German cathedral and Viking Age archaeological site added to Unesco’s World Heritage List
Naumburg Cathedral and the archaeological remains of a Viking Age trading town are the latest German sites to be added to the World Heritage List, bringing Germany’s total to 44 sites.
Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke
Situated in northern Schleswig Holstein near the Danish border, the Viking Age trading town of Hedeby became an important trading hub between continental Europe and Scandinavia. The well preserved archaeological site encompassing traces of roads, buildings and a harbour offers a unique insight into developments Europe during the Viking Age and is encompassed by ‘Danevirke’, a line of Danish fortifications.
Naumburg Cathedral
Unesco praises the Naumburg Cathedral as “an outstanding testimony to medieval art and architecture”. The eye-catching exterior consisting of impressive Romanesque structure and Gothic choirs houses masterpiece life-size sculptures of the Cathedral founders by an anonymous medieval artist known only as a the ‘Naumburg Master’.
Maria Böhmer, President of the German Unesco Commission hailed the cathedral as a “masterpiece of human creativity”.
