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Locations of World Heritage Sites in Austria
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The
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)
World Heritage Sites
are places of importance to
cultural
or
natural heritage
as described in the UNESCO
World Heritage Convention
, established in 1972.
[1]
Cultural heritage consists of monuments (such as architectural works, monumental sculptures, or inscriptions), groups of buildings, and sites (including archaeological sites). Natural features (consisting of physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened species of animals and plants), and natural sites which are important from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty, are defined as natural heritage.
[2]
Austria
ratified the convention on December 18, 1992, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list.
[3]
Sites in Austria were first inscribed on the list at the 20th Session of the
World Heritage Committee
, held in
Merida
,
Mexico
in 1996. At that session, two sites were added: the
Historic Centre of Salzburg
, and the
Palace and Gardens of Schonbrunn
.
[4]
As of 2021
[update]
, Austria has 12 sites inscribed on the list and a further 10 on the tentative list. Five World Heritage Sites are shared with other countries:
Fert? / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
is shared with Hungary;
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps
with France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland;
Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
with 17 European countries; the
Great Spa Towns of Europe
with Belgium, Czechia, Germany, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom; and the
Danube Limes
with Germany and Slovakia. In 2017, the site Historic Centre of Vienna was inscribed on the
list of World Heritage in Danger
due to planned new high-rise buildings.
[5]
All but one of the World Heritage Sites in Austria are of the cultural type.
[3]
World Heritage Sites
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UNESCO lists sites under
ten criteria
; each entry must meet at least one of the criteria. Criteria i through vi are cultural, and vii through x are natural.
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* Transnational site
† In danger
Tentative list
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In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage list, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage list are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative list.
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As of 2021
[update]
, Austria recorded 10 sites on its tentative list.
[23]
* Transnational site
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- 1
with
Hungary
- 2
with
France
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Germany
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Italy
,
Slovenia
and
Switzerland
- 3
with
Albania
,
Belgium
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
,
Croatia
,
Czech Republic
,
France
,
Germany
,
Italy
,
North Macedonia
,
Poland
,
Romania
,
Slovakia
,
Slovenia
,
Spain
,
Switzerland
and
Ukraine
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