The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage , adopted by UNESCO in 1972.
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Aachen Cathedral (1978)
Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke (2018)
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe (2013)
Classical Weimar (1998)
Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg (1994)
Cologne Cathedral (1996)
Fagus Factory in Alfeld (2011)
Hanseatic City of Lübeck (1987)
Maulbronn Monastery Complex (1993)
Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System (1992)
Monastic Island of Reichenau (2000)
Pilgrimage Church of Wies (1983)
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier (1986)
Speyer Cathedral (1981)
St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim (1985)
Town of Bamberg (1993)
Upper Middle Rhine Valley (2002)
Völklingen Ironworks (1994)
Wartburg Castle (1999)
Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square (1981)