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AUGSBURG WORLD HERITAGE NOMINATION THE 22 SITES OF THE Find out all about WATER MANAGEMENT the World Heritage nomination here: wassersystem-.de SYSTEM OF AUGSBURG The site plan of the nomination

FOUNTAINS WATERPOWER

DRINKING WATER

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES

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Augustus Fountain 1 Hercules Fountain 2 Mercury Fountain 3 Lower Waterworks 4 The Stadtmetzg 5 The fountain on the Rathausplatz Like the Augustus and the Mercury The bronze sculptures of the foun- The ensemble of the Lower The building (Trade Guild House (City Hall Plaza) was completed in Fountain, the Hercules Fountain, tain were designed by Adriaen de Waterworks with the Liliom for the Butchers) was erected in 1594. It was designed by the Dutch created by Adriaen de Vries, embod- Vries and cast in 1599. A cupid at cinema consists of the Lower 1609 by Elias Holl. Its innovative artist, Hubert Gerhard. In addition to ies Augsburg’s pride in its wealth his feet unties Mercury’s sandal to Watertower, the pumping house use of canal water was a novelty: the city´s founder Caesar Augustus, of water resources. The Kastenturm keep the god of trade in the city and and the water supply lead over The Vorderer canal was bronze sculptures of four river gods at the Red Gate was erected as an to thereby secure its wealth. the cast iron Zirbelnuss­ canal guided through the basement of the represent the main watercourses additional water tower to supply bridge. This is Augsburgs second Stadtmetzg to keep the meat cool in Augsburg. water for the fountains. oldest ­waterworks. and to dispose of the waste.

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Waterworks Power plant Power plant Riedinger 8 Power plant Power plant 6 7 8 river 9 10 at the Vogeltor at the Wertach canal at the Senkelbach 12 10 at the Wolfzahnau at the Proviantbach These waterworks were spring fed The plant was erected in 1920 at The machine and bronze wares This power plant was built in 1903 The Dierig textile group steered and like their predecessors they the then new Wertach canal. The producer Riedinger already began at the confluence of the Lech and the its power supply from the control were built on a former fortress two Francis-twin-turbines produced utilizing water power in 1865. The Wertach rivers. It currently supplies center inside this power plant until tower near the Vogeltor gate in the electric power for the tram system power plant building in the current 15,000 people with electricity. The 1995. The plant has been in use year 1774. The waterworks were and utilized 26.5 cubic meters of Riedingerpark is the oldest one in four meter high flywheel power since 1923 and delivers electric used primarily for the drinking water water per second. the UNESCO nomination. generator was exhibited as a symbol energy to around 5000 people. supply in the Lech quarter. of the art of German engineering at 4 the World’s Fair in Paris in 1900.

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19 Lech Power plant 11 Power plant at the 12 Power plant 13 7 river Power plant 14 at the Stadtbach (City Creek) in Langweid 22 in Meitingen The plant was put into use in 1887 The power plant has been in service Built in 1906 along with the first The plant was built between 1920 with a direct cogwheel drive transmis- since 1873. Parts of the original equip- extension of the Lech canal, this and 1922 - the last one on the Lech sion of the textile mill, comparable to ment have survived. The plant once plant still produces electricity. SIEBENTISCH- canal. At that time it was needed that of the Fabrikkanal plant nearby. supplied the energy for the cotton It is also home to the Bavarian FOREST in order to supply electric power for Parts of the drive transmission spinning mill at the Stadtbach which Lech Museum, which features the Siemens-Plania electrochemical have survived, but gears were later was the largest spinning mill in the the river in all of its multi- 20 factory nearby. 16 ­implemented to generate electricity. German Zollverein (customs union). faceted development. 17 KUHLAKE 18 11

Power plant Canoe racing course Hochablass weir 15 16 21 17 in Gersthofen at the Ice Canal The Hochablass (High Drain) has The first large power plant at the The first artificial whitewater canoe been a major part of Augsburg’s northern Lech canal initiated service course was built for the 1972 water management system for more in October of 1901. This marked the ­Munich Olympic Games. It is still than 750 years. Most of the process beginning of the comprehensive host to numerous international water canals are generated from this supply of electricity in the whole of ­competitions. The Ice Canal has point. Today’s installation derives Bavarian Swabia. The Lech canal been used for canoeing since 1945. from the extensive reconstruction was built especially for this plant. which took place in the year 1912. Waterworks at the Red Gate 19 The ensemble is the oldest existing waterworks buildings in central Europe. Beginning in the year 1416, they served to provide Augsburg’s drinking water supply for 463 years.

Power plant 18 Waterworks at the 20 Galgenablass 21 Lech canals 22 at the Fabrikkanal Hochablass (High Drain) culvert The canals in the Lech quarter have The Twining and Thread Factory Modern drinking water supply in The Galgenablass culvert is an delivered water power into the city in Göggingen began operating the Augsburg was introduced in the important canal crossing, sepa- for more than 1000 years. They were power plant in 1885. The Fabrikkanal year 1879 with the waterworks at rating drinking water and process City area of Augsburg indispensable to the artisans and was fed by the Wertach river and the Hochablass. It was one of the water canals in the Stadtwald and Old town hand-craftsmen who benefited from was built especially to provide rare waterworks using water power ­regulating their flow. the water and power supply which Complete Watersystem waterpower. for pumping and pressure vessels, drove their waterwheels. setting new standards. Nomination area Unique in the world: More than 800 years of water management systems in Augsburg

A Landscape of canals and water towers, waterworks and water power characterize Augsburg. The interaction of innovative and technical master- pieces built up over more than 800 years, forms a water management system which is unique in the world.

The nomination for the World Heritage title in the year 2018 secures the water management of Augsburg for the future and makes it visible for the whole world.