If you are planning a trip to Germany, you should try to visit some of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. I’ve created a listing for you to compare and see which sites you might want to add to your German itinerary.
Germany has whole-heartedly embraced the concept of UNESCO World Heritage by choosing to protect numerous places representing different aspects of their cultural history. Because the World Heritage Site list includes so much, architecture, industry, design, engineering, etc., it would be impossible to visit all of them in one vacation.
Germany has 44 World Heritage Sites, including 3 transboundary sites. There are 43 cultural sites and 1 natural site in Germany.
| Name | Date Inscribed | Category | Name | Visited |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aachen Cathedral | 1978 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Speyer Cathedral | 1981 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square | 1981 | Cultural | Germany | |
| St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim | 1985 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Pilgrimage Church of Wies | 1983 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Hanseatic City of Lübeck | 1987 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl | 1984 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Cologne Cathedral | 1996 | Cultural | Germany | Cologne Cathedral (Köln Dom) (2018) |
| Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier | 1986 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch | 1991 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin | 1990 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz | 2000 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg | 1994 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Maulbronn Monastery Complex | 1993 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System | 1992 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Town of Bamberg | 1993 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Völklingen Ironworks | 1994 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Messel Pit Fossil Site | 1995 | Natural | Germany | |
| Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau | 1996 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg | 1996 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Classical Weimar | 1998 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin | 1999 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Wartburg Castle | 1999 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Monastic Island of Reichenau | 2000 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen | 2001 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Upper Middle Rhine Valley | 2002 | Cultural | Germany | Castles Along the Rhine (2018) |
| Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar | 2002 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen | 2004 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof | 2006 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Berlin Modernism Housing Estates | 2008 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Fagus Factory in Alfeld | 2011 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Margravial Opera House Bayreuth | 2012 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe | 2013 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey | 2014 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus | 2015 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Naumburg Cathedral | 2018 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura | 2017 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke | 2018 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Water Management System of Augsburg | 2019 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt | 2021 | Cultural | Germany | |
| ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz | 2021 | Cultural | Germany | |
| Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes | 2021 | Cultural | Germany, Netherlands | |
| Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski | 2004 | Cultural | Germany, Poland | |
| Frontiers of the Roman Empire | 1987 | Cultural | Germany, United Kingdom |