UNESCO World Heritage Site Mines of Rammelsberg
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The UNESCO World Heritage Site Mines of Rammelsberg is a historic mining complex near Goslar, Germany, renowned for over a millennium of continuous ore extraction and its exceptionally preserved industrial and cultural landscape.
Aliases (6)
- Mines of Rammelsberg ×48
- Rammelsberg mine ×2
- Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System ×1
- Rammelsberg Mining Museum ×1
- Rammelsberg Museum and Visitor Mine ×1
- UNESCO World Heritage Site Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System ×1
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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historic mining complex → |
| associatedWith |
Historic Town of Goslar
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Upper Harz Water Management System → |
| country |
Germany
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| criterion |
(i)
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(ii) → (iii) → (iv) → |
| currentUse |
mining museum
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tourist attraction → |
| endOfMiningActivity |
1988
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| hasPart |
administrative buildings
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miners’ housing → ore processing plants → surface industrial installations → transport infrastructure → underground mine workings → water management structures → |
| heritageDesignation |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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| heritageValue |
documents social and economic structures of a mining community
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illustrates development of mining technology over a millennium → |
| inscriptionYear |
1992
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| knownFor |
exceptionally preserved cultural landscape
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exceptionally preserved industrial landscape → over a millennium of continuous ore extraction → |
| locatedIn |
Goslar
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Harz Mountains → Lower Saxony → |
| locatedNear |
Goslar city centre
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| locatedOn |
Rammelsberg mountain
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| operator |
Rammelsberg Museum and Visitor Mine
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| partOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
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| primaryResourceExtracted |
copper ore
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gold traces → lead ore → silver ore → zinc ore → |
| significance |
major centre of metal ore production in medieval Europe
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| significantPeriod |
early modern period
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industrial era → medieval period → |
| startOfMiningActivity |
10th century
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| UNESCORegion |
Europe and North America
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| UNESCOSiteType |
Cultural
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| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory |
Cultural landscape
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| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId |
623
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Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Goslar
("Mines of Rammelsberg")
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Harz ("Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System") → |
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains |
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Harz
("Rammelsberg mine")
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contains |
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Lower Saxony
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hasCulturalHeritage |
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Goslar
("Rammelsberg mine")
→
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hasLandmark |
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Goslar
("Rammelsberg Mining Museum")
→
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hasMuseum |
|
Mines of Rammelsberg
("Rammelsberg Museum and Visitor Mine")
→
|
operator |
|
Mines of Rammelsberg
("UNESCO World Heritage Site Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System")
→
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partOf |