The document discusses UNESCO's World Heritage Convention and its efforts to protect cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. It provides background on the origins and development of the Convention from 1954 to today. Key aspects summarized include the criteria for inscribing sites on the World Heritage List, the roles of States Parties and advisory bodies, and examples of World Heritage sites in Germany.

1. Webinar-Serie "Städte im Wandel"
Welterbe bewahren und Städte entwickeln
Probleme und Lösungen
Patricia Alberth
UNESCO Welterbezentrum
5. Juli 2012

2. 1954: Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed
Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention
1970: Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import,
Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
1972: Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and
Natural Heritage
2001: Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
2003: Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
2005: Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions

3. 1972 Convention
Concerning the Protection of
the World Cultural and Natur
al Heritage

4. Origins of the Convention
The Safeguarding of Abu Simbel
Threatened by the construction of a high dam 1959 the temple
was safeguarded by an international campaign initiated by

5. Criteria for Inscription on the World Heritage List
(i) (ii) (iii)
(iv) (v) (vi)
(vii) (viii) (ix) (x)
Outstanding Universal Value

6. Purpose of the World Heritage Convention
“[…] ensuring the identification, protection,
conservation, presentation and transmission to
future generations of the cultural and natural
heritage around the world considered to be of
outstanding value to humanity.”
II Article 4, Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural
Heritage, 1972

7. The Convention does not
replace national legislation or
the primary responsibility of
the national authority. The
Convention is a
supplementary authority.

9. Establishing the World Heritage List
Phases
 Tentative List
 Nomination
 Inscription
 Reactive monitoring
 List in Danger
 State of conservation
 Delisting
 Periodic Reporting

10. Who is Who
• States Parties (189)
• The General Assembly
• The World Heritage Committee
• UNESCO World Heritage Centre
• Advisory Bodies

11. The World Heritage List
962 sites in 157 States Parties
745 cultural
188 natural
29 mixed

12. Global Perspective
Europe and North
America: 462
Arab
States:
73 Asia and the
Latin America Pacific: 213
and the
Caribbean: 128 Africa: 86
 In 1994, the World Heritage Committee launched the Global Strategy
for a Balanced, Representative and Credible World Heritage List.

13. Paradigm Shift in Heritage Conservation
Old Approach New Approach
monuments of princes, places and spaces of
priests and politicians ordinary people
management by central community management
administration
elite use popular use

14. 36th session of the World Heritage Committee
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
24 June – 6 July 2012

15. Juli 2012: 26 neue Welterbestätten
Bahrain: Perlenzucht als Zeugnis einer Inselökonomie
Belgien: Bedeutende Orte des wallonischen Bergbaus
Brasilien: Kulturlandschaft Rio de Janeiro
China: Xanadu – ehemalige Hauptstadt des Mongolenherrschers Kublai Khan
Côte d’Ivoire: Historischer Stadtkern von Grand-Bassam
Deutschland: Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth
Frankreich: Bergbaugebiet Nord-Pas de Calais
Indonesien: Kulturlandschaft auf Bali: das Subak-System als Manifestation der Tri Hita Karana-
Philosophie
Iran: Jame-Moschee in Isfahan
Iran: Mausoleum Gonbad-e Qābus
Israel: Stätten der menschlichen Evolution im Karmel-Gebirge
Kanada: Kulturlandschaft Grand Pré
Malaysia: Archäologische Stätten im Lenggong-Tal
Marokko: Rabat – moderne Hauptstadt mit historischem Kern
Palästina: Geburtskirche Jesu Christi und Pilgerweg in Bethlehem
Portugal: Garnisonsstadt Elvas und ihre Befestigungsanlage
Schweden: Holzbauernhäuser in der Provinz Hälsingland
Senegal: Kulturlandschaften der Bassari, Fula und Bedik
Spanien/Slowenien: Historische Stätten der Quecksilbergewinnung: Almadén und Indrija
Türkei: Neolithische Stätte Çatalhöyük
China: Fossilienfundstätte von Chengjiang
Indien: Westghats-Gebirge
Kongo (Republik), Kamerun, Zentralafrikanische Republik: Sangha Tri-Nationalpark
Russland: Naturpark Lena-Felsen
Tschad: Seenlandschaft von Ounianga
Palau: Südliche Lagune der Rock Islands

16. UNESCO-Welterbestätten in Deutschland:
Aachener Dom (1978) Luthergedenkstätten in Eisleben und Wittenberg
Speyerer Dom (1981) (1996)
Würzburger Residenz und Hofgarten (1981) Klassisches Weimar (1998)
Wallfahrtskirche "Die Wies" (1983) Wartburg (1999)
Schlösser Augustusburg und Falkenlust in Brühl Museumsinsel Berlin (1999)
(1984) Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz (2000)
Dom und Michaeliskirche in Hildesheim (1985) Klosterinsel Reichenau (2000)
Römische Baudenkmäler, Dom und Industriekomplex Zeche Zollverein in Essen
Liebfrauenkirche (2001)
von Trier (1986) Altstädte von Stralsund und Wismar (2002)
Hansestadt Lübeck (1987) Oberes Mittelrheintal (2002)
Schlösser und Parks von Potsdam und Berlin Rathaus und Roland in Bremen (2004)
(1990) Muskauer Park (2004)
Kloster Lorsch (1991) Grenzen des Römischen Reiches:
Bergwerk Rammelsberg, Altstadt von Goslar Obergermanisch-raetischer Limes (2005)
und Oberharzer Wasserwirtschaft (1992) Altstadt von Regensburg mit Stadtamhof (2006)
Altstadt von Bamberg (1993) Siedlungen der Berliner Moderne (2008)
Klosteranlage Maulbronn (1993) Wattenmeer (2009)
Stiftskirche, Schloss und Altstadt von Alte Buchenwälder Deutschlands (2011)
Quedlinburg (1994) Fagus-Werk in Alfeld (2011)
Völklinger Hütte (1994) Prähistorische Pfahlbauten um die Alpen (2011)
Grube Messel (1995) Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth (2012)
Kölner Dom (1996)
Das Bauhaus und seine Stätten in Weimar und
Dessau (1996)

17. Top Ten
• Italy 47
• Spain 44
• China 43
• France 38
• Germany 37
• Mexico 31
• India 29
• UK 28
• Russia 25
• USA 21

18. Tentativliste: Deutsche Welterbestätten im Wartestand
Kassel, Wasserspiele und Herkules im Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
Höxter, Karolingisches Westwerk und Civitas Corvey
Hamburg, Speicherstadt und Chilehaus mit Kontorhausviertel
Montan- und Kulturlandschaft Erzgebirge
Halle, Franckesche Stiftungen
Naumburger Dom und hochmittelalterliche Herrschaftslandschaft an
Saale und Unstrut
Denkmäler und Stätten der Wikinger – Danewerk und Haithabu
Heidelberg, Schloss und Altstadt
Das architektonische und städtebauliche Werk von Le Corbusier – zwei
Häuser der Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart

19. Welterbe im urbanen
Kontext

20. Cultural Landscapes ● Cultural Routes,
Canals and Railways ● Rock Art Sites
● Modern Heritage ● Industrial Heritage
● Historic Cities and City Centres

22. Historic Centre of Vienna
Date of Inscription: 2001
Criteria: (ii)(iv)(vi)
Property: 371 ha
Buffer zone: 462 ha
Palace and Gardens of
Schönbrunn
Date of Inscription: 1996
Criteria: (i)(iv)
Property : 186 ha
Buffer zone: 261 ha

25. Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City
Date of Inscription: 2004
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)
Property: 136 ha
Buffer zone: 751 ha
© UNESCO/van Oers

26. © Peel Holdings

27. Historic Centre of Macao
Date of Inscription: 2005
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)
Property: 16 ha
Buffer zone: 107 ha
© Serge Dos Santos

28. Statement of Outstanding Universal Value
Criterion (ii): The strategic location of Macao on the Chinese territory, and the special
relationship established between the Chinese and Portuguese authorities favoured an
important interchange of human values in the various fields of culture, sciences,
technology, art and architecture over several centuries.
Criterion (iii): Macao bears a unique testimony to the first and longest-lasting
encounter between the West and China. From the 16th to the 20th centuries, it was
the focal point for traders and missionaries, and the different fields of learning. The
impact of this encounter can be traced in the fusion of different cultures that
characterise the historic core zone of Macao.
Criterion (iv): Macao represents an outstanding example of an architectural ensemble
that illustrates the development of the encounter between the Western and Chinese
civilisations over some four and half centuries, represented in the historical route, with
a series of urban spaces and architectural ensembles, that links the ancient Chinese
port with the Portuguese city.
Criterion (vi): Macao has been associated with the exchange of a variety of cultural,
spiritual, scientific and technical influences between the Western and Chinese
civilisations. These ideas directly motivated the introduction of crucial changes in
China, ultimately ending the era of imperial feudal system and establishing the
modern republic.

30. UNESCO
Recommendation on the
Historic Urban
Landscape (HUL), a 'soft-
law' (non-binding) to assist
Member States in meeting
the urban challenges of
tomorrow.

31. UNESCO World Heritage Centre
7, Place de Fontenoy
75352 Paris 07 SP
France
http://whc.unesco.org