Unesco - Culture ministers want to designate seven sites as World Heritage Sites
The Olympic Park in Munich, the Schöningen spear site near Helmstedt and the Zehlendorf forest settlement in Berlin are to become World Heritage Sites. The culture ministers have put a total of seven sites on the corresponding Unesco list. Corresponding proposals for a decision by the United Nations cultural organization were made during a special meeting on Monday, as announced by the expert panel in Berlin.
An advisory board had previously recognized a corresponding potential in the approved sites, most of which are also on the World Heritage List for previously underrepresented categories or types. Each federal state had the opportunity to submit two applications. A total of 21 applications from 13 countries were submitted to the experts for consideration. No applications were received from Bremen, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein.
According to the information provided, the decisive factors for a positive assessment were, in addition to the potential for exceptional worldwide significance, consideration of the "Global Strategy for a Representative, Balanced and Credible World Heritage List".
"The nomination of the archaeological site illustrates its outstanding significance for the history of mankind far beyond Germany," said Lower Saxony's Culture Minister Falko Mohrs about the site of wooden throwing spears from the Palaeolithic Age near Helmstedt near Braunschweig. "As a prehistoric site, the Schöningen spear site can close a gap in the World Heritage List."
With today's decision, the Conference of Culture Ministers is acknowledging its special responsibility for the cultural heritage of the German federal states, said acting chairman Mohrs.
According to the information provided, the World Heritage List currently includes 1157 sites in 167 countries. With 51 World Heritage Sites, Germany is currently in third place worldwide after Italy (58) and China (56). In terms of cultural heritage sites, Germany (48) is in second place after Italy (53).
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