 Germany's World Heritage Sites
Germany ratified the World Heritage Convention on 23 August, 1976. As of August 2010, it has 33 World Heritage Sites of which 31 are in the cultural category and two in the natural category. Germany is one of the few countries with one site having been removed from the World Heritage Site list. Germany also has another 15 sites on the World Heritage Tentative List.
If you are planning a trip to Germany, read My Germany Travel & Hotel Guide for useful travel information.
World Heritage Sites in Germany
- Aachen Cathedral
- Speyer Cathedral
- Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
- St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim
- Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- Hanseatic City of Lübeck
- Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
- Mines of Rammelsberg and Historic Town of Goslar
- Maulbronn Monastery Complex
- Town of Bamberg
- Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg
- Völklingen Ironworks
- Messel Pit Fossil Site
- Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau
- Cologne Cathedral
- Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
- Classical Weimar
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
- Wartburg Castle
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
- Monastic Island of Reichenau
- Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
- Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Dresden Elbe Valley (Delisted 2009)
- Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski
- Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
- Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
- The Wadden Sea, Germany/Netherlands
- Fagus Factory in Alfeld (2011)
- Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (2011, join inscription for Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia)
Sites in Germany on the World Heritage Tentative List
- Upper Harz Water Management (1999)
- Heidelberg Castle and Old Town (1999)
- Schwetzingen: A Prince Elector's Summer Residence - garden design and Freemasonic allusions (1999)
- The Margravial Opera House Bayreuth - an outstanding place of the european musical culture (1999)
- Mining and Cultural Landscape (1999)
- Mountain garden of Wilhelmshöhe (1999)
- Corvey Abbey and Castle (1999)
- Speicherstadt and Chilehaus with Kontorhaus District (1999)
- Francke Foundation Buildings (1999)
- The Naumburg Cathedral and the landscape of the rivers Saale and Unstrut an important dominion in the High Middle Ages (1999)
- L’œuvre architecturale et urbaine de Le Corbusier – deux maisons du Weissenhof-Siedlung á Stuttgart (2007)
- Beech Primeval Forests of Germany (2007)
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps (2009)
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe with Hercules and water features. Staging power in the landscape (2010)
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