30 DE ‘Welterbe’ Sites for UNESCO World Heritage Day
Above: Cologne at dusk, 26 May 2016 (HL).
Every year UNESCO-Welterbetag (UNESCO World Heritage Day) in Germany is celebrated on the first Sunday in June. I highlight the following UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS) in Germany which I’ve visited.
- Aachen Cathedral (Aachener Dom)
- Alfeld, Fagus factory (Fagus-Werk)
- Bamberg Old Town (Bamberger Altstadt)
- Berlin, Modernism Housing Estates
- Berlin, Museum Island (Museumsinsel)
- Blaubeuren, Ice Age caves
- Bremen Roland (Bremer Roland)
- Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom)
- Dessau Bauhaus
- Dessau-Wörlitz, Garden Kingdom
- Eisenach Wartburg
- Eisleben* Luther sites: Luthers Geburtshaus, Luthers Sterbehaus
- Essen Zollverein
- Goslar, Rammelsberg Ore Mines
- Hamburg Commerical- & Warehouse Districts (Kontorhausviertel, Speicherstadt)
- Hildesheim, St. Michael’s & St. Mary’s
- Höxter, Corvey Abbey
- Kassel, Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
- Lorsch Abbey
- Lübeck Old Town (Lübecker Altstadt)
- Potsdam Palaces and Parks
- Regensburg Old Town (Regensburger Altstadt)
- Reichenau Island
- Speyer, Imperial Cathedral (Kaiserdom)
- Unteruhldingen, Prehistoric Pile Dwellings (Pfahlbauten)
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Oberes Mittelrheintal)
- Wadden Sea (Wattenmeer)
- Weimar Bauhaus
- Weimar Classicism
- Wittenberg* Luther sites: Lutherhaus, Stadtkirche
- Würzburg Residence (Residenz)
In 2018 World Heritage Day in Germany takes place on June 3.
In 2018 findet der deutsche UNESCO-Welterbetag am 3. Juni statt.
* The Luther sites in Eisleben and Wittenberg are inscribed as a single UNESCO WHS.

Aachen Cathedral (Aachener Dom)
Alfeld, Fagus Factory (Fagus-Werk)
Bamberg Old Town (Bamberger Altstadt)
Berlin, Modernism Housing Estates
Berlin, Museum Island (Museumsinsel)
Blaubeuren, Ice Age caves
Bremen Roland (Bremer Roland)
Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom)
Dessau Bauhaus
Dessau-Wörlitz, Garden Kingdom
Eisenach Wartburg
Eisleben Luther sites: birth & death houses
Essen Zollverein
Goslar, Rammelsberg Ore Mines
Hamburg Kontorhausviertel, Speicherstadt
Hildesheim, St. Michael’s & St. Mary’s
Höxter, Corvey Abbey
Kassel, Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
Lorsch Abbey
Lübeck Old Town (Lübecker Altstadt)
Potsdam Palaces and Parks (Schlösser und Parks)
Regensburg Old Town (Regensburger Altstadt)
Reichenau Island
Speyer Imperial Cathedral (Kaiserdom)
Unteruhldingen, Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Oberes Mittelrheintal)
Wadden Sea (Wattenmeer)
Weimar Bauhaus
Weimar Classicism
Wittenberg Luther sites: Luther House, Town Church
Würzburg Residence (Residenz)

Map of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Germany, by Joatan Preis Dutra (July 2016)
I made all of the (Instagram) photos on visits between 2009 and 2017. Images for the German UNESCO Commission and the map of World Heritage Sites in Germany are from Wikimedia. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins.com as http://wp.me/p1BIdT-9TO.
3 Responses to “30 DE ‘Welterbe’ Sites for UNESCO World Heritage Day”
What a great list! Looking forward for next year as my friend is getting married in Weimar. Havent been there since 2005!
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Thanks, Timo! Weimar serves “double duty” with 2 sets of World Heritage Sites: Weimar Classicism, and Bauhaus in Weimar. As you may recall and like most small German cities, Weimar is equally compact but their buses work well, too. Try and spend a little extra time exploring why Weimar is still a little bit of a “hidden secret” within Germany; I’d include Erfurt as well by proximity.
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