The German city of Augsburg was on Saturday granted World Heritage status by UNESCO for its over 800-year-old water management system boasting an aquaduct, water towers, ornate fountains, canals and hundreds of bridges.
Documents from the post-war Auschwitz trial have been classed part of the UNESCO "Memory of the World Register", underlining their significance as "common heritage of humanity", Germany's foreign minister said Wednesday.
The UN cultural agency on Sunday designated Hamburg's historic maritime warehouse and business districts, boasting early 20th century German brick architecture, as World Heritage sites.
Three German sites are up for inclusion in the prestigious UNESCO list of world heritage sites as the organization's committee meets in Bonn to consider the nominees.
Three German Unesco World Heritage sites could eventually be swallowed up by rising sea levels, according to a new study which warned the country’s historic Hanseatic hubs on the Baltic coast are under threat.
It took him 17 years, but after dealing with rare bats and a slew of court cases, the man who designed a bridge deemed so ugly by Unesco that it stripped Dresden of its world heritage status, finally saw it open this week.
We finish our summer tour of Germany's UNESCO World Heritage sites with a peak at the ruins of Lorsch abbey - one-time educational and healing centre of Medieval Europe.
As part of our summer tour of Germany's UNESCO World Heritage sites, we take a look at Trier on the River Moselle, Germany's oldest - and perhaps most romantic town, home to architectural monuments, churches and Roman ruins.
As part of our summer tour of Germany's UNESCO World Heritage sites, we explore the old city of Regensburg in south east Germany, now a vibrant university town steeped in medieval history.
As part of our summer tour of Germany's UNESCO World Heritage sites, we take a look at the majestic castles and palaces along the wine-making Rhine River valley region.
As part of our summer tour of Germany's UNESCO World Heritage sites, we take a look at the gorgeous Maulbronn monastery complex, between Karlsruhe and Heilbronn.
As part of our summer tour of Germany's <b>UNESCO World Heritage sites</b>, we take a look around six Berlin modernist housing estates, built between the World Wars.
The monastic island in Lake Constance is an outstanding representation of the religious, intellectual and artistic influence exercised by powerful Benedictine abbeys in the early Middle Ages.
German bakers are calling for their breadmaking to be recognized by the United Nations' cultural organisation, UNESCO, as "intangible cultural heritage," alongside Argentina's tango and carpet weaving from southwest Iran.
As part of our tour of Germany's <b>UNESCO World Heritage sites</b>, we look around one of the country's most impressive palaces, the Würzburg Residence.
As part of our tour of Germany's <b>UNESCO World Heritage sites</b>, we look around one of the best areas for fossil spotting in the world - the Messel pit site.
As part of our tour of Germany's <b>UNESCO World Heritage sites</b>, we take a stroll around Brühl to scope out the Augustusburg Palace and Falkenburg hunting lodge.
As part of our tour of Germany's <b>UNESCO World Heritage sites</b>, we climb the massive spires at the country's most visited landmark, the Cologne Cathedral.
