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3 days ago
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Germany issues invitation to culture and nature on World Heritage Day
The Wadden Sea, Cologne Cathedral and the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen have one thing in common: They have been designated as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, marking them as places of exceptional value to all of humanity. There are now 54 World Heritage Sites in Germany, and, for the 20th time, the German UNESCO Commission invited people to these protected sites with a variety of activities for World Heritage Day on Sunday. "The aim of the day of action is to make World Heritage accessible to everyone," German UNESCO Commission President Maria Böhmer said at a ceremony in St Michael's Church in the northern German city of Hildesheim. The World Heritage Day was opened there under the motto "Convey, Connect, Enthuse." It is a "very beautiful, colourful, lively festival," a spokesman said on Sunday afternoon. The Romanesque cathedral and St Michael's Church in the approximately 1,200-year-old city have been World Cultural Heritage sites since 1985. According to UNESCO, more than 350 events are on the programme across Germany. These range from a torchlight tour for children through the caves of the Swabian Jura to a mining adventure hike in the Ore Mountains and a rap tour through Hamburg's Speicherstadt. There are now more than 1,200 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 168 countries worldwide, and the list expands every year. Already nominated are Germany's castles of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee. The World Heritage Committee is expected to decide in July whether they will be added to the World Heritage list. In the meantime, some World Heritage Sites are transnational. Germany's Ancient Beech Forests were added to the list in 2011 as an extension of the Carpathian Beech Forests, which span 18 countries in Central and South-Eastern Europe. The Wadden Sea, on the edge of the North Sea, was included in 2009 and extended in 2014 to include the Danish Wadden Sea. In the German state of Lower Saxony, the Rammelsberg Mine, the old town of Goslar in the Harz, and the Upper Harz Water Management System can also boast the title. The Fagus Factory in Alfeld, Lower Saxony, designed in 1911 by architect and Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, has been on the World Heritage list since 2011.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Science
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X-ray images, Nietzsche estate join UNESCO Memory of World register
The first X-ray images ever taken are now part of the Memory of the World Register of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The German Commission for UNESCO announced their inclusion of the images produced by physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) on Friday. A Munich manuscript of the Babylonian Talmud, one of the most important writings of Judaism, was also included in the register, as is the literary estate of the famed philosopher of nihilism, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). A total of 74 new documents have been added to the register, which includes books, manuscripts, musical scores, and audio and film recordings of outstanding value to human history. It now contains more than 500 entries. The X-ray images are pictures that Röntgen took in the course of his research into the electromagnetic radiation. The images include, among others, pictures of Röntgen's own hands, those of his wife Anna Bertha, and even of his hunting rifle. The German UNESCO Commission says the Munich manuscript of the Babylonian Talmud is the only one in the world to contain the complete text of the work. The 14th century manuscript has been in the possession of the Bavarian State Library since 1803. Nietzsche's literary estate is currently held at several sites in Germany and Switzerland. His collected works have been the subject of repeated disputes, revisions and new editions. The German UNESCO Commission explained that the original manuscripts are therefore of particular importance for understanding his philosophy.
