Germany. Dresden Elbe Valley

Dresden is deleted from UNESCO’s World Heritage List

Delisted Date: 2009
Date of Inscription: 2004
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)(v)
Property : 1930.0000 ha
Buffer zone: 1240.0000 ha
State of Saxony (Sachsen)
N51 2 24 E13 49 16
Ref: 1156

The 18th- and 19th-century cultural landscape of Dresden Elbe Valley extends some 18 km along the river from Übigau Palace and Ostragehege fields in the north-west to the Pillnitz Palace and the Elbe River Island in the south-east. It features low meadows, and is crowned by the Pillnitz Palace and the centre of Dresden with its numerous monuments and parks from the 16th to 20th centuries. The landscape also features 19th- and 20th-century suburban villas and gardens and valuable natural features. Some terraced slopes along the river are still used for viticulture and some old villages have retained their historic structure and elements from the industrial revolution, notably the 147-m Blue Wonder steel bridge (1891–93), the single-rail suspension cable railway (1898–1901), and the funicular (1894–95). The passenger steamships (the oldest from 1879) and shipyard (c. 1900) are still in use.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1156

Thanks to Anja!