UN­ESCO World Her­it­age in NRW

Em­per­ors and elect­ors, men of the church and big in­dus­tri­al­ists have all left their mark in North Rhine-West­phalia. Five splen­did monu­ments and a his­tor­ic­al bor­der are now in­cluded in UN­ESCO’s list of World Her­it­age Sites. Im­pos­ing cathed­rals, mag­ni­fi­cent castles, monu­ments from Ro­man times, an im­mense former Be­ne­dict­ine ab­bey and the most beau­ti­ful coal mine in the world all have a fas­cin­at­ing his­tory wait­ing to be dis­covered.