Tag: Unesco world heritage site
Life and society in Bavaria: The rough world of the rafters
Unesco has included rafting in the list of intangible world cultural heritage. In Bavaria, earning a living, which involved a great deal of suffering and hardship, goes back more than…
World Heritage: the rough world of the Flößermuckln – Bavaria
Transporting goods and raw materials over long distances was a real challenge in times without railways and automobiles. There was nothing left but to use the waterways, even if it…
Bavaria: court rejects complaint from Almbauern – Bavaria
The title of the application already shows how much and how many would have to be reconciled: The Garmisch-Partenkirchen district wants larger parts of its “Alpine and pre-Alpine meadows, pastures…
Court dismisses alpine farmers’ lawsuit against World Heritage application – Bavaria
The title of the application already shows how much and how many would have to be reconciled: The Garmisch-Partenkirchen district wants larger parts of its “Alpine and pre-Alpine meadows, pastures…
Nürnberger Saal 600: “We didn’t want Disneyland here” – Bavaria
Hall 600 is intended to make Nuremberg a World Heritage City, where Nazi criminals such as Hermann Göring were sentenced. How much can you change it? About a historical place…
50 Years Unesco: World Heritage in Danger – Culture
Of Till Briegleb The fact that UNESCO is celebrating its 50th birthday with a conference at the site of the famous Greek oracle at Delphi could hardly be more symbolic.…
Würzburg Residence: Debate on parking and World Heritage – Bavaria
The Franconian tongue has the term “Neigschmeggder” ready for newcomers, and according to local criteria one could certainly apply it to Michael Ehlers. He comes from the Lower Rhine, speaks…
Will the pretzel become a World Heritage Site? And if so, where does it come from? – Bavaria
If you were to ask an unbiased, completely neutral committee like the SZ Bayern editorial team where the best pretzels are – yes, they would get a clear answer: in…
Munich: “Bierland Bavaria” is to become a World Heritage Site – Munich
That could have resulted in an interesting meeting between the Bavarian Minister of Economics Hubert Aiwanger (free voters) and the most well-known Bavarian chef Alfons Schuhbeck, who will soon be…
Bavaria: Bahn wants to sell Bad Kissing station – Bavaria
“Representative station building for sale,” says the exposé of Deutsche Bahn somewhat succinctly, along with a frontal view of the entrance, photographed at a slight angle and a little out…