Jakob Frenzel Profile
I was born in 1987 in West-Berlin. Since then I have visited many places in Europe and went on four trips through the USA, to New Zealand and Thailand.
2005 I discovered the magnificance of World heritage sites and since then try not to miss any on our journeys. We try to plan trips according to the locactions of WHS sites. That way we visited 18 sites in England 2018! And 28 sites on a trip to the Normandy. More trips like that are planned.
The German Televison produces short documentaries on each site, called Schätze der Welt, which I record and love to watch with the whole family. I recommend it to every WHS enthusiast.
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Dacian Fortresses
Jakob Frenzel Germany - 09-Dec-24
August 2024 - After spending the night in Hunedoara, we took smaller roads with the goal to visit the Fortress of Sarmizegetusa Regia. It was hot that day and the roads really bad. Thus we decided to stop at Costesti. On the map it looked like a small hike, but my family decided to stay at the parking lot.
Damn, the hike was more strenous than anticipated and hard on my lungs. I did not meet anybody on the hike, and I was expecting to meet bears. Eventually I arrived at the fortress and climbed around the stones for a bit.
Very mystical place, especially when being alone.
During the descent I met the first visitors, who had the same idea.
Dacian Limes
Jakob Frenzel Germany - 09-Dec-24
August 2024 - Another Limes WHS! Good that it got inscribed before our trip, so we knew what to look for. At the end, we ended up just activly visiting 2 components. Alba Iulia and Jidova.
Alba Iulia is amazing though. We spent two hours here, and admired the old roman remains. Jidova (picture) was rather a spontaneous stop. The remains there are also by far more interesting than all these Limes components in Germany.
I am curious how many more WHS will evolve from the Roman Empire era.
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The old villages of Hollókõ and Rimetea (T)
Jakob Frenzel Germany - 09-Dec-24
August 2024 - on our detour to Rosia Montana, we made another smaller detour to Rimetea. It is actually an Hungarian village. The inhabitants speak hungarian. And already in the morning there were tour busses visiting from Hungary.
As we did not plan to visit Hollökö, which we did due to changes in the itinerary, Rimetea was supposed to be an alternative. Landscape wise it is more spectacular, but Höllökö has wooden houses, this one typical Hungarian Stone houses, as you also find them in north Slovakia.
Read OnWooden Churches of Maramures
Jakob Frenzel Germany - 28-Nov-24
August 2024 - after spending the night on a wonderful campground in Săcălășeni (Camping Noroc), which also has a nice wooden church, we drove to Sudesti and Plopis next morning. It is very convenient to visit as these two churches are close together and represent two different religions. The first is greek catholic the second is romanian orthodox, thus the paintings and interior is also varying quiet a bit. In both churches a lady with Keys had to arrive prior to our visit. She asked for a small tip and explained a bit about the architecture and history. As it was our first romanian WHS, we were very enthusiatic about the visit and scrutinized every detail of the interior and exterior. The unique thing about these churches are the high wooden bell towers
Read OnRoșia Montană
Jakob Frenzel Germany - 29-Nov-24
August 2024 - we made a bit of a detour to see this rather unspectular WHS, at least we combined it with TWHS Rimetea. The road from Turda to Hunedoara (Eisenmarkt) goes through wonderful landscape along the Aries river which is worth to change the itinerary for. For Goldbach you have to take a worse road. We parked our camper in the town center and were welcomed by some straying but friendly dogs. The town is in a catastrophic shape with crumbling facades but has typical Habsburg-flair just like banska stiavnica in Slovakia. We made another stop at the Roman mine, where we visited the outdoor exhibition only. We missed to hike along the pit. As the kids were too tired.
Make sure to visit the Corvin Castle in Hunedoara, which might be on your way. It is quite sth.
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- Vlkolinec
- Banska Stiavnica
- Dacian Limes
- Roșia Montană
- Dacian Fortresses
- Wooden Churches of Maramures
- Sighisoara
- Monastery of Horezu
- Villages with Fortified Churches
- Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu
- Via Appia
- Tokaji Wine Region
- Hortobágy
- Hollókö
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble
16 Countries Complete
Austria . Belgium . Czechia . Estonia . Germany . Holy See . Italy . Latvia . Lithuania . Luxembourg . Moldova . Poland . San Marino . Singapore . Slovakia . Slovenia .Visited WHS
Rating StatsAngkor 5Granada 5Redwood 5Aachen Cathedral 4.5Lake District 4.5Sintra 4.5Belfries 4Istanbul 4Kraków 4Le Havre 4Mafra 4Nancy 4Oporto 4Reims 4Tallinn 4Trier 4Verona 4Vilnius 4Agrigento 3.5Alto Douro 3.5Bamberg 3.5Banska Stiavnica 3.5City of Bath 3.5Naples 3.5Provins 3.5Riga 3.5Seville 3.5Sighisoara 3.5Torun 3.5Úbeda and Baeza 3.5Belem 3Corvey 3Elvas 3Ferrara 3Kuldiga 3Saltaire 3Salzburg 3Syracuse 3Telc 3Zamość 3Bardejov Town 2.5Burgundy 2.5Dacian Limes 2.5Evora 2.5Graz 2.5Holasovice 2.5Hollókö 2.5Jelling 2.5Kronborg Castle 2.5Luther Memorials 2.5Modernist Kaunas 2.5Orange 2.5Reichenau 2.5Taos Pueblo 2.5The Four Lifts 2.5Kernavė 2Ivrea 1.5Roșia Montană 1.5Schokland 1.5Reviewed WHS
- Dacian Fortresses
- Dacian Limes
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
- Wooden Churches of Maramures
- Roșia Montană
- Hortobágy
- Tokaji Wine Region
- Naples
- The Porticoes of Bologna
- Ferrara
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
- Fortress of Suomenlinna
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- Tallinn
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Margravial Opera House
- Chaîne des Puys
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
- Old City of Berne
- Caves and Ice Age Art
- Bamberg
- Reichenau
- Orange
- Burgundy
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- Wachau Cultural Landscape
- Telc
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine
- Kronborg Castle
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
- Par force hunting landscape
- Sintra
- Belem
- Monastery of Alcobaça
- Monastery of Batalha
- Convent of Christ in Tomar
- University of Coimbra
- Mafra
- Oporto
- Bom Jesus do Monte
- Guimarães
- Alto Douro
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde
- Elvas
- Evora
- Holasovice
- Žatec – Landscape of Hops
- Ayutthaya
- Sukhothai
- Angkor
- Classical Weimar
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt
- Úbeda and Baeza
- Seville
- Cordoba
- Medina Azahara
- Wartburg Castle
- Gorham's Cave Complex
- Granada
- Antequera Dolmens Site
- Donana National Park
- Bamberg
- Graz
- Regensburg
- Singapore Botanic Gardens
- Verona
- Białowieża Forest
- Riga
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini
- Hedeby and Danevirke
- Grand Canyon
- Grand Canyon
- Mesa Verde
- Jelling
- Chaco Culture
- Taos Pueblo
- Torun
- Moravian Church Settlements
- Syracuse
- Vilnius
- Kernavė
- Modernist Kaunas
- Curonian Spit
- Kuldiga
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District
- Luther Memorials
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- Trier
- City of Luxembourg
- Völklingen Ironworks
- Nancy
- Reims
- Champagne
- Provins
- Fontainebleau
- Chartres Cathedral
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Le Havre
- Amiens Cathedral
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
- Belfries
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
- Mining Sites of Wallonia
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
- The Four Lifts
- Aachen Cathedral
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
- Cologne Cathedral
- Corvey
- Fagus Factory
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
- Val di Noto
- Villa Romana del Casale
- Agrigento
- Arab-Norman Palermo
- Isole Eolie
- Mount Etna
- Blenheim Palace
- Saltaire
- Derwent Valley Mills
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
- City of Bath
- Stonehenge
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
- Dorset and East Devon Coast
- Gwynedd Castles
- Durham Castle and Cathedral
- Studley Royal Park
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- Lake District
- Liverpool
- Ironbridge Gorge
- Grand Place, Brussels
- Semmering Railway
- Vienna
- Hallstatt-Dachstein
- Schönbrunn
- Salzburg
Visited TWHS
- Abbey of Kremsmünster (T)
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct (T)
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadow and marsh landscapes (T)
- Amalienborg and its district (T)
- Brooklyn Bridge (T)
- California Current Conservation Complex (T)
- Cascata delle Marmore and Valnerina: Monastic sites and ancient hydrogeological reclamation works (T)
- Caves of the Buda Thermal Karst System (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Rock Cities (T)
- Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte (T)
- Cultural Landscape of Innsbruck-Nordkette/Karwendel (T)
- Desert of the Discalced Carmelites and Built Ensemble of the Palace-Hotel in Bussaco (T)
- Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of Split (extension) (T)
- Domaine de Fontainebleau : château, jardins, parc et forêt (T)
- Dreams in Stone - the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee (T)
- Ensemble of Alvaro Siza's Architecture Works in Portugal (T)
- Extension of the World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Prague" with the important Monuments in its Vicinity (T)
- Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin (T)
- Francke Foundation Buildings (T)
- Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom (T)
- Grobiņa archaeological ensemble (T)
- Hanbury botanical gardens (T)
- Head Office and Garden of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (T)
- Historical Lisbon, Global City (T)
- Historical theatres of the Marche Region (T)
- Hôpital Notre-Dame à La Rose - Lessines (T)
- Íznik (T)
- Jaén Cathedral (extension of the Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza) (T)
- Kahurangi National Park, Farewell Spit and Canaan karst system (T)
- Karst Valleys of Slovakia (T)
- La Camargue (T)
- Lake Maggiore and Lake D'Orta lakelands (T)
- Le champ de bataille de Waterloo, la fin de l’épopée napoléonienne (T)
- Le Charolais-Brionnais, paysage culturel de l'élevage bovin (T)
- Le noyau historique ou la 'Cuve' de Gand, et les deux abbayes qui sont à son origine (T)
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles (T)
- Le palais de Princes Eveques de Liège (T)
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (France) (T)
- Les citadelles mosanes (T)
- Les passages de Bruxelles / Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert (T)
- Les Plages du Débarquement, Normandie, 1944 (T)
- Les sites à fossiles néandertaliens de Wallonie (T)
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise et leur territoire: Nimes, Arles, Glanum, aqueducs, via Domitia (T)
- Les villes bastionnées des Pays-Bas du nord-ouest de l'Europe (T)
- Leuven/Louvain, batiments universitaires, l'héritage de six siècles au sein du centre historique (T)
- Metz Royale et Impériale, enjeux de pouvoir, confrontations stylistiques et identité urbaine (T)
- Mining Historical Heritage (T)
- Monastery of Santa María de La Rábida and the Columbus Memorial Places in Huelva (T)
- Montado, Cultural Landscape (T)
- Montagne Sainte-Victoire et sites cezaniens (T)
- Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna (T)
- Mountain-top Hotel and Television Transmitter Ještěd (T)
- National Park Hohe Tauern (T)
- Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain (T)
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers- de l'Escaut aux anciens remparts de vers 1250 (T)
- Nuruosmaniye Complex (T)
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture (T)
- Original Meadow - Pasture Sites of Slovakia (T)
- Orvieto (T)
- Pombaline Lisbon (T)
- Primošten Vineyards (T)
- Rade de Marseille (T)
- Renaissance Houses at Slavonice (T)
- Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou (T)
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in Portugal (T)
- Saint-Honorat, Île monastique de l’archipel de Lérins à Cannes (T)
- Salento and the Barocco Leccese (T)
- Southwest Coast (T)
- The Andaman Sea Nature Reserves of Thailand (T)
- The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli (T)
- The Architectural Works of Alvar Aalto - a Human Dimension to the Modern Movement (T)
- The Augustow Canal (Kanal Augustowski) (T)
- The Betlém Rock Sculptures near Kuks (T)
- The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio (T)
- The cultural landscape of the Benedictine settlements in medieval Italy (T)
- The Dunejec River Gorge in the Pieniny Mountains (T)
- The Fortress of Terezín (T)
- The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse. Sephardic Sepulchral Culture of the 17th and 18th century between Europe and the Caribbean (T)
- The Marble Basin of Carrara (T)
- The Murge of Altamura (T)
- The Network of Rural Heritage Buildings in Hungary (T)
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia (T)
- The Padang Civic Ensemble (T)
- The Royal Sites of Ireland: Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of Uisneach, Rathcroghan Complex, and Tara Complex (T)
- The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic – Heritage of the First World War (T)
- Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea (T)
- Trakai Historical National Park (T)
- Varazdin (T)
- Velebit Mountain (T)
- Via Francigena in Italy (T)
- Vila Viçosa (T)
- Villas of the Papal Nobility (T)
- Volterra: Historical City and Cultural Landscape (T)
- Waters and seabed of Fiordland (Te Moana O Atawhenua) (T)
- Yıldız Palace Complex (T)
- Zadar - Episcopal complex (T)
Reviewed TWHS
- The old villages of Hollókõ and Rimetea (T)
- The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio (T)
- Le Charolais-Brionnais (T)
- Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Rock Cities (T)
- Historic centre of Pavia and Chartreuse (T)
- Montado, Cultural Landscape (T)
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (T)
- Southwest Coast (T)
- Bussaco cultural landscape (T)
- Alvaro Siza's Architecture Works (T)
- Vila Viçosa, Renaissance ducal town (T)
- Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna (T)
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia (T)
- Jaén Cathedral (T)
- Columbus Memorial Places in Huelva (T)
- Grobiņa archaeological ensemble (T)
- The Augustow Canal (Kanal Augustowski) (T)
- Trakai Historical National Park (T)
- The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse (T)
- Francke Foundation Buildings (T)
- Metz Royale et Impériale (T)
- Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte (T)
- Domaine de Fontainebleau (T)
- Les Plages du Débarquement, Normandie, 1944 (T)
- Voormalige Nazorgkolonie en Sanatorium Zonnestraal (T)
- Rouen (T)
- Les citadelles mosanes (T)
- Les sites à fossiles néandertaliens de Wallonie (T)
- Taormina and Isola Bella (T)
- Shakespeare's Stratford (T)
- SS Great Britain (T)
- The Twin Monastery of Wearmouth Jarrow (T)
- Menai + Conwy Bridges (T)
- Caerleon legionary fortress (T)
- The Betlém Rock Sculptures near Kuks (T)
- National Park Hohe Tauern (T)
- Abbey of Kremsmünster (T)
- The Fortress of Terezín (T)