UNESCO World Heritage in Germany Where history comes to life CHURCHES CASTLES LANDSCAPES OLD TOWNS INDUSTRY VARIOUS SITES & ABBEYS & PALACES & GARDENS www.unesco-welterbe.de www.germany-tourism.de/unesco www.germany-tourism.de Epic splendour in elegant surroundings Welcome to the Germany of Palaces, Parks and Gardens © Wrba © Wrba © Wrba © Wrba Welcome to Germany – where you can take a journey back through a thousand years of history, following in the footsteps of Kaisers, Kings and Noblemen. More than 700 palaces, parks, castles and gardens are just waiting for you to discover. Marvel at these pearls of German architecture that span every era and epoch you can think of – from Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque right up to Renaissance and Romanticism. Experience the fairytale thrill of history come to life in Germany. The travel destination. © German National Tourist Board CONTENTS CHURCHES CASTLES LANDSCAPES OLD TOWNS INDUSTRY VARIOUS SITES & ABBEYS & PALACES & GARDENS UNESCO World Heritage sites in Lübeck Old Town . 21 Germany – where history comes to life . 4 Maulbronn – Monastery Complex . 22 Aachen Cathedral . .6 Messel Pit Fossil Site . 23 Bamberg – Old Town . 7 Muskau Park . 24 Berlin – Museum Island . 8 Upper Middle Rhine Valley . 25 Bremen – Town Hall and Roland Statue on Bremen market square . 9 Pfaffenwinkel – The Wieskirche Church . 26 Brühl – The palaces of Augustusburg Potsdam and Berlin – and Falkenlust . 10 Prussian Palaces and Parks . 27 Dessau und Weimar – Quedlinburg – Old Town . 28 Bauhaus and its sites . .11 Regensburg – Old Town ensemble Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Principality . 12 and Stadtamhof . 29 Dresden – Elbe Valley . 13 Reichenau Monastic Island . 30 Eisenach – Wartburg Castle . 14 Speyer Cathedral . 31 Essen – The Zollverein Coal Mine Stralsund and Wismar Historic Centres . 32 Industrial Estate . 15 Trier – Roman Monuments, Cathedral of Goslar – Mine of Rammelsberg St. Peter and Church of Our Lady . 33 and Historic Town of Goslar . 16 Völklingen Ironworks . 34 Hildesheim – St. Mary‘s Cathedral Classical Weimar . 35 and St. Michael‘s Church . 17 Wittenberg, Eisleben – Köln – Cologne Cathedral . 18 The Luther Memorials . 36 The Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Würzburg – Bishop‘s Residence . 37 boundary wall Limes . 19 Suggested routes . 38 Lorsch – Benedictine Abbey and Altenmünster Monastery . 20 Map of World Heritage sites . 42 Contact Imprint UNESCO-Welterbestätten Deutschland e.V. Published by: UNESCO Welterbestätten Deutschland e.V. Palais Salfeldt · Kornmarkt 6 · 06484 Quedlinburg Editors: Dr. Heinz Buri, Martina Ziesing, Manuela Lorenz Tel. +49(0) 39 46 - 81 12 - 53 /- 54 Layout: uniset Grafi k Design GmbH, Berlin Map: Claudia Döhring, kartopolis/uniset Fax +49(0) 39 46 - 81 12 - 56 Copyrights: Dr. H.-J. Aubert (title, p. 6,8-33, 35, 36, 39, 41), Archiv E-Mail: [email protected] des Bamberg Tourismus & Kongress Service (p. 7), Bayer. Verwal- Internet: www.unesco-welterbe.de tung der staatlichen Schlös ser, Gärten u. Seen/Aubert (p. 37), Stif- tung Bauhaus Dessau/S. Hoell (p. 38), Stadtarchiv Dessau (p. 4), Fremdenverkehrsverein Lutherstadt Eisleben/Mansfelder Land e.V. (p. 4), Stadt Hildesheim (p. 39), DZT/N. Krüger (p. 38), DZT/W. In cooperation with H. Müller (p. 4), Stiftung “Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Mus kau”/A. Ro- scher (p. 40), Potsdam Tourismus GmbH (p. 5), Quedlinburg Tour- ismus Marketing GmbH (title, p. 5), Der Rammelsberg/R. Rosen- eck (p. 5), Ver kehrs verein Reichenau e.V. (p. 5), Regensburg Tou ris mus GmbH (p. 4), Ruhrgebiet Tourismus GmbH/J. Schu- macher (p. 4), Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuse- um, Frankfurt/Main (title, p. 5), Tourist Information Trier Stadt und Land e.V./C. Millen (p. 41), Tourist Information Weimar (p. 5), Völklinger Hütte/G. Kassner (title, p. 34), Wartburg Stiftung (p. 4) Printed by: Quedlinburg Druck GmbH 3 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN GERMANY The Zollverein Coal Mine The Wieskirche Church Eisleben – Town of Luther Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Principality Wartburg Castle Old Town Ensemble of Regensburg Where history comes to life The list of UNESCO world heritage sites con- est traces of world history at the Pit Fossil Site sists of outstanding testimonies to the history at Messel in Hessen. Combine a trip to Ber- of mankind and nature: silent but eloquent lin with an exploration of six thousand years witnesses to magnifi cent cultural achieve- of the history of mankind, or let yourself be ments and natural phenomena. won over by the clarity of the Bauhaus archi- tecture in Dessau and Weimar. Every one of The World Heritage Committee awards the Germany ’s World Heritage sites is well worth UNESCO World Heritage title to monuments, a visit. Let yourself be captivated by the very ensembles, industrial monuments and extraor- places where history was made . Set out on dinary natural landscapes and thereby places a journey on which you will trace the his- them under special protection by the inter- tory of mankind itself. UNESCO World Herit- national community. A journey to a UNESCO age is unique and so will be your journey to World Heritage site is a very special and unique the German World Heritage sites. This book- journey into the past. Experience the most im- let contains information and suggestions on pressive legacies of the past by visiting World how to experience history and how best to Heritage sites in Germany. Discover the earli- enjoy the delights of each individual region. 4 www.unesco-welterbe.de Quedlinburg Old Town Messel Pit Fossil Site Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam Reichenau Monastic Island Mine of Rammelsberg Classical Weimar The UNESCO receive fi nancial assistance. It is the Conven- tion’s aim to encourage cooperation between World Heritage Convention the peoples of the international community and to improve the conservation of cultural The “Convention concerning the Protection of and natural heritage. Sustainable tourism too the World Cultural and Natural Heritage” was has a contribution to make to the conservation adopted by the UNESCO General Conference of world heritage sites. The German UNESCO in 1972. It places the conservation of cultural or World Heritage Sites Association wishes to in- natural monuments of “outstanding univer- crease awareness of Germany’s World Heritage sal value” into the care of humankind. By sign- sites and to promote low-impact and special- ing the Convention, each state party commits ised tourism to heritage sites on a sustainable itself to protect the sites situated on its terri- scale. This involves an opportunity to extend tory and to conserve them for future genera- the appeal and accessibility of World Herit- tions. In return, UNESCO member states receive age sites as well as to guarantee the conser- expert advice on how to preserve their sites; vation of the World Heritage on a sustainable states with insuffi cient fi nancial means also basis through income generated by tourism. 5 AACHEN Aachen Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage site since 1978 When Emperor Charlemagne began work on and art history ensemble” in the UNESCO list his St. Mary‘s palatine chapel in the town now of World Heritage Sites underlines the excep- known as Aachen in about 786, his dream was tional signifi cance of this magnifi cent building. to create a “New Rome”. Thus he inaugurated one of the most outstand- ing buildings in all of Europe. The cathedral’s Our Tip present form has evolved over the course of Enjoy a package deal to Aachen and more than a millennium. The nucleus of Aachen its cathedral under „Faszination Welt - kultur erbe: Der Aachener Dom“. cathedral is Charlemagne’s former palatine Info: www.aachen-pauschalen.de chapel. The single-nave chancel was conse- crated on the 600th anniversary of Charle- magne’s death, since when the Aachen “Glass House” has impressed generations of visitors Info & reservations with its bold architecture. For 600 years, from aachen tourist service e.v. 936 to 1531, Aachen cathedral was the corona- Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz tion church for 30 German kings, and even to- 52062 Aachen Tel.: +49(0)241/18 029-60 or -61 day the cathedral retains much of the glamour Fax: +49(0)241/18 029-30 of its historic past. The inclusion of this build- E-Mail: [email protected] ing in 1978 as the fi rst German “architectural Internet: www.aachen-tourist.de 6 www.unesco-welterbe.de BAMBERG Old Town UNESCO World Heritage site since 1993 Spread over seven hills and situated at the made their mark on Bamberg and have left heart of the Franconian cultural landscape is behind treasures of inestimable value, includ- Bamberg, a one-thousand-year-old centre of ing examples of German and European archi- episcopal and imperial power. tectural history from many different epochs in a beautiful setting of river and landscape. The town’s signifi cance can be traced back to its founder and patron Emperor Heinrich II (died 1024), who made Bamberg his power base. Our Tip Alongside such architectural gems as the ca- Learn about the history of Bamberg while be- thedral, old town hall, New Residence and St. ing entertained in the Theatre of Shadows, or plunge into the Fine Art of Bamberg Brews with Michael’s monastery, it is the River Regnitz with BierSchmecker®Touren. You will be able to enjoy its many watercourses and bridges that shapes highlights of classical music in the Bamberger the appearance of the town and emphasizes Symphoniker concerts. the romantic atmosphere that the visitor en- counters at every turn. Bamberg has essentially developed into a baroque town and yet has still Info & reservations managed to preserve its medieval structures. BAMBERG Tourismus & Kongress Service Virtually unscathed by wars, Bamberg’s old Geyerswörthstraße 3 town is now the largest ensemble of buildings 96047 Bamberg Tel.: +49(0)951/29 76-200 in Germany to have been preserved in its origi- Fax: +49(0)951/29 76-222 nal state.