HERITAGE RECORD · 970

Wachau Cultural Landscape

瓦豪文化景观

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The Wachau is a stretch of the Danube Valley between Melk and Krems, a landscape of high visual quality. It preserves in an intact and visible form many traces - in terms of architecture, (monasteries, castles, ruins), urban design, (towns and villages), and agricultural use, principally for the cultivation of vines - of its evolution since prehistoric times.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ192201 ↗

Area18387 ha

Administrative areaQ42497

WikipediaWachau ↗

Chinese Wikipedia瓦豪 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iv)An outstanding example of a building, ensemble or landscape illustrating a significant stage in human history.

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Brief synthesis The Wachau is a stretch of the Danube located between Melk and Krems, which demonstrates high visual and landscape qualities.

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