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Austria ratified the World Heritage Convention on 18 December, 1992. As of March, 2010, it has eight World Heritage Sites, all within the Cultural category. Austria has a further eleven properties presently on the World Heritage Tentative List.

World Heritage Sites in Austria

  1. Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg (1996)
  2. Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (1996)
  3. Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape (1997)
  4. Semmering Railway (1998)
  5. City of Graz - Historic Centre (1999)
  6. Wachau Cultural Landscape (2000)
  7. Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (2001)
  8. Historic Centre of Vienna (2001)
  9. Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (2011, join inscription for Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia)
The following sites in Austria have been submitted to the World Heritage Tentative List.
  1. Cultural Landscape of "Innsbruck-Nordkette/Karwendel" (2002)
  2. Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr (2002)
  3. Old part of Hall in Tirol (1994)
  4. Bregenzerwald (Bregenz Forest) (1994)
  5. Abbey of Kremsmünster (1994)
  6. Heiligenkreuz Abbey (1994)
  7. Hochosterwitz Castle (1994)
  8. Cathedral of Gurk (1994)
  9. National Park "Hohe Tauern" (2003)
  10. The City of Graz - Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg (extension to City of Graz - Historic Centre) (2005)
  11. Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps (2009)

Fantastic Islands in Austria

  1. Donauinsel





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