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UNESCO World Heritage in Germany Worldheritagegermany.Com CHURCHES AND MONASTERIES Monastic Island of Reichenau Old Town of Regensburg with Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Primeval Beech Forests of the UNESCO World Heritage (2000) Three Romanesque Stadtamhof (2006) Regensburg, Complex in Essen (2001) In its day, Carpathians and the Ancient Beech churches from the 9th to the 11th the town of emperors and kings, shaft XII at the Zollverein Coal Mine Forests of Germany (2007/2011/ in Germany century attest to the significance of offers impressive perspectives of Industrial Complex in Essen was the 2017) They are really the original the former Benedictine abbey on the around 2,000 years of history. world’s largest and most modern inhabitants of Europe: without Aachen Cathedral (1978) Aachen Monastic Island of Reichenau in The centre has over 1,500 listed coal-mining facility and a leading human intervention, beech trees Cathedral was the very first site to Baden-Württemberg . Founded in buildings; of these, 984 form the example of the development of would still cover large areas of be granted UNESCO World Heritage 724, it quickly developed into one of “Old Town with Stadtamhof” heavy industry in Europe. Today, continental Europe. Today, unspoilt status in Germany, and with good the most important monasteries in ensemble. with its Bauhaus-influenced design, lowland beech forests are found reason: built in around 790 to 800, southern Germany. The monastic the mine is a triumph of modern nowhere else in the world but in the cathedral is of world importance tradition can still be seen today in industrial architecture and a centre Germany. The Ancient Beech Forests in terms of the history of art and for art and culture. of Germany UNESCO World Natural the unique religious festivals and CASTLES AND architecture, and is one of the great processions that take place on the Heritage site therefore offers a examples of church architecture. PALACES fascinating, romantic and incredibly island. Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, The final resting place of Charle- diverse picture of the original Dessau and Bernau (1996/2017) As magne, it was also where German European landscapes. This a university of design, the Bauhaus emperors were crowned for 600 transboundary extension now School revolutionised 20th century years. stretches over 12 countries. art and architecture around the world. Today the original buildings in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau, along Fagus Factory in Alfeld (2011) Built with a range of museums and from 1911 to designs by Adolf Meyer exhibitions, provide an insight into a and Walter Gropius, the subsequent Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Würzburg Residence with the Court movement that still seems star architect of the Bauhaus school, Corvey (2014) The former Gardens and Residence Square innovative today. Benedictine monastery of Corvey, in (1981) Würzburg Residenz Palace is the Fagus Factory is widely regarded Höxter Westphalia is an historical generally considered the purest and as the first truly modernist structure. Speyer Cathedral (1981) The impe- Typical of the Neues Bauen style, the Wadden Sea (2009/2014) art treasure of inestimable value. most remarkable of all baroque Mines of Rammelsberg rial cathedral in Speyer, officially The former imperial Abbey with its palaces in Germany. Built between glass and steel facade and the huge, The diversity of the Wadden Sea known as the Cathedral of St. Mary nearly 1,200 year history is regarded 1720 and 1744 and enhanced by the wrap-around corner windows free landscape on the North Sea coast and St. Stephen, is the town‘s most as one of the most important magnificent gardens between 1765 of supports lend the building an ele- makes it a unique habitat for prominent landmark. Laid out in the monastic foundations in medieval and 1780, it exemplifies a glittering gant feeling of lightness. countless species of plants and form of a Latin cross, it is one of Ger- Germany. era and is one of the most wildlife. This UNESCO World Natural many‘s largest and most important Heritage site covers an area of spectacular royal palaces in Europe. Classical Weimar (1998) For Romanesque buildings, and was around 11,000 square kilometres and centuries, Weimar in Thuringia was intended to be no less than the larg- includes the three Wadden Sea at the centre of intellectual life in est church in the western world National Parks of Schleswig- Germany: the city experienced its when building work began in 1030. Holstein, Lower Saxony, Hamburg heyday in the early 19th century and Denmark plus the Wadden Sea when it was home to no fewer conservation area in the than three of Europe’s leading The Water Management System of Netherlands. intellectuals – Goethe, Schiller and Augsburg (2019) The Water Man- Naumburg Cathedral (2018) The Herder. The Classical Weimar agement System of Augsburg docu- Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul Castles of Augustusburg and ensemble is testimony to the ments the 800-year-development of Upper Harz Water Management System Historic Town of Goslar ranks among the most important Falkenlust at Brühl (1984) In Brühl, enlightened, courtly but also civic the urban water supply: from the cultural monuments of the Euro- a small town in the Rhineland, culture of the period around 1800. pean High Middle Ages. It is espe- architecture, sculpture, painting and separation of drinking water from Pilgrimage Church of Wies (1983) cially renowned for its west choir garden design have been brought water for domestic use in the Middle www.worldheritagegermany.com The Pilgrimage Church of the featuring the twelve sculptures of together to create a first-class work Ages to the use of hydropower as Scourged Saviour at the foot of the the cathedral’s founders. The of art. A fine example of a German fuel and the continued use of old Alps is considered a perfect example founder statue of Uta, created by rococo ensemble, Augustusburg traditions by applying new technolo- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe (2013) of Bavarian rococo architecture. the Naumburg Master, is an icon and Palace and Falkenlust hunting lodge, gies nowadays. Covering 240 hectares in the north About us Around one million visitors come known as “the most beautiful along with their baroque gardens, Hessen city of Kassel, baroque The UNESCO World Heritage Sites Association Germany is the representa- here every year from all over the woman of the Middle Ages”. have been inscribed in the UNESCO Wilhelmshöhe Park is designed in world – to look, marvel, pray, attend the style of an English landscape tive body of the combined German World Heritage Sites and theiraffiliated World Heritage list. Museumsinsel (Museum Island) services, enjoy the summer concerts garden and is Europe’s largest tourist organizations. The association was founded 2001 in Quedlinburg aim- Berlin (1999) The unique and, of course, for quiet contempla- hillside park. Together with collection of galleries and museums ing to increase awareness of Germany’s World Heritage sites and to improve tion. Wilhelmshöhe Palace, it forms a on Berlin Museum Island, with its low-impact and specialised tourism to heritage sites on a sustainable scale. OLD TOWNS unique whole that combines culture, five temple-like buildings, houses nature and landscape architecture in This involves an opportunity to extend the appeal and accessibility of World treasures from 6,000 years of Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining perfect harmony. human history. Located in Berlin’s Heritage sites as well as to guarantee the conservation of the World Heritage Cultural Landscape (2019) The historical centre, the complex is the on a sustainable basis through income generated by tourism. cross-border mining region is the centrepiece of the city’s museum only landscape in the world that Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and network and is Europe’s largest presents the complex epochs of ore CULTURAL AND CON­ Berlin (1990/1992/1999) The cultural investment project. mining from the 12th to the 20th TEMPORARY HISTORY beautiful city of Potsdam is part of Contact: an extraordinarily rich and attrac tive century and their global influences. Above and below ground mines, ore Hanseatic City of Lübeck (1987) landscape: expansive parks, majestic UNESCO-Welterbestätten processing, landscapes and Lübeck, the undisputed Queen of tree-lined avenues and some 150 Deutschland e. V. mountain towns contribute to the Hanseatic League, was founded buildings from the 18th to the 20th Kornmarkt 6 strengthen the understanding of in 1143 as “the first western town on century all combine to make an D-06484 Quedlinburg history and its relevance. the Baltic coast” and provided a outstanding cultural treasure, Tel: +49 (0)3946-811253 extended to include architectural Fax: +49 (0)3946-811256 St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s shining example for all the Hanse- monuments in neighbouring Berlin. Church at Hildesheim (1985) atic towns and cities along the Town Hall and Roland on the [email protected] As outstanding examples of early- Baltic. The medieval old town is one LANDSCAPES AND Marketplace of Bremen (2004) www.worldheritagegermany.com of the foremost examples of brick Romanesque architecture both GARDENS It is one of the most beautiful town churches symbolise the heyday of Gothic architecture and reflects halls in Germany: the magnificent religious art in the Holy Roman Lübeck’s illustrious past as an early facade is a textbook example of the Empire, exemplify the creative skill centre of international trade. Weser Renaissance architecture of Bishop Bernward and are blessed typical of northern Germany. Along Photos (Location) This page: © Bernd with the Roland statue, the city’s Schröder (Aachen), DZT/Ernst Wrba (Speyer, with a wealth of famous historical Roman Monuments, Cathedral of very own “statue of liberty”, it still Würzburg), H.-J. Aubert (Old Town of Goslar, art treasures. St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Bauhaus Dessau, Brühl, Garden Kingdom of Wartburg Castle (1999) Large, stands as a reminder of the pride Trier (1986) Founded as Augusta Dessau-Wörlitz, Cologne, Messel Pit Fossil Site, imposing and steeped in history: that the locals have for their city, Roman Monuments Trier, Pilgrimage Church Treverorum in 16 BC, Trier is high above the town of Eisenach sits their freedom and their sovereignty.
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