they know their flight could be. going back not an option. i'm on and property are stuck in the spanish border area. along side other young people there waiting for a chance that will probably never come. shattered dreams starts january 18th on d. w. . welcome to a special edition of checkin. join us and enjoy our flight to germany's 46 world heritage sites by drone. in the 1st episode we visited $23.00 of these landmarks

this time will be visiting the remaining $23.00 landmarks all of which were named world heritage sites from the year 2000 on words unesco promotes science education and culture that's why every year it selects natural and cultural heritage sites that have extraordinary universal value heritage that should be preserved for present and future generations. the monastic island of ayesha now in lake constance southern germany was declared a world heritage site in 2000 the origins of the island's monastery go back to the 8th century in 724 st pierre men found that the monastery they would become an important religious cultural and political center of medieval europe. 3 romanesque churches have stood the test of time the st peter and paul church the triple knave the minister of st mary and mark and the st george. church.

we fly on to the rules area to see that sold in coal mine industrial complex in essen. once the largest and most modern coal mining plant it was in operation for a total of 135 years. protected as a historic site the industrial complex is now a space for cultural production. in the plant's very own swimming pool as a symbol for the structural changes that occurred in the area it represents the shift from an industrial site to a cultural natural and recreational hot spot. in

the summer that sold for hine complexes turned into an open air cinema with an industrial backdrop. at the who of museum visitors can learn more about the history of this area and the processes involved in coal mining and production. as the sold for high end complex was shut down more than 30 years ago nature has had time to reclaim some of the space this way the complex is not only an industrial landmark but a local recreational area to. the hine river is one of europe's most important water. ways and one of the continent's

biggest tourist attractions the upper middle hine valley which runs for around 65 kilometers from being into cold lands was declared a world heritage site in 2002 around 40 castles palaces and fortresses are strewn across the valley in the town of santa gore's house and at the narrowest part of the rhine gorge lies the famous last. legend has it that a beautiful sign written below the lie would sit on the rock luring sailors to their death upon the rocks with her singing. zoned and viscera whose historic centers display the wealth of the medieval hanseatic league share the next world heritage site. they boast of virtually unchanged medieval brick buildings that have been extensively preserved installs owned the town hall on the old market square is definitely worth a visit it's a prime example of architectural heritage from the brick gothic period in northern

germany. the cityscape of bismarck is marked by late medieval architecture to the market square is a stunning example of this whether you're after gothic architecture or classicism list town has 500 years of architectural history on display. lehmann was part of the hanseatic league to the port cities origins reach as far back as the 8th century to this day the magnificent buildings built in the v.a.'s a renaissance architecture style are a testament to blame and as well. the hanseatic league was actually a confederation of towns not of banks to protect each other and encourage try. it

covered a large area from as far as novgorod in russia over norway all the way to belgium and but i'm and was a member. of him in city hall is one of europe's oldest and best preserved town halls. as i thought i was little out on the old town hall is basically a medieval department store with a wine cellar below a market square with a roof and the assembly hall which also served as a court room. as an estimate on of the most impressive things about this room are the model shown they are about 400 to 500 years old and are from the period of the hands you think were made before construction started on the actual ships and. back on the market square you can meet certain hall and this statue has been a symbol for blame and freedom and sovereignty for over 600 years.

we continue on our journey flying to musk our park located in the border region of germany and poland it's one of the few world heritage sites to cross borders. designed by him on 1st fun kugler missed out this landscape ensemble brings together nature and architecture in smaller parks on either side of the border its structure is heavily influenced by english style landscape parks. next stop an ancient roman border fortification. despite being 550 kilometers in length the upper germanic nation limas is not a standalone site but part of the unesco world heritage site frontin years of the roman empire. the rican is. did roman fords are book is located in the town of hills 600 soldiers

used to be stationed here to protect the roman empire. in bavaria the city was founded over 2000 years ago and is one of germany's best preserved medieval city. book was a political center for the holy roman empire. the city landmark is st peter's cathedral it's one of the most important gothic cathedrals in germany and was built in the 13th century. seadrill is famous for its medieval stained glass windows.

district and stuck on hold is part of the world heritage site it used to be an independent city before it was incorporated into irgens book in 1024. we are off to our next stop. so this day these modern and social housing estates have been hugely influential in architecture and city planning this world heritage site consists of 6 ensembles designed by architects like. horn or volga glorious in the 1920 s. . the housing estate. it's were well proportioned had modern furnishing and were

affordable marking a historic turning point and city planning. the wotton see as one of europe's largest ecosystems an area of 11500 square kilometers connects germany denmark and the netherlands. will. rule. this world natural heritage site is a unique habitat for around 10000 different species of plants and wildlife.

the ancient beach forests of germany were named unesco world natural heritage site in 2011. they present a fascinating picture of the original european landscapes. due to their remarkable adaptability beech trees spread out across the continent in germany there are just a few untouched beach forests left. 5 areas in germany are part of this cross border world heritage site called primeval beach forests of the car pay the ns and other european regions.

together these 5 beach forests cover an area of $4400.00 hectares and are home to thousands of animal and plant species. among them. bats insects. and mushrooms. these ancient beech forests form a unique woodland ecosystem that is worth preserving.

the next destination for our drone is the foggles factory and. this should last factory was built in 1011 and is widely regarded as a model for 20th century industrial architecture. it was designed by father gold b.s. who would go on to become a star architect. the factories glass and steel facade and the huge wrap around corner windows free of supports became characteristic for the noise fall in style and the building is protected as a historical site. the prehistoric piled welling's around the alps. these remains of settlements from the

mess olympic and the bronze age were named a world heritage site by unesco in 2011. across the alps there are a total of $111.00 archaeological excavations of pile dwellings. in the one to being in on lake constance one of the settlements has been reconstructed . it provides a glimpse into what life was like for early hunter gatherers and fisherman and what they would trade with at the time. the margravine one house and by hordes is a showcase masterpiece of baroque theatre architecture.

the opera house has remained almost completely unchanged since it was opened in 1784. the highlight of this wooden box theater with painted canvas backdrops is its lavishly stuccoed carved and painted interior decoration. commissioned by margravine vilhelm enough unplanned book called it was designed by do set the galley b.b.n. or one of the leading theater architects in his day. our next stop on this drone flight is cause a. rising high above the city vilhelm to a park is one of europe's largest hillside parks construction on this baroque landscape garden started. in $696.00 and the palace was home to the land graves and

princes of has a cost of. castles most famous landmark is the mighty statue of hercules. 70 metres in height hercules has an unparalleled view of the park and the city below. on we go our next destination being put stuff where the former benedictine monastery of course high became the 39th location in germany to be awarded the us going world heritage title. founded by french benedictine monks in a 22 this former abbey is over 1200 years old. guys soon became

a popular place of pilgrimage and is regarded as one of the most important monastic foundations of medieval germany. the carolingian west work on the church facade is almost perfectly preserved. the historical show by shashank and house district and humbug as well as the famous cheetah house have also been named a world heritage site. built on 3500000 oak piles by shashank is an historical collection of warehouses that provided storage space for merchants to keep their goods in the 19th century. coffee tea and spices were mostly stored here.

the office buildings known as contour hoy's are are also part of this world heritage site. the most famous contour house is the chief house built in the 1920 s. . next stop is the bison hall for housing estate in stuttgart. to model houses designed by local boozy a known as one of the most influential city planners for modernist architecture can be found here.

a total of 17 of look all bluesy a's buildings in 7 different countries were named world heritage sites. we are in the swabian euro now where 6 caves from the ice age revealed a stunning discovery the oldest figurative are made by humans. 6 caves have revealed some items that are more than 40000 years old. the caves in the swabian euro and the ice age are found within them or made a unesco world heritage site and 2017.

in 2018 the archeological border complex of height and the donna vehicle fortification line were added to unesco's list. some of the best preserved archaeological material from the viking age was found in the remains of the trading town of height hubble. hubble was one of the most important settlements and a trading hub in northern europe at the open air museum you can see what life was like for the vikings more than 1000 years ago. and then our tour and they were surrounded by an agent but they lived alongside it and they were really observant. and they really knew how to use the materials available is what humans are not how to make use of them to create things like houses ships wagons selke died and he also produced so many different things it's difficult to grasp for us

today come forth and. 7 houses of the former wealthy trading town have been reconstructed true to the original. as hi to who was located on the schleswig isthmus it had access to the baltic sea as well as being close to the north sea their strategic location made it the perfect place for trading with weapons precious metals and fur. i had me as high to preserve the viking settlement from the 9th 10th and 11th centrist at 1st glance you might miss it as it's just a green meadow now but the real treasures are hidden beneath the here behind us you won't find a single square centimeter that doesn't contain archaeological findings we like to say hi to booze archaeologically contaminated. contact me at. the dawn of air well. stretches for 30 kilometers is also considered one of the

most important archaeological testaments to the viking age. the line of fortification is more than 1000 years old and consists of walls earthworks and ditches it was built to protect the jutland peninsula from attacks. now the drill was also named at unesco world heritage site and $28.00 team.

look at federal was built in the 13th century and is an outstanding example of late romanesque architecture. here nicholas was appointed as the 1st german protestant bishop by martin luther and 1542. another cross border world heritage site is the ets could be a mining region. ated between germany southeast and the czech republic's northwest

. for more than 800 years this mining region was an important source of silver or 10 and uranium. the historic hammer mill called for now on how much produced tools for mining and agricultural work until $904.00 after it was closed it became germany's 1st museum for smith every. the last destination on this special edition of czech and is the city of book in bavaria it's located at the convergence of the alpine rivers of lesh and via top. here people learned to make use of water

resources a long time ago. an elaborate canal system supplied the city with drinking and surface water. this led to an economic boom. and there are numerous fountains and canals in the city's old style. the waterworks at the red gate are proof of how intertwined book's history is with water for almost 500 years it supplied drinking water to the city. the whole stop loss water works started operating in $879.00 providing clean drinking water via cast iron pipes to the city's households.

borgs water management system served as a model across europe. and this is where we conclude our drone flight across germany's world heritage sites.

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