Preserve World Heritage

Manuscripts, apsaras and a colourful gateway in Hué – how Germany is working to preserve unique cultural treasures in Asia.

You shouldn't miss these seven World Heritage Sites in Germany.

The Indonesian temple of Borobudur has been restored with German help and a great deal of effort.

Forty years ago, Aachen Cathedral was included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites - the first German World Heritage Site ever. Since then, more than 40 other sites in Germany have been added to the list. Our video shows where human history is told.

The Secretary General of the German Commission for UNESCO explains how the World Heritage idea serves understanding and peace.

Five World Heritage documents you should know about: from a heroic epic to a science fiction film.

Volunteering on a building site: young European Heritage Volunteers explain why they are so enthusiastic about their work.

Following the announced withdrawal of the United States and Israel, the UN organisation is facing challenging times.

Some would argue that Germany's beer purity law should be considered a piece of world cultural heritage. German brewers attempts to get the law included on UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list may have failed. But German beer culture is still very special.

Ambassadors and senior German employees in international organizations present insights into their work in the deutschland.de series “Foreign posting”.

Essen in the Ruhr region is to bear the title, awarded by the European Commission, in 2017.

The landscape park in Bad Muskau, one of the few binational UNESCO World Heritage Sites, is celebrating its founding 200 years ago.

With 38 World Heritage sites, Germany is one of the countries with the most inscriptions in the UNESCO list.

Culture has many facets and functions, expressed in stories, buildings and other forms. Preserving cultural goods or resurrecting them after they’ve been destroyed is the goal oft he German Foreign Ministry’s Cultural Preservation Program. Since 1981, it has supported projects in 144 countries.

For more than 30 years Germany has been working to preserve cultural heritage worldwide.

What made Cologne’s Prof. Hans Leisen into a “temple doctor” in Asia.

How a German network is funding the reconstruction of cultural treasures and offering people new prospects.

You shouldn't miss these seven World Heritage Sites in Germany.