CONTENTS

Message from the Federal Foreign Minister

Introduction by the President of the German Commission for UNESCO
 

GERMANY – A RESPONSIBLE PARTNER FOR THE HERITAGE OF MANKIND

Werner Wnendt
The Cultural Preservation Programme of the Federal Foreign Office
A Key Instrument in our Cultural Relations and Education Policy

The German Delegation to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee

Rolf Mack, Hans-U. Caspary
Biodiversity Conservation and Viable Tourism
Sustainable Management of World Heritage Sites

• Cross-Border Protection of the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site

Ingrid Schwoerer, Tanja Feldmann
Sustainable Urban Development in Damascus and Shibam
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit Supports the Rehabilitation of Historic Cities

Barbara Engels, Heike Britz
Capacity-Building for World Natural Heritage
Germany’s Contribution to International Cooperation

• The Völklingen Ironworks
• Muskauer Park – Park Muzakowski
• The Upper German-Raetian Limes

Hermann Schefers
A Monastic Network across Three Continents
World Heritage Partnerships – Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch

Stefan Rennicke
The German Commission for UNESCO Supports Natural Heritage in Namibia
Partnership with African National Commissions
 

GERMANY – AN EXPERIENCED PARTNER FOR WORLD HERITAGE MANAGEMENT

Birgitta Ringbeck, Barbara Engels
Handle with Care!
The Implementation of the World Heritage Convention in Germany

Peter Ramsauer
World Heritage Sites – Culturally Compact Germany

• Regensburg: UNESCO World Heritage Information Centre

Dieter Offenhäußer
"Central Point of Contact in an Orchestra of Many Players"
The Role of the German Commission for UNESCO in UNESCO’s World Heritage Programme

• Exhibition: Magic Places
• Treasures of the World – Humanity’s Heritage

Horst Wadehn
Introducing the German Association UNESCO-Welterbestätten Deutschland e.V.

• UNESCO World Heritage Day
   

GERMANY – A FORWARD-LOOKING PARTNER FOR WORLD HERITAGE CHALLENGES

Johanna Leissner
The Impact of Climate Change on Historic Buildings and Cultural Property

Annette Froehlich, Mario Hernandez, Lutz Möller, Achim Roth
The World Heritage Seen from the Universe
The German Aerospace Center Supporting World Heritage Sites

Hermann Parzinger
The Museum Island Master Plan

Petra Hedorfer
Culture is Here to Stay

• Sustainable Tourism in the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site
• Sustainable Tourism in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bamberg

"I Brought the World to Cottbus"
Interview with Marie-Theres Albert

• World Heritage Studies
• The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex – The Ruhr as Cultural Metropolis

Jolanta Nölle
Zollverein in Schools
The Zollverein School Programme

• denkmal aktiv – Cultural Heritage in Young Hands
• Studies in Paderborn