UNESCO - World Heritage Sites

[Wapping]

As a part of my idea to ride the German Motorcycle Route in full in 2026, I want (if possible) to visit as many UNESCO listed sites in Germany as I can manage.

This site has, if nothing else, been useful:

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. What makes the concept of World Heritage exceptional is its universal application. World Heritage...

whc.unesco.org

As has:

The best guide to the World Heritage sites in Germany | Rough Guides

Discover all 46 World Heritage Sites in Germany - from a rich cultural legacy, historic towns to enchanting landscapes,

www.roughguides.com

And not least:

Your free Rough Guide to Germany's World Heritage Sites

go.roughguides.com

What’s interesting about the UNESCO initiative is the eclectic mix of sites. Anything from cathedrals, through to iron ore mines. From stately palaces, to forests and lakes.

 

[Davey B]

Another good post Richard...some amazing Unesco sites across the planet

 

[Wapping]

Thank you.

What’s passably interesting are the sites listed for possible future inclusion, and those that have been delisted. Not least, the currently listed 50 or so sites under immediate threat. As with TKMax, when it’s gone, it’s gone.

 

[Davey B]

It will be the more unusual sites that we take a look at from studying the lists on the website....when we visit a town or city, we always have a mooch round the back streets and generally head for the Cathedral and gaze in awe at 'How the f... did they build this in 1237...' sort of thing.

 

[Wapping]

It’s the ‘How and the why’ of cathedrals and tiny churches and chapels that is interesting.