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Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Dresden Elbe Valley)

Document type
Decision
Reference number
14B.40
Date
Jun 28, 2004
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Treaty
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Nov 23, 1972)
Meeting
28e session du Comité
Website
whc.unesco.org
Abstract

The World Heritage Committee,


1. Inscribes the Dresden Elbe Valley, Germany, on the World Heritage List as a cultural landscape on the basis of cultural criteria (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v):


Criterion (ii): The Dresden Elbe Valley has been the crossroads in Europe, in culture, science and technology. Its art collections, architecture, gardens, and landscape features have been an important reference for Central European developments in the 18th and 19th centuries.


Criterion (iii): The Dresden Elbe Valley contains exceptional testimonies of court architecture and festivities, as well as renowned examples of middle-class architecture and industrial heritage representing European urban development into the modern industrial era.


Criterion (iv): The Dresden Elbe Valley is an outstanding cultural landscape, an ensemble that integrates the celebrated baroque setting and suburban garden city into an artistic whole within the river valley.


Criterion (v): The Dresden Elbe Valley is an outstanding example of land use, representing an exceptional development of a major Central-European city. The
value of this cultural landscape has long been recognized, but it is now under new pressures for change.


2. Noting the important events associated with the City's history in World War II,


3. Invites the State Party to consider renominating the property on the basis of cultural criterion (vi) in addition to the existing cultural criteria (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v).