Hessen State Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Treasures of Mankind in Hessen UNESCO-World Cultural Heritage · World Natural Heritage · World Documentary Heritage Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst Dr. Ulrich Adolphs Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Rheinstraße 23 – 25 65185 Wiesbaden
www.hmwk.hessen.de Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen Prof. Dr. Gerd Weiß UNESCO-Welterbebeauftragter des Landes Präsident des Landesamtes für Denkmalpflege Hessen Schloss Biebrich Rheingaustraße 140 65203 Wiesbaden
www.denkmalpflege-hessen.de
CONTENTS
Editorial 2
Bound by Heritage Eva Kühne-Hörmann
Introduction 4
Protect and Conserve Prof. Dr. Gerd Weiß
W O R L D C U LT U R A L H E R I TA G E Gateway to the Early Middle Ages 6
Lorsch Abbey
River Romance 10
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
The Empire’s Frontier 14
Upper German-Raetian Limes
W O R L D N AT U R A L H E R I TA G E The Pompeii of Palaeontology 18
Messel Pit Fossil Site
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Imprint: Published by: The Hessen Minister of Higher Education, Research and the Arts • Rheinstraße 23 – 25 • 65185 Wiesbaden • Editors: Gabriele Amann-Ille, Dr. Ralf Breyer, Dr. Reinhard Dietrich • Layout:
The Silent Film “Metropolis”
Fabulous Fairy Tales 24
Grimm’s Household Tales
Kirberg Design, Hünfelden • Illustrations: Hessen World Heritage Sites, Hessen State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments, Hessen State Museum Darmstadt, page 7: Architectura Virtualis GmbH cooperation partner of Darmstadt technical university, page 8 below: Faksimile Verlag in wissenmedia GmbH, Munich, pages 10 – 12: Rüdesheim Tourist AG/K. H. Walter, page 15: Archive of Saalburg Museum, page 17: German Limes Commission (graphics: M. Horn)/Archive of Saalburg Museum, pages 22 – 25: akg images • Printed by: typographics GmbH, Darmstadt • Translation: Roswitha Stolpe
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Bound by Heritage Dear readers, Hessen takes pride in a number of cultural assets recognised as
But there is still more to discover in Hessen: The State of Hessen represented by
UNESCO World Heritage. Each of these distinctions presents an
the Hessen State Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts undertakes
exceptional honour and recognition of architectural, natural or
to apply for the nomination of the Kassel hillside park “Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe”
intellectual treasures in Hessen. At the same time, this recognition is an obligation
to the UNESCO World Heritage under the title “Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe with
to preserve them in the best interest of mankind as a whole, to make them
Herkules and water features. Staging power in the landscape.” The current
adequately available to the public and to show them.
UNESCO nomination proceedings envisage a decision not to be taken until 2013
The new visitor and information centre of the World Natural Heritage site Messel
at the earliest.
Fossil Pit near Darmstadt gives evidence of this. It is intended to contribute to
I hope you enjoy reading this informative booklet. I would be pleased if it inspired
raising even more the awareness for this worldwide unique fossil site. The remark-
you to pay a visit to the Hessian World Heritage sites.
ably appealing architectural conception and presentation techniques are pace making and will lead to a sustained rise in its attractiveness for tourists. There are three further Hessian World Heritage sites “Lorsch Abbey”, “Upper Middle Rhine Valley” and “Upper German-Raetian Limes”, the two latter of which distinguish themselves by extending over several Federal States. Thus they clearly symbolise the quality of what is meant by World Heritage: It is not the merit of one country to hold a World Heritage site, it is rather its obligation to preserve it. In addition, Hessen accommodates two World Documentary Heritages: Fritz Lang’s silent film “Metropolis” which had its premiere in 1927 and which is taken care of by the foundation “Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung” in Wiesbaden, as well as the personal copies of Children’s and Household Tales of the Brothers Grimm from 1812/1815 which are kept in Kassel.
Eva Kühne-Hörmann The Hessen Minister of Higher Education, Research and the Arts
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Protect and Conserve Dear readers, The 16 November 1972 was a very special date. This was the day
In Germany, it lies within the responsibility of each state to decide on the protec-
when the 17 General Conference of the UNESCO adopted the
tion and preservation of monuments. Possible applications for accession to the
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and
World Heritage List were combined in the tentative list and adopted by the
Natural Heritage, also referred to as World Heritage Convention. This inter-
Conference of Secretaries of Culture and Education. This tentative list forms the
nationally important instrument, maybe the most important one which has ever
basis for future German nominations to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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been entered into by the international community for the protection of its cultural and natural heritage, was ratified by 187 States to date. They engage to protect the World Heritage sites on their territory and to conserve them for future generations.
Beginning in 1992, the UNESCO has established a worldwide network in form of a “Memory of the World” programme which nominates valuable collection of books, manuscripts, scores, and also audiovisual and film documents of worldwide significance. This programme aims at disseminating information on documentary
It is the international community’s joint desire expressed in the so called World
heritage of outstanding value in archives, libraries and museums, safeguarding
Heritage Convention to preserve those “parts of the cultural or natural heritage
them, and making them accessible by the most modern means of information
that are of outstanding interest and, therefore, need to be preserved as part of the
technology. The register includes 193 documents from all over the world, among
world heritage of mankind as a whole”. Since 1972, 911 cultural and natural
them figure 11 from Germany.* Same applies here, every year new documents
heritage sites from 151 states on all continents have been added to the UNESCO
are added, and their number rises constantly.
World Heritage List, 33 of them are from Germany. They include 704 cultural, 180 natural and 27 mixed properties.* As new sites are added every year, their number constantly rises. An Intergovernmental Committee established under the World Heritage Convention has set up criteria defining which of the proposed sites of the member states will be added to the “World Heritage List”. “Outstanding universal value” figures among these criteria just as well as “historical authenticity” for cultural properties or “integrity” for a natural heritage site. It is required to present a status report on the current state of preservation as well as a convincing management and conservation plan.
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Prof. Dr. Gerd Weiß World Heritage Representative of the Hessen State Government President of the Hessen State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments
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Gateway to the Early Middle Ages
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t is the year 764. The European area that today constitutes Germany is in an era which will retrospectively be referred to as the “Dark Ages”. Here lives a late Germanic population on farming in a nearly unlettered culture in small
self-sustained settlements amidst dense forests. The civilisation which became extinct also west of the river Rhine after the fall of the Roman Empire was only upheld by a few isolated spots. Lorsch Abbey near the legendary city of Worms is one of them. Today, the remains of the Benedictine abbey lie in the south of Hessen within the boundaries of the city of Lorsch. In 1991 the relics of the abbey were nominated World Cultural Heritage. And it became the first Hessian Cultural Heritage site at all. The Abbey’s symbol is the ancient gatehouse or King’s hall whose exact function could not be unveiled to this day. Nevertheless, it represents one of the oldest and at the same time most significant historical German monuments from the pre-Romanesque period. Serving as a symbol of Carolingian architecture and cloister culture in Europe it was once part of a big and powerful cloister complex. It is one of the very rare architectural monuments from Carolingian times which has preserved its original appearance over the centuries and reminds of the former significance of the once mighty cloister complex.
Portal to the Early Middle Ages: The gatehouse or King’s hall from the pre-Romanesque period. Its function remains unclear to this day.
Intellectual centre of power: Reconstruction of Lorsch Abbey.
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This abbey used to
have a really old library which was unique
in Germany. But most of
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the old books have been removed on the quiet.
Sebastian Münster, Ingelheim (1488 – 1552)
Lorsch Abbey was founded around the year 764 by the Frankish Count Cancor and his mother Williswinda under the reign of King Pippin the Short (751 – 768 AD). It was already in 772 when the Abbey became the property of the King who granted it numerous privileges. After the death of King Ludwig the German (876) it reached its height when it became the burial place of the East Frankish (German) kings. King Ludwig III had a tomb church built to bury his father. Later, he himself and his son Hugo as well as Kunigunde, spouse of King Konrad I, here found their resting place. The prosperous Abbey was heavily devastated by a fire in 1090, but again reconstructed. In 1232 Lorsch was incorporated in the Archbishopric of Mainz and lost most of its privileges. After the Benedictines followed the Cistercians and later the Premonstratension order. When
Early belief: Relics of the Romanesque church remain from the once mighty cloister.
a further fire destroyed the church, it had to be rebuilt again, though during Reformation the monastery life After 1557 the premises of the Abbey were abandoned and left to decay. The
came to a complete standstill.
only edifices that survived the Thirty Years’ War were the gatehouse, part of the Romanesque church, some minor important relics of the medieval Abbey and A precious rarity: The Lorsch Evangeliar is a manuscript entirely written in gold ink. It is deemed to be one of the latest of a series of significant glorious manuscripts from the court scriptorium of Charlemagne and was created around the year 810.
buildings from the times when Lorsch was subordinated to the electors of Mainz. They can still be found within the circular walls. At the beginning of the 19th century the gatehouse was sold for demolition – a demolition which could be literally prevented in the last minute by the art-loving Grand Duke Ludewig I who rightly perceived the historical value of the edifice.
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River Romance
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ch weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten…! This is the first line of the Loreley song which tells of a legendary rock. It lies in the wildly romantic Rhine valley which figures among the classic cultural landscapes of Germany. Before it
gets to Bingen and Rüdesheim (the picture shows the ruins of Ehrenfels castle) the German “fateful river” flows through the soft vine-growing hills of Rheingau and Rheinhessen to cut its way through the dark rocks of the Rhenish Slate Mountains.
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unparalleled in its density and quality in other European cultural landscapes. Its main characteristic lies in the naturally formed fluvial landscape though shaped by man’s work: over thousands of years the Middle Rhine Valley has been one of the most important traffic routes for the cultural exchange between the Mediterranean region and the north of Europe. The valley slopes planted with vines, the villages cuddling on the narrow stretches along the riverside, and castles arranged high above the river like pearls on steep rock ledges incorporate the idea of Rhine romanticism. People from all parts of the world were enchanted by the region and its landscape; it inspired writers, painters and musicians. And there is still more to this deeply cut valley lying in a zone sheltered by the Hunsrück mountains, and profiting from a favourable climate where animals and plants live that would otherwise only thrive in more southern regions of Europe. Over centuries a landscape was formed reflecting the interaction between man and nature, cultural achievements and their impact on the development of the landscape area. The Middle Rhine Valley was both a frontier, and then again a linking bridge between cultures.
Guardian of the stream: The monument Niederwalddenkmal with its statue Germania near Rüdesheim is a striking landmark at the entrance to the Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
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A tale known for many a season
Will not allow me to rest …
I’m looking in vain for the reason
That I am so sad and distressed;
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Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder 1823 (Reprinted with kind permission by Walter Meyer.)
In 2002 the Upper Middle Rhine Valley – a 65 kilometer stretch of the river Rhine between Bingen/Rüdesheim and Koblenz which marks the ravine passing through the Rhenish Slate Mountains – was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage. By doing so, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee acknowledged “a cultural landscape of great variety and beauty”. The Upper Middle Rhine Valley holds an extraordinary richness in architectural and cultural heritages which remains
Attractive temptation: The Loreley statue beneath the rock of the same name is a symbol of the legendary siren who ruined so many fishermen.
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The Empire’s Frontier
Up p e r Germa n-Ra etia n Limes
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o you think, the whole of Germania was occupied by the Romans? Well, not quite – this is evidenced by the former Roman frontier fortification “Limes” (Latin word for frontier) whose remnants run right across Europe.
While Germanic tribes dwelled beyond the Limes, in its shelter the Roman way of life flourished in the northernmost provinces of the Roman Empire. One section of the Limes that passes mostly over land, the Upper German-Raetian Limes, runs through four federal states as an archaeological monument. On July 15, 2005 the Upper German-Raetian Limes running through RhinelandPalatinate, Hessen, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is about 550 kilometres long, the surface designated as World Heritage site covers approximately 220 square kilometres and borders 20 districts and 150 communities. About 900 watchtowers and relics of almost 120 fortresses (military camps) make the Upper German-Raetian Limes one of the most extensive cultural monuments in Germany.
Powerful station: Rebuilt part of the Limes with watchtower, rampart and palisade near Taunusstein-Orlen.
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At those times he (Hadrian) separated the many country sides, where rivers did not form the frontier against the
barbarians but artificially built barriers (limites), as he used to do so often to isolate the barbarians from his realm, by a system of high piles which were deeply driven into the ground
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and attached to each other.
Aelius Spartianus for the year 122 AD
Powerful figures: Under Emperor Domitian (80 – 96 AD) the provinces Germania inferior and superior were set up. To do so, the province frontiers had to be defined. Emperor Traian (98 – 117 AD) occupied the new borderline by stationing troops along the Limes, his successor Emperor Hadrian (117 – 138 AD) clearly marked it by setting up a palisade.
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Manifestation of power: Saalburg near Bad Homburg is the only Limes fortress of the former Roman Empire which has been reconstructed to a great extent.
The Upper German-Raetian Limes: its course after about 160 AD.
Saalburg, situated on a Taunus ridge near Bad Homburg, was one of these
The Hessian section of the Limes extends from Grebenroth in the Rheingau-Taunus
fortresses. In the years between 1897 and 1907 the fort had been affectionately
district to Seligenstadt am Main in the Offenbach district. Over a length of 153 km
reconstructed. Today, its museum-educational programme allows an impressive
embedding 18 big and 31 small fortresses as well as more than 200 watchtowers
glance at the life at the northern frontiers of the Roman Empire.
the borderline runs over the wooded Taunus hills and encloses the fertile Wetterau
At the beginning of the 2nd century AD the Limes was initially designed as a
area in a wide bend, before it approaches the river Main.
control path with watchtowers, in the following decades it was fortified by
By the way, the Upper German-Raetian Limes is the first World Cultural Heritage
palisades, ramparts and a moat (Upper German Limes), or a wall (Raetian Limes).
site that includes several countries in the way it is designed. So the Limes in
In its vicinity, fortresses were erected whose occupying forces controlled the
Germany and the English Hadrian’s Wall, which was declared World Heritage site
frontier. Tradesmen and craftsmen, but also the families of the soldiers used to
in 1987, supplemented meanwhile by the Scottish Antonine Wall, form the first
live in settlements outside the walls of the fortresses. The Limes lasted until the
partial sections of a transnational World Heritage site: it is referred to as the
year 260 AD.
“Frontiers of the Roman Empire” and is designed to include the countries along
The Limes was never intended to be an impenetrable line of defence. Apart from visibly marking and securing the northern borderline of the Roman Empire, it rather served to control the traffic of persons and goods, and to levy customs duties.
the external borders of the passed “Imperium Romanum”.
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Window to primeval times: The deposits in a former maar lake formed by volcanic activity enable a unique glance at the fauna and flora of Eocene times 47 million years ago.
The Pompeii of Palaeontology
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he surface of the cirular-shaped lake glistens in the morning sun; croco-
Today, the fossil relics of these animals and plants that used to live in and around
diles inertly float beneath the water surface. In the hot air birds glide over
the Messel lake, are preserved in fine sand deposits, the so-called bituminous
the water and chase for insects buzzing around. In the dense subtropical
shale. This lake which enabled this abounding life, was created by volcanic activity.
djungle going down to the shore prehistoric horses and other mammals like
Since the 19th century Messel open-pit mine near Darmstadt has brought these
rodents, flying squirrels or anteaters are searching for food – this scenery existed
witnesses to light. The unique fossil site documents an integrated ecological
some 47 million years ago in Hessen.
system from the Eocene in which the evolution of early mammals exploded after the saurians became extinct.
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With its famous
fossils Messel Pit in Germany
is one of the hot spots
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Dr. Jon de Vos, Leiden
The variety of reptiles and amphibian fauna gives insight in then existing food chains which also include the species-rich fauna of insects. Among experts, Messel flora is considered to be one of the richest in species of the Palaeogene. The floral remains bear witness of the climatic situations and special local conditions.
Messel pit near Darmstadt was the first natural
The newly erected visitor and infor-
heritage site in Germany to be inscribed on
mation centre funded by the State
the UNESCO list of World Natural Heritage on
Government conveys the great fasci-
8 December 1995.
nation of this “showcase” into geo-
The fossils found in Messel pit excel by their
logical history. Its architectural design and the way to present a wide spectrum of
great variety of species and the worldwide unique
themes raise the attractiveness of this unique site: here the tertiary Messel habitat
quality of preservation. In addition, Messel pit is
Forerunner: The Messel prehistoric horse figures among the most famous and most significant finds of the pit.
is integrated in its geological context and brought to life.
one of the most bio-diverse fossil sites. So far 100 vertebrate species could be confirmed, among them figure 40 mammalian species. At the head of all, the world famous “prehistoric horses”, 30 skeletons of which were so far detected, or “Ida”, who is classified as an early and distant relative of the humans. The finds of vertebrates unveil not only skeletons, sometimes soft tissue contours, fur and even stomach contents are fossilised. The bird finds lead to important findings on the coexistence of early tertiary birdlife which showed a surprisingly large number of species.
Tropical conditions: Surrounded by a primeval forest, the lake is populated by crocodiles, turtles, water snakes, frogs, beetles and fish.
Time travelling through geological history: The newly erected visitor and information centre of Messel Pit gives fascinating insights in the times when Messel was situated on the equator.
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as to get very close to the work’s original version.
Modern Classics
T he S i l ent Fi l m “M et ro p o l i s ”
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t is the year 1926, the prime time of the Weimar Republic. In the aftermath of the horrors of World War I, Germany, and, in particular, its capital city come to life again. The vibrant metropolitan Berlin is the European trendsetter in arts
and culture: Jazz, Charleston, permissiveness and film. Berlin is the artistic and
The optical quality of the footage could be restored to a great extent by digital image editing. The by then longest reconstruction which abides by the work as close as possible (as a result of extensive research for fragments all over the world) was declared UNESCO World Documentary Heritage in 2001.
commercial centre of the German film industry – and it forms cinematic culture of
The find of footage in Argentina in 2008 added to the
its times at the transition to the talking film with courageous, expressive works.
finalisation of this masterpiece in cinematic history.
It is in the Babelsberg Studios where the most famous German silent film “Metropolis” is produced. The visionary and cinematically brilliant realisation of the architectural concept of a future city makes this film a unique
Even new digital techniques were developed to insert the additional 25 minutes in the film. On February 12, 2010 its first release was simultaneously held in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin.
document of the Heritage of Mankind.
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Metropolis surely is the most important work
Fritz Lang’s monumental work received its premiere in 1927. This picture is one of the most famous science-fiction films in
in German film history [...] hopelessly obsolete,
cinematic history, and, at the same time, one of the visually
most impressive silent films. Shortly after its first performance the film was cut by 1000 film metres, and a version emerged which had lost much of its contents. The original got lost. In many years of work the foundation “Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung” located in Wiesbaden managed to detect footage which was believed to be lost. Investigations showed that only one of the three original negatives was still partly preserved. Foreign archives still held copies that were taken from the lost original negatives. Still, about one fifth of the original version was missing. In 1999 and 2000 the film was restored. The restoration was intended to recover the original sequence of scenes so
and yet stunningly topical. Metropolis is inspiring,
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Artem Demenok
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Fabulous Fairy Tales
Gri mm’s Househol d Ta l e s
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In fairy tale literature
there is the same inward purity
nce upon a time... This is how the tales start that virtually every child
for the sake of which
knows in Germany. But not only in Germany: The Children’s and
we perceive children as so lovely
Household Tales of the Brothers Grimm are, next to the Luther Bible,
the best known and most widely distributed book of German cultural history in the world.
and blissful. Children’s tales
should be told so that in their bright and pure light the first thoughts and strengths
fairy tale tradition. Ever since that time translations were made into more than
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170 languages from all continents.
The most significant available source which tells the story of the creation and
When the brothers Jacob (1785 – 1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786 – 1859) – born in Hanau and raised in Steinau an der Straße – collected the tales, it was the first systematic collection and scholarly documentation of European and Oriental
The Children’s and Household Tales bundle a storytelling tradition shaped by different cultures, and presented in a new form. The achievement of the Brothers Grimm was to go beyond the German and European reference world and to create a universal model of storytelling embracing the world’s peoples. This constitutes the uniqueness and worldwide perception of this collection.
of heart awake and grow.
Jacob Grimm (1785 – 1863)
impact of Grimm’s fairy tales are the Kassel personal annotated copies of the Children’s and Household Tales, printed copies of the first editions, which bear handwritten additions and notes of the Brothers Grimm. They used to live in Kassel for more than 30 years. The personal annotated copies were added to the UNESCO list of World Documentary Heritage in 2005. They are the first written documents from
Little Red Riding Hood: The fairy tale characters of the Brothers Grimm figure among the most impressive childhood memories of whole generations worldwide.
Hessen that were included in the Memory of the World Programme.
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Monuments
Germany contributes 33 monuments to the UNESCO list of World Heritages.* They are protected by the International Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The Convention which was adopted by UNESCO in 1972 is the most important instrument to internationally preserve cultural and natural heritage sites of “outstanding universal value”. A monument can only be inscribed on the World Heritage list unless it meets the criteria stipu
• Aachen Cathedral
• Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
• Speyer Cathedral
• Muskauer Park (Park Muzakowski)
• Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
• “Frontiers of the Roman Empire” – Upper German-Raetian Limes
• Pilgrimage Church of Wies
• Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
• The Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust Brühl
• Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
• St. Mary’s Cathedral and St. Michael’s Church at Hildesheim • Roman Monuments, Cathedral and Church of Our Lady in Trier • Hanseatic City of Lübeck • Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
lated in the Convention such as uniqueness, authenticity (for cultural sites) respec
• Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
tively integrity (for natural sites), and unless a convincing preservation programme
• Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
is provided. The UNESCO World Register “Memory of the World” (World Documentary Heritage) is a global digital network including outstanding select documents:
• Town of Bamberg • Maulbronn Monastery Complex
valuable libraries, manuscripts, scores, unique prints, audiovisual and film docu
• Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg
ments, among them figure 11 from Germany.* This programme is aiming
• Völklingen Ironworks
at preserving documentary heritage of outstanding value in archives, libraries
• Messel Pit Fossil Site
and museums worldwide, safeguarding them, and making them accessible by the most modern means of information technology.
Documents • Early cylinder recordings of the world’s musical traditions (1893 – 1952) in the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv • 42-line Gutenberg Bible printed on vellum, and its contempompary documentary background • The literary estate of Goethe in the Goethe and Schiller Archives • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9, d minor, op. 125 • Fritz Lang’s motion picture “Metropolis” – Negative of the restored and reconstructed version 2001
• Cologne Cathedral
• Illuminated manuscripts from the Ottonian period produced in the monastery of Reichenau (Lake Constance)
• Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau
• Children’s and Household Tales of the Brothers Grimm
• Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
• The 1507 printed world map by Waldseemüller (Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorumque Lustrationes)
• Classical Weimar • Wartburg Castle • Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
• The Bibliotheca Corviniana Collection
• Monastic Island of Reichenau
• Letters from and to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz within the collection of manuscript papers of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
• Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
• Song of the Nibelungs, a heroic poem from medieval Europe
• Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
• Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar • Upper Middle Rhine Valley * 8/2010
• The Wadden Sea
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Contacts and Information Lorsch Abbey
Upper German-Raetian Limes
Nibelungenstraße 32 · 64653 Lorsch Phone: +49 6251 103820 E-mail: info@kloster-lorsch.de www.kloster-lorsch.de
Limes Information Centre Römerkastell Saalburg – Archaeological park Saalburg 1 · 61350 Bad Homburg v. d. H. Phone: +49 6175 9374 - 0 E-mail: info@saalburgmuseum.de www.saalburgmuseum.de
Opening times: Museum centre: Tue – Sun and holidays 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Closed on Jan. 1, Shrove Tuesday and Dec. 24 The cloister premises are open throughout the year until nightfall. Directions: By car: A5 exit Heppenheim or A67 exit Bensheim, B47 and B460. By train: DB Train station Lorsch from Worms, Bürstadt or Bensheim. Upper Middle Rhine Valley Tourist Information Rheingau-Taunus An der Basilika 11a · 65375 Oestrich-Winkel Phone: +49 6723 99550 Fax: +49 6723 995555 E-mail: tourist@rheingau-taunus-info.de www.rheingau-taunus-info.de Tourist-Information Rüdesheim am Rhein Geisenheimer Straße 22 · 65385 Rüdesheim am Rhein Phone: +49 6722 906150 Fax: +49 6722 3485 E-mail: touristinfo@t-online.de www.ruedesheim.de Rhein-Touristik Loreley Valley Loreley visitor centre Auf der Loreley · 56346 St. Goarshausen Phone: +49 6771 599093 Fax: +49 6771 599094 E-mail: info@tal-der-loreley.de www.tal-der-loreley.de www.welterbe-mittelrheintal.de
Opening times: March – Oct.: daily 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Nov. – Feb.: daily except for Mondays 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Closed on Dec. 24 and 31
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Directions: By car: A5 exit Friedberg/direction Friedrichsdorf or A661 exit Oberursel Nord. By train: from Frankfurt by S-Bahn to Bad Homburg, then city bus (line 5) to Saalburg. Alternatively by Taunus train to Bahnhof Saalburg/Lochmühle, then walkway along the Limes (about 45 min.) to Saalburg. Grube Messel gGmbH Roßdörfer Straße 108 · 64409 Messel Phone: +49 6159 717535 Fax: +49 6159 717536 E-mail: info@welterbe-grube-messel.de www.grube-messel.de Opening times: The visitor and information centre Zeit & Messel Welten is open daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The visitor platform at the edge of Messel Pit is open and accessible throughout the year. Directions: By car: A5 exit Weiterstadt or Langen/ Mörfelden or A661 exit Langen/Offenthal. By train: from Darmstadt or Aschaffenburg until Bahnhof Messel (Messel station), then 1.5 km walk (about 20 min.) to the mine entrance.
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