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14<br />
1694 -1733 Augustus the Strong presents the Elbe Valley from Pillnitz Palace to Übigau<br />
Palace as a kind of “Grand Canal”.<br />
1826 Building ban imposed on the suburbs Pirnaische Vorstadt and Äußere<br />
Pirnaische Vorstadt (later called Johannstadt)<br />
1873 Decision against canalisation of the Elbe (M.W. Schmidt, Regional Director<br />
of Waterworks)<br />
1900 Ban on building anywhere on the Waldschlösschen meadows, in perpetuity<br />
1927/28 City building officer Paul Wolf introduces the concept of the “total work of<br />
art”.<br />
1941 Preservation order for the Elbe river area (Elbe Preservation Act)<br />
1984 The GDR signs up to the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the<br />
World Cultural and Natural Heritage.<br />
1988 Institut <strong>für</strong> Denkmalpflege (Institute for the Preservation of Monuments)<br />
works up proposals for potential World Heritage Sites.<br />
1989 Application for listing of the historic centre of <strong>Dresden</strong> (the ensemble of<br />
Theaterplatz and Brühl Terrace, along with the Zwinger, the Opera, the<br />
Roman Catholic Hofkirche, the Castle and the art and science collections).<br />
The application is rejected, the rebuilt monuments being deemed insuffi-<br />
ciently authentic in terms of original fabric.<br />
1998 The Conference of (German) Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs<br />
recommends listing of the <strong>Dresden</strong> Elbe Valley (application by 1st February<br />
2003).<br />
December 2000 Formation of a working group (from the Departments of Town Planning,<br />
Preservation of Monuments, Environmental and Nature Conservation and<br />
Economic Development) to prepare the application for listing<br />
End of 2001 Application documents substantially complete<br />
2002 Discussion of implications of listing for economic development<br />
January 2003 Application for World Heritage status<br />
September 2003 Evaluation by ICOMOS (Jukka Jokiletho)<br />
to March 2004<br />
July 2004 Inscription of the <strong>Dresden</strong> Elbe Valley as a “continuing cultural landscape”<br />
in the World Heritage List on the basis of Criteria II, III, IV and V of the<br />
“Guidelines for the Implementation of the Convention Concerning the<br />
Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage”.<br />
Figure 2.2<br />
Timeline for World<br />
Heritage Cultural Landscape<br />
“<strong>Dresden</strong> Elbe Valley”<br />
Source:<br />
Online Magazine of the<br />
German UNESCO Commission,<br />
no. 9, September 2004<br />
and author’s illustration