UNESCO World Heritage for Germany

UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 39 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Germany to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available).


1978 - Aachen Cathedral Cultural site
1981 - Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square Cultural site
1981 - Speyer Cathedral Cultural site
1983 - Pilgrimage Church of Wies Cultural site
1984 - Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl Cultural site
1985 - St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim Cultural site
1986 - Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier Cultural site
1987 - Hanseatic City of Lübeck Cultural site
1987 - Frontiers of the Roman Empire Cultural site
1990 - Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin Cultural site
1991 - Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch Cultural site
1992 - Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System Cultural site
1993 - Maulbronn Monastery Complex Cultural site
1993 - Town of Bamberg Cultural site
1994 - Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg Cultural site
1994 - Völklingen Ironworks Cultural site
1995 - Messel Pit Fossil Site Natural site
1996 - Cologne Cathedral Cultural site
1996 - Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg Cultural site
1996 - Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau Cultural site
1998 - Classical Weimar Cultural site
1999 - Wartburg Castle Cultural site
1999 - Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin Cultural site
2000 - Monastic Island of Reichenau Cultural site
2000 - Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz Cultural site
2001 - Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen Cultural site
2002 - Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar Cultural site
2002 - Upper Middle Rhine Valley Cultural site
2004 - Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen Cultural site
2004 - Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski Cultural site
2006 - Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof Cultural site
2008 - Berlin Modernism Housing Estates Cultural site
2009 - The Wadden Sea Natural site
2011 - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps Cultural site
2011 - Fagus Factory in Alfeld Cultural site
2012 - Margravial Opera House Bayreuth Cultural site
2013 - Bergpark Wilhelmshohe Cultural site
2014 - Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey Cultural site
2015 - Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus Cultural site