UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Harz Water Management System

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site historic water management system

The UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Harz Water Management System is an extensive historic network of dams, reservoirs, ditches, and tunnels in Germany’s Harz Mountains, built mainly for medieval and early modern silver mining and considered one of the world’s most significant pre-industrial water management systems.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Upper Harz Water Management System 2
UNESCO World Heritage Site Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System 1
Upper Harz Water Management System region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
historic water management system ⓘ
associatedWith silver mining in the Harz ⓘ
associatedWithIndustry mining industry ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
developedDuring early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
hasPart dams ⓘ
ditches ⓘ
ponds ⓘ
reservoirs ⓘ
tunnels ⓘ
watercourses ⓘ
hasUseToday drinking water supply ⓘ
nature conservation ⓘ
recreational activities ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criteria (iv) ⓘ
UNESCO cultural criteria (v) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
World Heritage Site in Germany ⓘ
inception 12th century ⓘ
locatedIn Harz ⓘ
surface form: Harz Mountains

Lower Saxony ⓘ
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
Harz ⓘ
surface form: Upper Harz
locatedNear Altenau ⓘ
Clausthal ⓘ
surface form: Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Hahnenklee ⓘ
Sankt Andreasberg ⓘ
maintainedBy Lower Saxony ⓘ
surface form: Lower Saxony State Forests

local water authorities ⓘ
notableFeature dense network of artificial ponds and ditches ⓘ
integration into mountainous terrain ⓘ
long-distance water ditches following contour lines ⓘ
partOf Harz ⓘ
surface form: Harz region

UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Harz Water Management System self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
primaryHistoricalUse silver mining ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the world’s most significant pre-industrial water management systems ⓘ
significantPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
UNESCOExtensionYear 2010 ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1992 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageId 623 ⓘ
usedFor drainage of mines ⓘ
power supply for mining ⓘ
water supply for ore processing ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Goslar → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains → UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Harz Water Management System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Harz Water Management System
UNESCO World Heritage Site Mines of Rammelsberg → associatedWith → UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Harz Water Management System ⓘ
subject surface form: Mines of Rammelsberg
this entity surface form: Upper Harz Water Management System
Lower Saxony → hasCulturalHeritage → UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Harz Water Management System ⓘ
Sankt Andreasberg → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Harz Water Management System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Harz Water Management System region
UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Harz Water Management System → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Harz Water Management System self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Upper Harz Water Management System
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System