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The core zone of the area inscribed in the World Heritage List comprises the Elbe Valley
over a distance of 19.5 kilometres between Übigau Palace in the north-west and Pillnitz
Palace in the south-east, the Elbe slopes along the river, the cultural landscape with its
combination of village and bourgeois settlement patterns, the aristocratic town centre
(Zwinger, Brühl Terrace, Semper Opera, Frauenkirche) and monuments from the 19th-
century period of industrial expansion. Two buildings of modern architecture by the
river, the Saxon State Parliament and the New Synagogue, are explicitly included in the
“Dresden Elbe Valley” World Heritage Site
The entire central part of the Altstadt, the central part of the Neustadt and the harbour
area south of the Ostragehege are among areas designated as buffer zones.
2.3 Criteria for inscription of the Dresden Elbe Valley in the UNESCO World Heritage List
The Dresden Elbe Valley was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in July 2004
on the basis of Criteria II, III, IV and V of the “Guidelines for the Implementation of the
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage”.
This recognises that the historic cultural landscape of “Dresden Elbe Valley” possesses
“outstanding universal value” which must be preserved for future generations.
Under Article 1 of the 1972 Convention Concerning the Protection of the World
Cultural and Natural Heritage (the UNESCO World Heritage Convention), the “Dresden
Elbe Valley” cultural landscape is a “site”; under the “Guidelines for the Implementation
of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural
Heritage” it is a “continuing cultural landscape”.
The World Heritage Committee regards a property as being of outstanding universal
value (see Guidelines nos. 49–53) if it conforms to one or more of the ten criteria
recognised in the Guidelines as constituting a basis for qualification as World Cultural
Heritage.
On the basis of the ICOMOS recommendations of March 2004, the “Dresden Elbe
Valley” fulfils the following four criteria (source: online-Magazin der Deutschen Unesco-
Kommission, number 9, September 2004):
Under Criterion II, “The Dresden Elbe Valley has been the crossroads in Europe, in
culture, science and technology. Its art collections, architecture, gardens, and landscape
features have been an important reference for Central European developments in the
18th and 19th centuries.” (and more)
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