INFORMATION of 19 February 2013
Frankfurt am Main
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE
A Tour of Germany
6 February — 26 May 2013
Deutschen Architekturmuseum DAM,
Schaumainkai 43, Frankfurt am Main, 1st Floor
EXHIBITION OPENING:
Tue, 5 February 2013, 19.00
PRESS CONFERENCE:
Mon, 4 February 2013, 11.00
GUIDED TOURS:
On Saturdays and Sundays 15.00
Marmorpalais in Potsdam, 1787—1792
Photo: Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten BerlinBrandenburg.
OPEN:
Tue, Thu — Sat 11.00 — 18.00 \ Wed 11.00 — 20.00 \
Sun 11.00 – 19.00
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
THE INVESTMENT PROGRAMME FOR NATIONAL UNESCO WORLDHERITAGE SITES
PUBLICATION
THE GERMAN WORLD HERITAGE SITES
COINCIDING PROGRAM
IMPRINT
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
COMING SOON / CONTACT
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EXHIBITION PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO ALL GERMAN WORLD HERITAGE SITES
With 37 World Heritage Sites, Germany numbers amongst the countries with the most sites
listed after China, Italy, France and Spain. Churches and monasteries, castles and palaces,
gardens and natural landscapes are among the country’s major attractions, as are old towns with
their historic centers and the outstanding architectural testimonials of Industrialization. A great
deal of effort goes into maintaining, restoring and preserving architectural monuments in the
historical state we find them in. However, we must also seek to integrate world heritage into
sustainable urban and regional development policies. Increasingly, the maintenance of World
Heritage Sites is linked to the question as to how they can be spatially incorporated, used and
made accessible. With the “Investment Programme for National UNESCO World Heritage
Sites”, the German government supports the states, municipal authorities and organizations
responsible in ensuring the protection and preservation of German World Heritage Sites. At 33
of the 37 World Heritage Sites in Germany, projects are underway supported by federal funds
totaling 220 million euros (2009-2014). Towns and cities not included in the UNESCO World
Heritage program can also benefit from the insights gained and communicated in implementing
current projects and measures.
The exhibition presents all 37 German UNESCO Sites using a selection of photographs and
exhibits, while also providing information on the Sites themselves together with the
modernization and development measures realized there. Among the exhibits are several
exquisite items that deserve a closer look, such as a colored wooden model dating back to 1650
of St. Michael’s Church in Hildesheim (built around 1050; World Heritage Site since 1985).
Visitors will be enchanted by the intense coloring of an experimental model from 2002-07 of
Gerhard Richter’s luminous stained-glass window for Cologne Cathedral (1248/1842; World
Heritage Site since 1996). There are also highly profane items, such as the “Oberharzer
Bodenstampfer” (earth pounding equipment) used to seal the turf of the dams of Rammelsberg
Mine (19th century; World Heritage Site since 1992, expanded in 2010), which bring the history
of a place to life. Souvenirs add an ironic touch to the presentation and will no doubt put a smile
on one or two faces. We hope that visitors will feel inspired to embark on an individual journey
through Germany, visiting the various World Heritage Sites and discovering en route how past,
present and future are interconnected.
THE INVESTMENT PROGRAMME FOR NATIONAL UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES
The Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development set up the “Investment
Programme for National UNESCO World Heritage Sites” in two parts in early 2009 and early
2010 respectively. From 2009 to 2014 a total of 220 million euros in federal funds will be
available for the further development and upkeep of German UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Funding goes to investment and conceptual measures serving to preserve, modernize or further
develop World Heritage Sites and which have a model character for urban development. This
includes modernizing historical monuments and landscaped parks as well as conducting urban
planning measures. The projects to receive funding are chosen by an independent body of
experts, who base their recommendations on the following criteria:
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Urban development (importance for urban development, impact on the cityscape,
architectural quality)
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Preservation (preservative/restorative measures, reversibility and acceptability of
additions)
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Other aspects (urgency, feasibility, sustainability of usage, model character, innovative
character, energy-related aspects, economic impact)
Based on the recommendations of the body of experts, the Federal Ministry of Transport,
Building and Urban Development has selected more than 200 projects to receive funding.
PUBLICATION
An eponymous publication will accompany the exhibition “UNESCO World Heritage. A Tour of
Germany”. Alongside three introductory essays on UNESCO World Heritage and the Investment
Programme, it includes 37 short portraits of the World Heritage Sites, written by 37 renowned
journalists and authors, mostly architecture journalists and critics. They describe in their vivid
accounts the striking features, consistencies and inconsistencies they encountered during their
visits to the sites, which are underscored by their personal photographic impressions.
Paul Andreas, Karen Jung, Peter Cachola Schmal (ed.)
UNESCO World Heritage. A Tour of Germany
Kehrer Publishers Heidelberg 2013
englisch; Softcover, 264 pages with 216 coloured images, size 17 x 24
cm
With essays from Birgitta Ringbeck, Hanno Rauterberg, Hubertus
Adam, Wolfgang Bachmann, Ira Mazoni, Wolfgang Pehnt and
others.
ISBN: 978-3-86828-379-2
Museum shop prize: 29,90 EUR/Book Store Prize: 34,80 EUR
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THE GERMAN WORLD HERITAGE SITES
Aachener Dom (1978)
Speyerer Dom (1981)
Würzburger Residenz und Hofgarten (1981)
Wallfahrtskirche "Die Wies" (1983)
Schlösser Augustusburg und Falkenlust in Brühl (1984)
Dom und Michaeliskirche in Hildesheim (1985)
Römische Baudenkmäler, Dom und Liebfrauenkirche von Trier (1986)
Hansestadt Lübeck (1987)
Schlösser und Parks von Potsdam und Berlin (1990)
Kloster Lorsch (1991)
Bergwerk Rammelsberg, Altstadt von Goslar und Oberharzer Wasserwirtschaft (1992)
Altstadt von Bamberg (1993)
Klosteranlage Maulbronn (1993)
Stiftskirche, Schloss und Altstadt von Quedlinburg (1994)
Völklinger Hütte (1994)
Grube Messel (1995)
Kölner Dom (1996)
Das Bauhaus und seine Stätten in Weimar und Dessau (1996)
Luthergedenkstätten in Eisleben und Wittenberg (1996)
Klassisches Weimar (1998)
Wartburg (1999)
Museumsinsel Berlin (1999)
Gartenreich Dessau-Wörlitz (2000)
Klosterinsel Reichenau (2000)
Industriekomplex Zeche Zollverein in Essen (2001)
Altstädte von Stralsund und Wismar (2002)
Oberes Mittelrheintal (2002)
Rathaus und Roland in Bremen (2004)
Muskauer Park (2004)
Grenzen des Römischen Reiches: Obergermanisch-raetischer Limes (2005)
Altstadt von Regensburg mit Stadtamhof (2006)
Siedlungen der Berliner Moderne (2008)
Wattenmeer (2009)
Alte Buchenwälder Deutschlands (2011)
Fagus-Werk in Alfeld (2011)
Prähistorische Pfahlbauten um die Alpen (2011)
Markgräfliches Opernhaus Bayreuth (2012)
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Sat/Sun, 3 p.m. Open guided tours by curator Yorck Förster;
admission to the museum EUR 7 Euro/ EUR 3.50 reduced
Wednesday, 13 March 2013, 19.00
Lecture
Die Wasserkünste von Wilhelmshöhe. Die Inszenierung der Urgewalt des Wassers
Museum and Bar open till 22.00.
Admission 5,– Euro
Tuesday 26 – Thursday, 28 March 2013, 10.00 – 18.00
LegoBaustelle UNESCO World Heritage in Lego
Admission 3,– Euro
Thursday, 4 April 2013, 15.00-17.00
UNESCO World Heritage: The Würzburger Residenz
Lecture by Stefanie Lampe
Admission 10,- Euro (including one coffee)
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 19.00
Lecture
Kloster Lorsch. Neue Wege zu einem alten Ort
Museum and Bar open till 22.00.
Admission 5,– Euro
Thursday, 25. April 2013, 15-17 Uhr
UNESCO World Heritage: The Klosteranlage Maulbronn
Lecture by Stefanie Lampe
Admission 10,- Euro (including one coffee)
Monday, 13 May 2013, 10.00-18.00
Conference
World Heritage in Hessen. Become World Heritage – be World Heritage
More Information: www.dam-online.de
The Coinciding Program is in cooperation with the hessian Ministry of science and art and the
state office for the preservation of historical monuments.
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IMPRINT
UNESCO Welterbe. Eine Deutschlandreise
6. Februar – 26. Mai 2013 im Deutschen Architekturmuseum (DAM), 1. OG
An exhibition by Deutsches Architekturmuseus (DAM) in cooperation with the Federal Ministry
of Transport, Building and Urban Development.
Director DAM Peter Cachola Schmal
Exhibition curator Dr. Karen Jung
Consultant Dr. Olaf Asendorf, Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt und Raumforschung im
Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung
Compilation of measures by the National UNESCO World Heritage Sites Investment Program
Dr. Marcus Gwechenberger, PROPROJEKT GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
Graphic design and exhibition design DESERVE Raum und Medien Design, Wiesbaden / Berlin
Mario Lorenz, Lars Schneider, Nadja Kugler
Realization exhibition design Oliver Taschke Schreinerei, Offenbach
Realization graphic design Inditec GmbH, Bad Camberg
Relief model of Germany with projection Architectura Virtualis GmbH, Darmstadt
Technical support Jochen Krimm
Translation German / English www.gainestranslations.de, Frankfurt am Main
Poster and invitation cards GARDENERS, Frankfurt am Main
Registrar Wolfgang Welker, Jörn-Luca Schön
Collection DAM Inge Wolf
Installation of the exhibition Paolo Brunino, Enrico Hirsekorn, Marina Barry, Ulrich Diekmann,
Caroline Krause, Joachim Müller-Rahn, Harald Pompl, Michael Reiter, Angela Tonner, Beate
Voigt, Gerhard Winkler unter der Leitung von under the direction of Christian Walter
Administration staff Inka Plechaty, Jacqueline Künstler, Jacqueline Brauer
Education Christina Budde
Facility Management Joachim Müller-Rahn
Press and Public Relations Stefanie Lampe
In Cooperation with:
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) and the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and
Urban Development would like to thank cordially all those people and institutions who
contributed to this exhibition.
—Schildwächter Stadtplaner Ingenieure, Kaiserslautern
—Schlösser Augustusburg und Falkenlust, Brühl
—Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Baden Württemberg, Bruchsal
—Stadt Aachen, Untere Denkmalbehörde
—Stadt Bamberg
—Stadt Goslar
—stadt Hildesheim, FB Stadtplanung und Stadtentwicklung
—Stadt Koblenz
—Stadt Köln
—Stadt Lorsch
—Stadt Quedlinburg
—Stadt Regensburg Planungs- und Baureferat | Welterbekoordination
—Stadt Würzburg, Projektbüro für Stadtentwicklung,
—Stadterneuerungsgesellschaft Stralsund mbH
—Stadtplanung und Denkmalpflege, Dessau-Roßlau
—Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau
—Stiftung Fürst Pückler Park, Bad Muskau
—Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt, Lutherstadt Eisleben
—Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg (SPSG), Potsdam
—Stiftung Zollverein, Essen
—Thomas Orth, Architekt, Bad Dürkheim
—Tiefbauamt Stadt Regensburg
—Trier Tourismus
—TU München, Lehrstuhl für Baugeschichte, Historische Bauforschung und Denkmalpflege,
Prof. Dr.- Ing. Manfred Schuller
—Welterbe Grube Messel GmbH
—Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte, Europäisches Zentrum für Kunst und Industriekultur,
Völklingen/ Saarbrücken
—Wittenberg Architekten, Weimar
Press images for announcements and reports during the exhibition period at www.dam-online.de
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8 June – 1 September 2013
Think Global, Build Social! Architectures for a better world
15 June – 1 September 2013
Bollinger + Grohmann. Behind the scenes
DEUTSCHES ARCHITEKTURMUSEUM
Press & Public Relations
Schaumainkai 43, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, www.dam-online.de
Stefanie Lampe, M.A.
T +49 (0)69 212 36318 \ F +49 (0)69 212 36386
stefanie.lampe@stadt-frankfurt.de
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