World Heritage in Germany

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Relevant websites and news articles:

First stage of revised Tentative List of Germany (2021) (25-08-2022)

Relevant books and other resources:

Thomas Starke, World Heritages under the protection of UNESCO: Germany, Austria and Switzerland (2001)

Map of World Heritage in Germany

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Legend

●● Cultural
●● Natural
●● Mixed
●● Tentative

World Heritage Sites

Site	Inscribed	Type	Reviews	Visitors	Rating
Aachen Cathedral	1978	Cultural	18	514	3.78
Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch	1991	Cultural	9	278	2.37
Bamberg	1993	Cultural	11	393	3.55
Bauhaus Sites	1996	Cultural	14	338	2.86
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	2013	Cultural	8	239	3.04
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates	2008	Cultural	14	436	2.15
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust	1984	Cultural	13	312	2.8
Caves and Ice Age Art	2017	Cultural	7	147	2.33
Classical Weimar	1998	Cultural	10	322	3.1
Cologne Cathedral	1996	Cultural	23	865	3.56
Corvey	2014	Cultural	7	197	2.35
Danube Limes	2021	Cultural	6	274	2.06
Fagus Factory	2011	Cultural	10	202	2.58
Frontiers of the Roman Empire	1987	Cultural	19	539	2.87
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz	2000	Cultural	10	230	2.58
Great Spa Towns of Europe	2021	Cultural	14	564	3.32
Hedeby and Danevirke	2018	Cultural	6	153	2.25
Hildesheim Cathedral and Church	1985	Cultural	9	259	2.74
Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt	2023	Cultural	9	115	1.71
Lower German Limes	2021	Cultural	8	219	1.88
Luther Memorials	1996	Cultural	12	288	2.63
Lübeck	1987	Cultural	8	424	3.27
Margravial Opera House	2012	Cultural	8	220	3.25
Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	2021	Cultural	6	173	2.65
Maulbronn Monastery	1993	Cultural	11	271	3.24
Messel Pit	1995	Natural	9	225	2.3
Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge	2019	Cultural	7	149	2.27
Moravian Church Settlements	2015	Cultural	15	226	1.97
Museumsinsel (Museum Island)	1999	Cultural	10	755	3.49
Muskauer Park	2004	Cultural	8	180	2.66
Naumburg Cathedral	2018	Cultural	6	190	2.85
Pilgrimage Church of Wies	1983	Cultural	12	272	3.27
Potsdam	1990	Cultural	10	596	3.59
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings	2011	Cultural	15	342	2.05
Primeval Beech Forests	2007	Natural	36	444	2.72
Quedlinburg	1994	Cultural	9	267	3.36
Rammelsberg and Goslar	1992	Cultural	11	263	3.28
Regensburg	2006	Cultural	9	401	3.1
Reichenau	2000	Cultural	10	246	2.64
Schwerin Residence Ensemble	2024	Cultural	4	90	2.82
ShUM Sites	2021	Cultural	6	180	2.51
Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District	2015	Cultural	7	384	3.03
Speyer Cathedral	1981	Cultural	13	356	3.03
Stralsund and Wismar	2002	Cultural	11	301	2.88
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier	2016	Cultural	28	543	2.76
Town Hall and Roland, Bremen	2004	Cultural	7	405	2.8
Trier	1986	Cultural	8	498	3.52
Upper Middle Rhine Valley	2002	Cultural	12	491	3.68
Völklingen Ironworks	1994	Cultural	11	238	3.21
Wadden Sea	2009	Natural	11	449	3.13
Wartburg Castle	1999	Cultural	11	281	3.23
Water Management System of Augsburg	2019	Cultural	7	176	2.36
Würzburg Residence	1981	Cultural	15	390	3.42
Zollverein	2001	Cultural	15	293	3.03

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Former World Heritage Sites

Site	Delisted	Category	Reviews
Dresden Elbe Valley	2009	Cultural	6

Tentative List

Site	Added	Scheduled	Type	Reviews	Visitors	Rating
Alpine and pre-alpine meadow and marsh landscapes	2015		Cultural	1	59	50%
Dreams in Stone - the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee	2015	2025	Cultural	7	214	93%
European Paper Mills (from the era of hand-made paper) (Germany)	2024	2027	Cultural	1	11	40%
Francke Foundation Buildings	1999		Cultural	3	39	7%
Green Belt	2024		Natural	3	18	50%
Olympic Park Munich	2024		Cultural	2	53	77%
Pretzien Weir	2024		Cultural	2	9	29%
Site of the Schöningen Spears – Humans and hunting 300,000 years ago	2024		Cultural	2	7	100%
The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse. Sephardic Sepulchral Culture of the 17th and 18th century between Europe and the Caribbean	2015		Cultural	3	53	35%
The Television Tower Stuttgart. Archetype and symbol of modern mass communication	2024		Cultural	2	20	43%
Torgau Castle Chapel	2024		Cultural	2	8	67%
Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf - extension of the WHS (EXT)	2024		Cultural	1	8	50%

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Former Tentative Sites

Site	Added	Removed	Reviews
AEG Factory Berlin	1993	1996	1
Artland Landscape Osnabruck	1984	1993	0
Augsburg - Cathedral, Town Hall, Churchs of SS Ulrich and Afra	1984	1993	0
Augsburg Zeughaus	1993	1996	0
Baroque garden Großsedlitz	1989	1990	0
Bayreuth Festspielhaus	1984	1993	0
Berlin Philharmonic Concert Hall	1993	1996	1
Buchenwald	1989	1990	0
Church of St Elizabeth Marburg	1980	1993	0
Damenstiftskirche - Gernrode	1989	1990	0
Danube Valley CL around Regensburg inc Walhalla	1984	1993	1
Danube Valley CL around Weltenburg	1984	1993	0
Doberaner Münster	1989	1990	0
Eltz Castle	1984	1996	1
Erfurt: Dom and St. Severi	1989	1990	0
Externsteine	1984	1996	0
Freiburg Cathedral	1984	1996	1
Friedrichshagen Waterworks	1989	1990	0
Fürstenberg - Ravensbrück	1989	1990	0
Gardens and palaces in and around Kassel	1999	2013	0
Gelnhausen	1984	1996	0
Gendarmenmarkt - Berlin	1989	1990	0
Goethe Haus Frankfurt	1993	1996	1
Great Spas of Europe (Germany)	2014	2021	1
Gölschtal Bridge - Netzschkau	1989	1990	0
Görlitz	1989	1990	0
Halberstädter Dom	1989	1990	0
Heidelberg, town and castle	1999	2014	3
Holderlin Tower Tubingen	1993	1996	0
Julich Fortress	1993	1996	0
Königstein Fort	1989	1990	0
Landshut	1984	1993	0
Lion of Brunswick	1984	1996	0
Luneburg Town Hall	1984	1993	0
Luther memorials in Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Bavaria and Thuringia	2015	2024	1
Main Valley CL Banz - Vierzehnheiligen	1984	1993	0
Maria Laach Abbey and Lake	1984	1993	0
Marienkirche - Prenzlau	1989	1990	0
Meißen - Dom and Albrechtsburg	1989	1990	0
Monastery of Eberbach	1984	1996	1
Munich - Ludwigstrasse, Odeonplatz, Feldherrenhalle	1984	1996	1
Munzenburg Castle	1993	1996	0
Mühlhausen	1989	1990	0
München Königsplatz	1993	1996	0
Nenning Roman Villa and Mosaic	1993	1996	0
Obercunnersdorf	1989	1990	0
Oberspreewald	1989	1990	0
Ottobeuren Abbey	1984	1993	0
Passau old town	1984	1993	1
Prämontratenser-Stiftkirche - Jerichow	1989	1990	0
Rothenburg, Nördlingen, Dinkelsbühl	1984	1993	0
Saarbrücken - Ludwigsplatz	1984	1996	0
Schloss Weissenstein Pommersfelden	1984	1993	0
Schlosspark Nymphenburg Munich	1984	1996	0
Schwetzingen, castle and castle gardens	1999	2014	1
Spandau Citadel	1984	1996	1
St Paul's church Frankfurt	1993	1996	0
The Cathedral of St-Maurice and St-Catherine, Magdebourg	1996	1999	0
Tobiashammer - Ohrdruf	1989	1990	0
Ulm - Confederative Fortress	1984	1993	0
Unter den Linden - Berlin	1989	1990	0
Weingarten Abbey	1984	1996	0
Wittenberg Altstadt	1989	1990	0
Wolfenbuttel	1984	1993	0
Worms Cathedral	1984	1993	0

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Country info

Official Name

Germany

Region

Europe and North America

WHC location

1995
2015

WHC member

Recent Reviews

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz Caspar Dechmann Switzerland - 13-Mar-25 -
The Television Tower Stuttgart (T) CugelVance Germany - 12-Mar-25 -
Frontiers of the Roman Empire Puessergio - 10-Mar-25 -
Great Spa Towns of Europe NoahFranc Germany - 01-Mar-25 -
Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt Philipp Peterer Switzerland - 20-Feb-25 -
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates Nan Germany - 07-Feb-25 -
Green Belt (T) Kerstin Lange - 16-Jan-25 -
Eltz Castle (T) Andrew_Kerr UK - 12-Jan-25
Lower German Limes Digits Ireland - 23-Dec-24 -
Lower German Limes Tony H. Finland - 09-Dec-24 -

Country Complete

The following 22 Community Members have visited all WHS in this country:

Adrian Turtschi . Alexander Lehmann . Argo . Atila Ege . Christoph . Clyde . CugelVance . Dimitar Krastev . Errol Neo . George Gdanski . Hubert . Jakob Frenzel . Jonas Kremer . Mikko . Nan . Nihal Ege . Philipp Peterer . Roger Ourset . Thomas Buechler . Tsunami . Yevhen Ivanovych . Zoë Sheng .

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