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.


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

Referenced by (8)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Goslar ("Mines of Rammelsberg")
Harz ("Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System")
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains
Harz ("Rammelsberg mine")
contains
Lower Saxony
hasCulturalHeritage
Goslar ("Rammelsberg mine")
hasLandmark
Goslar ("Rammelsberg Mining Museum")
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")
partOf

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