Danube Limes became UNESCO World Heritage Site | News from Germany about Europe

The border fortifications of the Roman Empire, located along the banks of the Danube (the so-called Danube Limes) on Friday, July 30, were included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The corresponding application was submitted jointly by Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary, but the latter subsequently refused to further participate in this initiative.

According to the Minister of Science of the Federal State of Bavaria, Bernd Sibler, having included the Danube Limes in the list of World Cultural Heritage sites, UNESCO recognized its “extraordinary, universal value”.

Historically, the Danube was the river border of the Roman Empire, protected by forts, fortresses and watchtowers. The Limes site, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is 600 km long and stretches from Lower Bavaria, through Austria and all the way to Slovakia.

Three days earlier, on July 27, Monuments of Jewish History in German cities on the Rhine – Speyer, Worms and Mainz were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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German UNESCO monuments

1978 year

Aachen Cathedral (North Rhine – Westphalia). The first German site on the World Heritage List. Received the status of a UNESCO monument in 1978

German UNESCO monuments

1981 year

Speyer Cathedral (Rhineland-Palatinate)

German UNESCO monuments

1981 year

Würzburg Residence (Bavaria)

German UNESCO monuments

1983 year

Pilgrimage church in the village of Vis (Bavaria)

German UNESCO monuments

1984 year

Palaces Augustusburg and Falkenlust in Brühl (North Rhine-Westphalia). In the photo – Falkenlust hunting palace

German UNESCO monuments

1985 year

Cathedral and Church of St. Michael in Hildesheim (Lower Saxony). In the photo – Hildesheim Cathedral

German UNESCO monuments

1986 year

Ancient Roman monuments of Trier, Trier Cathedral of St. Peter and Liebfrauenkirche (Rhineland-Palatinate). In the photo – the antique gate of Porta Nigra

German UNESCO monuments

1987 year

Hanseatic city of Lubeck (Schleswig-Holstein). In the photo – the Marienkirche church

German UNESCO monuments

1990 year

Palaces and parks of Potsdam and Berlin (Brandenburg, Berlin). In the photo – Sanssouci Palace

German UNESCO monuments

1991 year

Lorsch monastery (Hesse)

German UNESCO monuments

1992 year

The Rammelsberg Mine, the Old Town in Goslar and the Upper Harz Water Intake System (Lower Saxony). In the photo – Imperial residence in Goslar

German UNESCO monuments

1993 year

Old town in Bamberg (Bavaria). In the photo – Bamberg Town Hall

German UNESCO monuments

1993 year

Maulbronn Monastery (Baden-Württemberg)

German UNESCO monuments

1994 year

Castle, Church of St. Servatius and Old Town in Quedlinburg (Saxony-Anhalt). In the photo – Quedlinburg Town Hall on the Market Square

German UNESCO monuments

1994 year

Völklinger Hütte Metallurgical Works (Saarland)

German UNESCO monuments

1995 year

Messel quarry (Hesse). In the photo – the petrified skeleton of a primitive horse, found in the Messel quarry

German UNESCO monuments

1996 year

Cologne Cathedral (North Rhine-Westphalia)

German UNESCO monuments

1996 year

Bauhaus monuments in Dessau and Weimar (Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia). In the photo – the main educational building of the Bauhaus in Dessau

German UNESCO monuments

1996 year

Memorial places of Luther in Eisleben and Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt). In the photo – a monument to Martin Luther on the Market Square in Wittenberg

German UNESCO monuments

1998 year

Classic Weimar (Thuringia). In the photo – Goethe’s Garden House

German UNESCO monuments

1999 year

Museum Island (Berlin). In the photo – a bust of Nefertiti in Berlin’s New Museum

German UNESCO monuments

1999 year

Wartburg Castle in Eisenach (Thuringia)

German UNESCO monuments

year 2000

Park Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz (Saxony-Anhalt). In the photo – Snake House in Louisium Park

German UNESCO monuments

year 2000

Reichenau Monastery Island (Baden-Württemberg). In the photo – the Benedictine monastery of Mittelzel

German UNESCO monuments

year 2001

Zollverein Mine in Essen (North Rhine-Westphalia)

German UNESCO monuments

2002 year

The cultural landscape of the Middle Rhine (Rhineland-Palatinate). In the photo – the Pfalzgrafenstein customs castle on an island in the middle of the Rhine

German UNESCO monuments

2002 year

Old towns in Stralsund and Wismar (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania). In the photo – a half-timbered house in the port area of Wismar

German UNESCO monuments

2004 year

Bremen Town Hall and Roland Statue (Bremen)

German UNESCO monuments

2004 year

Muskau Park (Saxony)

German UNESCO monuments

2005 year

Upper German-Retyan Limes (Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria). In the photo – the reconstruction of the ancient Roman watchtower in the Rems-Moor area near Stuttgart

German UNESCO monuments

2006 year

Old town in Regensburg (Bavaria)

German UNESCO monuments

2007 year

Old beech forests (Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Thuringia, Hesse). In the photo – spring in the Hainich National Park

German UNESCO monuments

2008 year

Residential settlements of the era of modernism (Berlin). In the photo – “horseshoe settlement” Brits

German UNESCO monuments

year 2009

Wadden Sea (Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein). In the photo – the lighthouse in Westerhefer

German UNESCO monuments

2011

Factory “Fagus” in Alfeld (Lower Saxony)

German UNESCO monuments

2011

Prehistoric pile dwellings (Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg). In the photo – the reconstructed buildings in Unterhuldingen on Lake Constance

German UNESCO monuments

year 2012

Margrave Opera House in Bayreuth (Bavaria)

German UNESCO monuments

year 2013

Wilhelmshohe mountain park in Kassel (Hesse)

German UNESCO monuments

year 2014

Abbey of Corvey (North Rhine-Westphalia)

German UNESCO monuments

2015 year

Speicherstadt and the Office District with the Chilean House (Hamburg). In the photo – the former customs warehouse district Speicherstadt

German UNESCO monuments

2016 year

House of Le Corbusier in Stuttgart (Baden-Württemberg). In the photo – a house in the Weissenhof settlement

German UNESCO monuments

2017 year

The caves of the oldest art of the Ice Age (Baden-Württemberg). In the photo – “Swabian Venus”, considered to be the oldest image of a person in the world

German UNESCO monuments

2018 year

Hedeby complex and Danevirke fortification system (Schleswig-Holstein). In the photo – the Viking Museum in Hedeby

German UNESCO monuments

2018 year

Naumburg Cathedral (Saxony-Anhalt)

German UNESCO monuments

2019 year

Mining region Ore Mountains / Krushne Gori in Germany (Saxony) and Czech Republic (Bohemia). In the photo – young participants in the historical parade of miners in the Saxon city of Annaberg-Buchholz

German UNESCO monuments

2019 year

Historical water management system of Augsburg (Bavaria). In the photo – water towers in Augsburg

German UNESCO monuments

2021 year

Colony of artists on the Matilda Hill (Matildenhöhe) in Darmstadt. In the photo – “Wedding Tower” and the Orthodox Church of St. Mary Magdalene

German UNESCO monuments

2021 year

The German resorts of Baden-Baden (Baden-Württemberg), Bad Ems (Rhineland-Palatinate) and Bad Kissingen (Bavaria) are in the list of eleven “Famous Resorts in Europe”. In the photo – the courtyard of the Regentbau (“Regent’s Buildings”) in Bad Kissingen

German UNESCO monuments

2021 year

“Jerusalem on the Rhine” – monuments of Jewish history in the German cities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz. Photo – mikvah in Speyer

German UNESCO monuments

2021 year

The Lower German Limes is a system of ancient Roman defensive structures to protect against Germanic tribes. The UNESCO list includes a 385-kilometer stretch from the German city of Bad Breisig on the Rhine to the mouth of a river in the Netherlands. In the photo – the archaeological park in Xanten

Author: Maxim Nelyubin