UNESCO designates Schwerin Castle as  World Heritage Site

Admin I Saturday, July 27, 2024

 

GERMANY – The UN’s World Heritage Committee said on Saturday that it has designated the Schwerin Residence Ensemble in the north-eastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as a World Heritage Site.

The ensemble includes Schwerin Castle and parts of the historic city centre, which remarkably survived World War II without any bomb damage.

The decision was announced during the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 46th session in New Delhi.

The much older core of the Schwerin Castle received its present style of Romantic historicism only in the mid-19th century and is now a popular tourist attraction.

It has also been featured in films such as “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore.

Today, the castle, which was used in East Germany as a training centre for kindergarten teachers, houses a museum and is the seat of the state parliament.

The idea to place Schwerin on the World Heritage list is more than 20 years old.

In Germany, there are more than 50 World Heritage sites.