World Heritage Sites
World Heritage SitesUNESCO World Heritage Sites in Germany
55 recognised sites
UNESCO lists 55 World Heritage Sites in Germany. Each one below links to its city guide or attraction page where we have one.
Full list
World Heritage Sites in Germany
Aachen Cathedral
Speyer Cathedral
Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
Pilgrimage Church of Wies
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
Maulbronn Monastery Complex
Town of Bamberg
Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg
Völklingen Ironworks
Messel Pit Fossil Site
Cologne Cathedral
Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau
Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
Classical Weimar
Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
Wartburg Castle
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
Monastic Island of Reichenau
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski
Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
Wadden Sea
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
Fagus Factory in Alfeld
Margravial Opera House Bayreuth
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey
Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus
Moravian Church Settlements
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement
Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura
Naumburg Cathedral
Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke
Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region
Water Management System of Augsburg
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment)
The Great Spa Towns of Europe
Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes
ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz
Jewish-Medieval Heritage of Erfurt
Schwerin Residence Ensemble
The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee
Q&A
Answers to your questions
How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites does Germany have?
55 sites recognised by UNESCO as World Heritage — cultural, natural or mixed.
What's the difference between a cultural and natural site?
A cultural site is human-made (an old town, a monument, an archaeological site); a natural site is a unique geological/ecological feature; a mixed site is both.
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Sources: Site list: UNESCO World Heritage List (CC BY-SA 4.0)