with Criteria IV and V of the OUV as applied to the nomination and the definition of a cultural landscape in the “Guidelines on the inscription of specific types of properties on the World Heritage list” 6-13, in particular 10. (ii). The Advisory Body objects to the term “territory of power” and implies that it is a term invented by the nominating party. ICOMOS is not aware that this term is a customary terminus technicus and is currently used in discourse to characterise very differing contexts of various epochs (cf. B. Giblin, Les territoires de pouvoirs en France, in: Hérodote 2 (2004), p. 5-13; Colloquium “Territories of power” http://www.bk.tudelft.nl/fileadmin/Faculteit/BK/Actueel/Agenda/Agendapunten_2010/doc/One_Day_Col loquium__Urbanism.pdf (5.6.2015); Jan Moye, Herrschaftsräume und Herrschaftswissen ägyptischer Lokalregenten, Amsterdam 2013, S. 222, 231, 236). The special feature of spatial organisation along the Saale and Unstrut was the density of holders of power in a very small area (Landgrave of Thuringia, Margrave of Meissen, bishop of Naumburg, abbots, ministerials, citizens, etc.), who all and each separately acquired their own territories of power and competed with each other. It is thanks to their action that – in interplay with village settlement forms, towns, castles, monasteries, churches and the cathedral – the elements of the cultural landscape (ramparts, forest-field borders, canal constructions, cultivated areas, in particular vineyards and quarries, etc.) created during this period (11th – 13th century) still constitute the dominating feature of the area today. There is no comparable region where this development in the High Middle Ages has survived in this same density and authenticity, in such a small space and with the totality of all features and manifestations, as in the nominated area of the rivers Saale and Unstrut.

Page, Sentence including Proposed correction by the Comment (if any) by the column, the factual error State Party Advisory Body and/or the line of the (the factual error World Heritage Centre Advisory should be Body highlighted in bold) Evaluation Page 200, “Evidence of the “Evidence of the medieval left medieval past of past of the region survives column, the region survive in ensembles of

1 For nominations of mixed sites, if there are errors in both the Evaluations of the Advisory Bodies, separate forms should be submitted for each Advisory Body indicating which Advisory Body's Evaluation each submission is referring to.

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Form for the submission of Factual Errors in the Advisory Bodies Evaluations Annex 12 line 23-26 in religious and monuments, which are for defensive the most part interrelated structures, relict through the visual axis stretches of ancient and further religious and routes, remains of defensive structures, hydraulic settlement layouts, relict arrangements, stretches of ancient routes, buried traces of remains of hydraulic agrarian land arrangements, still existent organization and and visible elements and land use forms, buried traces of agrarian toponyms.” land organization and land use forms, toponyms.” Page 201, “(e.g. “(e.g. Wenzendorfer left Wenzerdorfer Brücke).” column, Brücke).” line 35 Page 201, „Ancient evidence “Ancient evidence of left of terraced terraced vineyards can still column, vinyards can still be recognised in many line 49-51 be well recogniced areas, such as the in limited areas, as Schweigenberge vineyard, the Dechantenberg vineyard, Schweigenberge Steinmeister vineyard and vineyard, or at the former terraced Klöppelberg.“ vineyards in the south of the Köppelberg, which now belong to the forestal area of Mordtal/ Platten.” Page 201, „In most “In most cases, following left cases, following the plagues that hit column, the plagues that hit European vines in the 19th line 53- European vines in and 20th centuries, right the the cultivation of the new column, 19th and 20th grafted vines did not lead line 1 centuries, former to a widening of small farming patterns plots of land, as this was were largely not possible on the steep replaced by wider slopes for technical plots where new reasons.” vines were planted.“ Page 201, “The Kleine Saale “The Kleine Saale River, a right River, a 10km-long 10km-long artificial channel column, artificial channel built around 1180 to supply line 9-10 built in the 13th water to the Cistercian century to monastery of Pforte,…”

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supply water to the Cistercian monastery of Schulpforte,…” Page 201, “Only four castles, “Only four castles, built in the right built in the period period relevant to the column, relevant to the nomination, still contain line 26-27 nomination, still structures from the 11th-13th contain structures centuries:…” from the 12th-13th centuries:…” Page 201, „…forms today a “…forms still today a rather right rather large large complex with walls, column, complex;…“ double-chapel, remains of line 29-30 the Romanesque palace and the “Dicker Wilhelm” keep;…” Page 201, „Schönburg Castle ... “Schönburg Castle ... retains right retains its original its original layout and such column, layout and some essential elements as the ring line 34-37 elements, such as the walls and the Romanesque keep from the 13th keep from the 13th century century.” with its exceptionally carved fireplace.” Page 201, „ Castle ... “Goseck Castle from the 9th- right was substantially 11th centuries... was column, remodelled into a substantially remodelled into a line 39-41 monastery very early monastery very early and then and further again into again into a castle, but the an castle, so that no surviving archaeological structure from the evidence document the High Middle Age structure from the High survives.“ Middle Ages.” Page 201, “Monastic “Monastic complexes were right complexes were also also numerous and all – column, numerous and a few instead of the Benedictine line 45-50 still survive, monastery St George in although they have Naumburg - still survive, been modified although they have been through the modified through the centuries.” centuries.” Of the important Benedictine monastery Goseck constructed after 1041 the eastern part of the monastery church remains. Goseck belongs to the most magnificent examples of “One of the most Salian church building in the relevant is the Empire. Cistercian Monastery “One of the most relevant is of Pforta, where only the Cistercian Monastery of

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a few structures Pforte, where highly dating back to the important structures dating High Middle Ages back to the High Middle Ages persist in their persist in their materiality: the materiality, including complete stone enclosure of the impressive the monastery grounds, minster, erected important remains of between 1251 and individual functional 1268 AD“. buildings, the infirmary with Abbot’chapel, the monastery cemetery with stone lantern of the Dead, the monastery church and large sections of the enclosure. The church dates essentially from the middle of the 12th century and was modernised between 1251 and 1268. Of the unique furnishings of that time remain the liturgical furniture, a Croce dipinta, which is one of the two oldest preserved monumental Cistercian crosses in Europe from the High Middle Ages, and the oldest rose window with Grisaille painting in Europe. Page 201, „Another monastic “Another monastic ensemble is right ensemble is the the Benedictine nun convent in column, Benedictine nun Zscheiplitz. Around 1100 a line 50-53 convent in church was there Zscheiplitz, with its constructed, on which 13th century around 1200 a Benedictine minster, nun convent was established architectural details and the church was of which parallel remodeled into a convent those in Naumburg church, architectural details of Cathedral.” which parallel those in Naumburg Cathedral, St Giles chapel in Naumburg, parish church St Mary in Freyburg and double-chapel of Neuenburg castle.” Page 202, „…and Freyburg an “… and Freyburg is a new left imperial systematic strategic column, commercial centre foundation of the Landgraves line 1-2 of new foundation.” of Thuringia at the turn of the 12th to the 13th century.” Page 202, „However, not much “However, not much survives left survives from the from the High Middle Ages

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Form for the submission of Factual Errors in the Advisory Bodies Evaluations Annex 12 column, High Middle Ages beyond the cathedral and the line 10-15 beyond the cathedral religious architecture: only the and the religious “Haus zur Hohen Lilie” is architecture: only the preserved, under the layers of Haus zu Hohen subsequent modifications, the Lilien preserves, walls of a Romanesque tower, under the layers of portions of the town subsequent fortifications, several modifications, the Romanesque basements and walls of gates, that date back to the a romanesque tower 14th-15th century.” and portions of the town fortifications and gates date back to the 14th-15th century.” Page 202, „Freyburg was a “Freyburg was a newly left newly founded founded fortified town with a column, fortified town, with a regular layout and a grid-based line 16-26 regular layout and road network with the market grid-based road place at its centre and the network with the great parish church of St market place at its Mary in the eastern part centre, dating back to dating back to the the Romanesque Romanesque period”… period.” … Evidence Evidence of the settlement of the building layout – “planned city” - and layout can be the building layout can be gained from the gained from the analysis of analysis of building building cellars. The cellars. Expansion of surviving Romanesque the town outside its cellars with their portals are walls started as early valuable examples of early as the beginning town development. Expansion of the 15th century. of the town outside its walls Remains of buildings started as early as the from the 11th-13th beginning centuries are very of the 15th century. limited and consist Remains of buildings from the mainly of vestiges 12th-13th centuries are consist incorporated in in the Romanesque parish cellar walls. The church St Mary and many town walls and gates Romanesque cellar walls and mainly date to the portals. The town walls and 14th-15th centuries.” gates, whose course corresponds to the Romanesque town fortifications, mainly date from the 14th-15th centuries.” Page 202, “Some surviving “In the outlines of the

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Form for the submission of Factual Errors in the Advisory Bodies Evaluations Annex 12 left examples of villages there are, column, typical blind alley alongside different smaller line 27-31 settlement forms types in line form are said to date to (Fränkenau), blind alley prior to the High form (e.g. Eulau, Middle Ages; Weischütz, Punschrau) or these are in the form of a group of complemented by farms (Lengefeld), villages linear and radial with large linear settlement forms (Flemmingen) and radial (Grosswilsdorf, planed forms Punschrau is in (Großwilsdorf) or the buffer zone), combinations thereof. apparently They reflect today vividly evolved from the development of the blind alley High Middle Age layouts.” colonisation in the German-Slavonic “contact zone” and were at the same time a center of gravity under the new settlement areas.” Page 202, “Several churches “Several churches survive left survive within the within the area and the most column, area and the most important is the Naumburg line 32-33 important is the Cathedral, the only church Naumburg in the world with two Cathedral.” choir screens from the 13th century.” Page 202, “…crypt, the „…crypt, the western choir left choir, the three- and parts of the eastern column, bay transept with choir, the three-bay nave, line 36-39 its portal, the choir the transept with its portal, screens and, more the main parts of the importantly, the eastern towers and the 13th century glass north western tower and paintings, and the the first two floors of the sculptures of the south-western tower, the founders, choir screens. Of associated with..” outstanding value are the concept and layout of the western choir with the 13th century glass paintings, and the twelve sculptures of the founders and the western rood screen, associated

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with ...“ Page 202, “The former “The former immunity left immunity precinct precinct is for the most column, can only be part visibly preserved in line 45-48 reconstructed its medieval extent, through historical through settlement layout, records and the structure of cadastral structure of parcels, Romanesque cellars cadastral parcels and remains of the although the precinct walls. bishop's and the Outstanding high capitular curiae medieval monuments are still exist.” the Romanesque residential tower of the Bishop’s curia, the St Giles curia with its two-storey chapel and the episcopal St John’s chapel at the Cathedral cemetery.” Page 202, „Other important “Other important churches are left churches are the the minsters of the column, minster of the Benedictines in Goseck, of the line 49-54 Benedictines in Cistercians in Pforte, of the Goseck, and the Benedictine nuns in minster of St Zscheiplitz, of the Maurice’s Augustinian canons of monastery of the Naumburg, which were Augustinian canons, remodelled into gothic forms which was in the 15th century without remodelled into the main part of the south- gothic forms in the western tower and large 15th century. These parts of the wall of the bear witness to the northern outer wall, the influence of the parish churches St Mary in Naumburg Freyburg and Flemmingen cathedral and also and the double-chapel of of the role played Neuenburg Castle. Some by convents in the churches bear witness to the area.” influence of the Naumburg Cathedral in their architecture and building sculpture and in their furnishings.” Page 202, “Freyburg was “Freyburg was founded by the right founded by the Unstrut River and in column, Unstrut River as an immediate vicinity of line 39-41 'Einlager' place Neuenburg Castle as a where residence representative town by the was compulsory Landgraves of Thuringia at

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until the turn of the 12th century debts were paid.” and the 13th century, the definition as an “Einlager” place, where residence was compulsory until debts were paid (1261) merely characterises a single function of the city.“ Page 202, “…the Naumburger „…the Neuenburg Castle…“ right Castle…” column, line 43 Page 202, „ Due to an active “Due to an active policy right policy undertaken by undertaken by the bishop of column, the bishop of Naumburg, on the one hand line 47-51 Naumburg, who the Cistercian order was wished to spread implemented and on the the presence of the other hand Flemish peasants Cistercian order in were encouraged through the region, Flemish privileged offers to resettle in peasants were the Saale-Unstrut region.” encouraged through privilege offers to resettle in the Saale- Unstrut region.“ Page 203, “…establishing „…granges – of which a very left granges and boosted rare Romanesque example in column, …” Bad Kösen remains to this line 5 day (so called Romanesque House) - …“ Page 203, “…artificial canal to „…artificial canal to be named left be named Kleine Kleine Saale was built and the column, Saale was built.” areas under cultivation for line 6-7 wine and fruit up to the steep slopes of the hillsides at the river Saale (Saalberge from Bad Kösen to Roßbach) were arranged so that large closed areas of cultivation were created.“ Page 203, „The 12th and 13th “In the final quarter of the left centuries saw 12th century the column, alternating control Ludowingers as Landgraves line 11-13 over the region by of Thuringia also obtained the Counts Palatine the title of the deceased of Saxony, and the Counts Palatine of Saxony. Ludowingers, whose Alongside the Naumburg increasingly Bishop, it was in particular important status was the Wettin family as reflected by castle Margrave of Meißen and

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construction, advocates of the Naumburg patronage of the arts Cathedral Church who and church competed with the foundations.“ Ludowingers for supremacy. The increasingly important status of the region was reflected by castle construction, patronage of the arts and church foundations. Page 203, “The region then Through the dying out of the left came under the Ludowingers (1247) the column, control of the Wettin region came under the control line 16-17 family, where it of the Wettin family, where it remained until remained until 1815.” 1815.” Page 203, “It was with the “It was with the left Wettins that the Ekkehardiner family and column, Naumburg cathedral emperor Conrad II and pope line 18 was founded and Johannes XIX that the that lost its episcopal seat was moved condition as from to Naumburg and frontier land, as this the Naumburg cathedral was dynasty provided founded in 1028 AD. As a long-lasting result of further stability in the developments the Saale- wider central Unstrut region lost its German region.” condition as a frontier land in the 12th century. Since the beginning of the 14th century the Wettin dynasty provided long-lasting stability in the wider central German region.” Page 203, “… private “… state, municipal and left tenants.” private tenants.” column, line 25 Page 203, “The Pforte “The Pforte monastery which left monastery which had had already been converted to column, already been a school after the reformation, line 36-38 converted to a school was transformed into a after the reformation, Prussian high school.” was again turned back into high school.” Page 203, „The area was “The area was barely left spared by war spared from destruction by column, destruction in the war in the 20th century, as line 46-52 20th century, as well as by the well as by the transformations that

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transformations occurred under the socialist that occurred regime. However, land under the socialist reform and collectivization regime. However, of farmers brought minor land reform and changes to the landscape collectivization of mosaic, land plots were in farmers brought most cases not enlarged major changes in and agricultural production the landscape was usually not organised mosaic, land plots on the base of large-scale were enlarged and units.” agricultural production was organised on the base of large-scale units.“ Page 203, “The nominated “The nominated property right property however however would be unique column, would be unique because it is a cultural line 33-38 because it is a landscape and because of cultural landscape the high concentration, a and because of the wide variety and high concentration outstanding quality and of features from the completeness of the High Middle Ages cultural features from the compared to other High Middle Ages properties where compared to other these traces have properties where these been superseded by traces have been superseded later by later developments.” developments.“ Page 203, “cases.” “cases.” right However, the cathedral is column, described and classified in line 53 detail in the nomination dossier (p. 140-190 and p. 398f.) Page 204, “11th to the 13th “11th to the 13th centuries AD.“ left centuries AD.“ However, Regensburg as a column, city in the area which was a line 21 settlement at an early stage had continuity until Roman times and as the former capital of the Duchy of Bavaria, Central European trading centre and modern city of the Perpetual Assembly draws on quite

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different contexts and traditions. Furthermore, the Regensburg entry does not in any way reflect thinking with regard to cultural landscapes. Page 204, “…this development “…this development differs left differ substantially.” substantially and dates back column, mainly to the 18th and 19th line 29 century.” Page 204, “…experimental “…experimental character of left character of elements elements of the cathedral.” column, of the cathedral.” However, in Naumburg line 39 there is no comparable secular castle as in Durham. Furthermore, in Durham there are no connections established with the fortified and religious buildings of competing rulers of the High Middle Ages available within view or interdependence with the surrounding cultural landscape. Page 204, Other European Other European territories, left territories, from from England to France and column, England to France Italy, have had a similar line 48-51 and Italy, exhibit a concentration in small enough similar concentration areas, of towns, monasteries, in small enough castles with seigneurial areas, of towns, functions. However, there is monasteries, castles no region in an extension with seigneurial from approximately 10 km functions. from the north to the south and from the west to the east, where all this monuments and elements in such a density and high quality are still visible existing like at the Saale-Unstrut region. Page 204, “…castles, etc.” “…castles, etc.” However, it right should be to observe that the column, Cathedral of Brixen line 31 underwent a completely new construction in the 18th century and the Old Town is characterized too by Baroque. Bolzano first became an episcopal seat in 1964, Klausen exhibits

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almost no visible substance from the High Middle Ages, which, with the exception of the pilgrim’s hospice Klösterle also applies to Neumark. Compared with the landscape at Saale and Unstrut the period of the High Middles Ages does not dominate the landscape. Page 204, “…fortifications “…fortifications linked to the right linked to the need for need for territorial control” column, territorial control” However, it should be line 35 observed that here it concerns a transport link from Roman times, which established itself as one of the most important Alpine passes from the Middle Ages until the 19th century. This is why most of the monasteries and other monuments found here, have not preserved the layout of the High Middle Ages. Furthermore, no Bishop’s church exists from this period. Page 204, “…mean to acquire “…mean to acquire territorial right territorial control and control and attract population.” column, attract population.” However, there is nothing to line 39 compare with the situation found at Saale and Unstrut with its density of two High Middle Ages cities, episcopal seat, Cistercian monastery, castle of landgraves etc. within a small area in preserved condition. Page 204 “..of villages, towns, “..of villages, towns, castles, right castles, abbeys and abbeys and cathedrals.” column, cathedrals;” However, despite all line 44 comparable appearances it have to be stated that Narbonne and Carcassonne were both elevated to bishoprics in Roman times and therefore entirely different structures and circumstances are present compared with the landscape

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at Saale and Unstrut, which was not significantly characterized until the High Middle Ages. Authentic High Middle Ages architecture, sculpture and furnishings as can be seen at the Naumburg Cathedral, the Cistercian church Pforte or Neuenburg Castle is not present within a comparable small area there. Page 204, “…devoted to “…devoted to vineyards.“ right vineyards.“ However, it should be to column observe that from the period line 48 of the High Middle Ages in the Bishop’s city of Macon neither the cathedral nor any other notable monuments are preserved. Many monasteries as Cluny or Citeaux were destroyed during the French Revolution. Furthermore, no comparable density of monuments and cultural landscape elements from this period exist in the surrounding area of Macon. Page 204 “…this history” “…this history” right However, it must be stated column, that Canterbury and line 54 Rochester are the oldest episcopal seats in England from the beginning of the 7th century and in the case of Canterbury it is able to look back on extensive classical traditions. Due to these very different starting points there seems little point in a comparison with the dominant cultural landscape of Saale and Unstrut characterized in the 11th – 13th centuries.“ Page 205, “communication and “communication and trade left trade routes in routes in Germany although column, Germany”. in the decision of the 26th line 19 session of the World heritage Committee about the OUV of the Upper Middle Rhine

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Valley is nothing mentioned about its relevance for the High Middle Ages. The confirmed OUV for the world heritage properties of Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof and the Town of Bamberg is limited of their urban importance for Europe but contains nothing about the cultural landscape around the both towns. Page 205, “Reichenau.” “Reichenau”, but a cultural Left landscape for the period of column, the High Middle Ages is up Line 28 to now not listed. Page 205, “In the case of this “In the case of this nominated Left nominated property, property, the comparative column, the comparative analysis itself demonstrates Line 29-36 analysis itself that the power and borderland demonstrates that the exchange dynamics and their power and tangible manifestations in the borderland exchange High Middle Ages were dynamics and their commonplace throughout tangible Europe but there is no other manifestations in the region where the variety of High MiddleAges this tangible manifestations were commonplace are so well preserved still throughout Europe today as in the region on the are already rivers Saale and Unstrut. No represented on the cultural landscape of this World Heritage List theme is already represented through a variety of on the World Heritage List properties, neither in Germany nor particulary from elsewhere. Germany, and including cultural landscapes”. Page 205 regions.Therefore regions. Therefore what is Right what is purported putportred to be unique in column, to be unique in the the nominated area is given line 26 nominated area for the quality and density instead appears of still visible monuments commonplace and cultural elements of within Europa…” the period of the High Middle Ages.” Page 205, “overall.” “overall.” right However it must be stated column, that the description of the

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Form for the submission of Factual Errors in the Advisory Bodies Evaluations Annex 12 line 34 property first of all deals with the origin of the High Middle Ages cultural landscape as a whole and take up considerable space (cf. Dossier p. 23-98). Page 205, „…scanty, relying “…scanty, relying in part on right heavily on written written records, toponyms column, records, toponyms and visible above-ground line 42-45 and buried archaeological features archaeological revealed through recent features revealed remote sensing (laser through recent scanning).” remote sensing (laser scanning).“ Page 206, “… most of the “… most of the inventoried left inventoried elements are very well column, elements are not preserved archaeological line 48-51 visible, because cultural monuments which they survive as are visible on the surface.” buried traces or terrain irregularities/ discontinuities, or because they have disappeared or largely transformed.” Page 206, „…the urban layout “…the urban layout and its right and its relation with the rural column, relation with the landscape can clearly be line 4-6 rural landscape seen and has only partially have been been supplemented with distorted by modern residential modern residential extensions or industrial extensions or facilities;” industrial facilities;“ Page 206, “Therefore the “Therefore the elements that right elements that altogether would make up column, altogether would the High Middle Age line 11-13 make up the High landscape do exhibit Midle Age through their large landscape do quantity, wide variety and exhibit a density their exceptional

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fragmentary integrity.” conditions of integrity.” Page 206, „…further energy “…further energy and right and communication communication column, infrastructure infrastructure projects (i. e. line 20-24 projects (i. e. a a wind farm in the buffer wind farm in the zone near Markröhlitz or the buffer zone near B 87 bypass of Bad Kösen Markröhlitz or the and the B 87 bypass of B 87 by pass of Naumburg but which are Bad Kösen and the not situated in the B 87 bypass of nominated property and Naumburg are only partially in the buffer planned and will zone are planned, but as no worsen the wind power plant has been situation.” authorized, which could worsen the visual integrity of the property, the situation will not be adversely affected.” Page 206, „although the „because the surving right surving architectural architectural evidence dating column, evidence dating back back to the exakt period of line 34-47 to the exakt period of relevance for the nomination is relevance for the exceptional as the cathedral nomination is Naumburg, the minster in limited and some Schulpforte or the exceptions exist Neuenburg Castle, which such as Neuenburg dates essentially and to a Castle, almost large extent from the period rebuilt a few between around 1086 and decades ago“ 1230 and is dated with dendrochronological certainty. Page 207, „In Naumburg the “In Naumburg the left restructuring of a measures of conservation column, large part of the old of a large part of the old line 1-7 town…have town…has not changed the changed the built built fabric, which now still fabric, which now matches the historic does not match character of the area….also with the historic in Freyburg and other character of the villages… for this reason area….also in the authenticity of the Freyburg and other historic built fabric has not villages…detrime been damaged.”

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ntally affecting the authenticity of the historic built fabric.” Page 208, “…the smaller “…the smaller villages have left villages have experienced migration, which column, experienced has led to a slight, but not line 20- abandonment serious, decline in 22 resulting in several population.” semideserted nuclei.“ Page 208, “Industrial areas or “Industrial areas or large left large facilities for facilities for agriculture, column, agriculture, communication and energy line 23-26 communication and infrastructure are of minor energy importance and neither infrastructure disturb nor disturb and fragment the landscape fragment the mosaic and the surviving landscape mosaic elements from the High and the surviving Middle Ages.” elements from the High Middle Ages.” Page 208, “Moreover, future “Moreover, future plans left plans contain contain provisions for new column, provisions for new areas of construction, line 37-41 areas of construction, commercial expansion (i.e. commercial south of Naumburg) and expansion (i.e. south infrastructure (e.g., roads, of Naumburg) and wind farms)” have infrastructure (e.g., insignificant impact on the roads, wind farms) nominated area. that may negatively affect the significance of the nominated area.” Page 208, “…that industrial “…that industrial agriculture left agriculture has has, due to the existing relief column, already of the landscape, barely led line 42-45 included the to the modification and modification and widening of the farming plots, widening of the the historic fine grain of the farming medieval rural landscape is plots, which have therefore to a great extent mainly lost the preserved.” historic fine grain of the medieval rural

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landscape.“ Page 208, „…extension of the “…the extension of the B left B 87, B 180 and L 87, B 180 and L 200 column, 200 crossroads at crossroads at Wethau …and line 52-53 Wethau …and will will not affect the affect also the nominated property;” nominated property;” Page 208, „With regard to “With regard to railroads, right railroads, an no important building column, important building project concerns the…route line 3-6 project concerns Halle-Weißenfels- the…route Halle- Naumburg-Erfurt.” Weißenfels- Naumburg-Erfurt.” Page 209, “…seven In the nominated area there left quarries or are two limestone quarries column, quarrying sites and a treatment plant for line 3-6 were detected sand and gravel which are in during the operation. mission within or immediately outside the nominated property (six inside and one outside).” Page 209, “Only two of them “Only one of them could be left could be visited…” visited …” column, line 6-7 Page 209, “The State Party “The State Party provided a left provided a list of list of 17 industrial column, 17 industrial production plants which are line 11-13 production plants already available in the planned for the area…” area…” Page 209, „…that only the “…that not only the right nominated area nominated area (104.01 column, has been km²) line 27-30 documented in has been documented in detail and no detail, comparison with other areas in the vicinity other areas in the (167 km²) have been vicinity has been compared and intensively made, so as to mapped out in order to define the define the boundaries of the boundaries of the area to be nominated.” area to be

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nominated.“ Page 210, „For the cultural “For the cultural landscape right landscape to be to be appropriately column, appropriately protected, the property is line 14-23 protected, the already declared under the property should be Monument Protection Law declared under the of the state of Saxony- Monument Anhalt so that all cultural Protection Law of monuments and their the state of surroundings are Saxony- protected. In addition the Anhalt…but these nominated historical protection will cultural landscape is only come into recognized as a memorial being if the area as soon as it is placed property is on the world heritage list. inscribed on the This will only apply to the World Heritage nominated area, in turn List. This will only the buffer zone is apply to the protected from a cultural nominated area, landscape perspective via leaving the buffer the protection of the zone unprotected cultural monuments from a cultural shown there.” landscape perspective.“ Page 210, “…the nominated “…the nominated property right property includes includes many other items column, many other items (abbeys, castles, line 25-31 (abbeys, castles, churches…) and all of churches…) and these are protected as some of these are historical monuments, protected as archaeological cultural isolated monuments or historic monuments, urban centres and village archaeological sites centres as historical sites.” or historic urban centres.” Page 210, „…that the current „…that the current legal right legal protection protection ensures the column, ensures the protection of individual line 53-57 protection of monuments…but is Page 211, individual adequate to protect the left monuments…but is overall cultural landscape column, not adequate to and its related features.” line 1 protect the overall

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cultural landscape and its related features.” Page 211, “The nomination “The nomination dossier right dossier provides provides information on column, information on financial resources available line 39-47 financial resources until 2013, about the available until future or possible 2013, but little is available funding streams included about the it was pointed out that future or possible finance from annual available funding budgets are made streams. available. Additional Additional information… information… Page 213, „conservation of “conservation of the left the property seems property, whose legally column, noteworthy the defined action is the basis line 15-17 lack of a specific for the specific and and effective effective management tool management tool or system.” or system is a source of concern.” Page 213, „…have lost the “…are preserved right integrity, legibility outstanding examples with column, or authenticity …“ high integrity, legibility and line 54 authenticity…”

 The Factual Errors submission form, as well as an example of such a completed form, are available from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and at the following Web address: http://whc.unesco.org/en/factualerrors.  Further guidance on the submission of Factual Errors can be found in Paragraph 150 of the Operational Guidelines.  States Parties are requested to immediately submit this information in electronic format or by e-mail to [email protected]. The original signed version of the completed Factual Errors submission form should be received in English or French by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, at the following address: 7 place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP, France, no later than 14 days before the opening of the session of the Committee.

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