UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Germany

 

This postcard shows eight UNESCO WHS in Germany, all of which are in my collection

• Industriekomplex Zeche Zollverein in Esse
• Altstädte von Stralsund und Wismar
• Oberes Mittelrheintal
• Rathaus und Roland in Bremen
• Muskauer Park polnisch-​deutsches gemeinsames Kulturerbe
• Grenzen des Römischen Reiches
• Altstadt Regensburg mit Stadtamhof
• Siedlungen der Berliner Moderne

Bryggen | Norway

Bryggen, the old wharf of Bergen, is a reminder of the town’s importance as part of the Hanseatic League’s trading empire from the 14th to the mid-16th century. Many fires, the last in 1955, have ravaged the characteristic wooden houses of Bryggen. Its rebuilding has traditionally followed old patterns and methods, thus leaving its main structure preserved, which is a relic of an ancient wooden urban structure once common in Northern Europe. Today, some 62 buildings remain of this former townscape.

Year of Inscription: 1979

Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century | Italy

The industrial city of Ivrea is located in the Piedmont region and developed as the testing ground for Olivetti, manufacturer of typewriters, mechanical calculators and office computers. It comprises a large factory and buildings designed to serve the administration and social services, as well as residential units. Designed by leading Italian urban planners and architects, mostly between the 1930s and the 1960s, this architectural ensemble reflects the ideas of the Community Movement (Movimento Comunità). A model social project, Ivrea expresses a modern vision of the relationship between industrial production and architecture.

Year of Inscription: 2018

Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region | Poland

Located in the mountain region of Świętokrzyskie, Krzemionki is an ensemble of four mining sites, dating from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age (about 3900 to 1600 BCE), dedicated to the extraction and processing of striped flint, which was mainly used for axe-making. With its underground mining structures, flint workshops and some 4,000 shafts and pits, the property features one of the most comprehensive prehistoric underground flint extraction and processing systems identified to date. The property provides information about life and work in prehistoric settlements and bears witness to an extinct cultural tradition. It is an exceptional testimony of the importance of the prehistoric period and of flint mining for tool production in human history.

Year of Inscription: 2019