1468 DE/DK/US - Moravian Church Settlements (2015)

Description
The Moravian Church Settlements is a transnational serial extension of Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement (Denmark), already inscribed on the World Heritage List. The extension includes three municipalities founded in the 18th century: Herrnhut (Germany), Bethlehem (United States of America), and Gracehill (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Each settlement has its own architectural character based on ideals of the Moravian Church but adapted to local conditions. Together, they represent the transnational scope and consistency of the international Moravian community as a global network. There is an active congregation present in each component part, where traditions are continued and constitute a living Moravian heritage.

摩拉维亚居留区

摩拉维亚居留区是已列入《世界遗产名录》丹麦遗产“克里斯丁菲尔德，摩拉维亚居留区”的跨国系列扩展。此次扩展包括3座建于18世纪的城镇：德国的黑恩胡特、美国的伯利恒和英国的格雷斯希尔，每个居留区的建筑都在摩拉维亚教会理想风格的基础上结合当地条件而自成特色。它们共同代表了摩拉维亚国际社区这一全球网络超越国界、和谐一致的特性。居留区的每个组成部分都有一个活跃教会，会众让传统得以延续，并构成摩拉维亚活态遗产。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1468

1468bis-001 Christiansfeld Denmark

1468bis-002 Herrnhut Germany

1468bis-003 Bethlehem United States of America

1468bis-004 Gracehill United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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1468bis-001 Christiansfeld Denmark

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1468bis-002 Herrnhut Germany

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1468bis-003 Bethlehem

1728 DK - Møns Klint (2025)

 Møns Klint

Featuring a dramatic glaciotectonic landscape shaped by Pleistocene glaciers, the property includes chalk cliffs, rolling hills, kame and kettle topography, and outwash plains. Visible cliff cross-sections reveal intense folding and faulting of Cretaceous chalk and Quaternary sediments. The area supports rare habitats like calcareous grasslands and beech forests, hosting diverse flora and fauna, including 18 species of orchid, and the almost-threatened Large Blue butterfly. Erosion continuously exposes fossils and reshapes the cliffs.

默恩崖

该遗产展现了由更新世冰川塑造的壮丽冰川构造地貌，包含白垩岩悬崖、波状丘陵、冰砾阜和锅穴地貌、冰水沉积平原。外露的崖壁剖面可见白垩纪白垩岩与第四纪沉积层的强烈褶皱和断层作用。这片区域滋养着钙质草原与山毛榉林等稀有生境，庇护着丰富动植物群落，包括18种兰花及近危物种大蓝蝶。侵蚀作用使化石不断出露，并重塑着悬崖形态。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1728

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1660 DK - Viking-Age Ring Fortresses (2023)

 Viking-Age Ring Fortresses

These five archaeological sites comprise a system of monumental ring-shaped Viking-Age fortresses sharing a uniform geometric design. Constructed between about 970 and 980 CE, the fortresses at Aggersborg, Fyrkat, Nonnebakken, Trelleborg and Borgring were positioned strategically near important land and sea routes, and each made use of the natural topography of their surrounding landscape for defensive purposes. They are an emblematic demonstration of the centralized power of the Jelling Dynasty, and a testimony to the socio-political transformations that the Danish realm underwent in the late 10th century.

维京时代的环形堡垒群

维京时代的环形堡垒群由5处考古遗址共同构成，这些堡垒拥有同样的几何机构。它们建于公元970-980年间，分别位于阿格斯堡（Aggersborg）、菲尔卡特（Fyrkat）、诺内巴肯（Nonnebakken）、特雷勒堡（Trelleborg）、博尔格林（Borgring）的陆路和海路战略要塞，并将周围自然地貌融入防御工事。堡垒群体现了耶灵王朝的中央集权，见证了丹麦王国在10世纪末期经历的社会政治变革。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1660

• 1660-001 Aggersborg
• 1660-002 Fyrkat
• 1660-003 Nonnebakken
• 1660-004 Trelleborg
• 1660-005 Borgring

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1660-004 Trelleborg

695 DK - Roskilde Cathedral (1995)

Brief Description

"Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, this was Scandinavia's first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and it encouraged the spread of this style throughout northern Europe. It has been the mausoleum of the Danish royal family since the 15th century. Porches and side chapels were added up to the end of the 19th century. Thus it provides a clear overview of the development of European religious architecture."

罗斯基勒大教堂

"这座教堂建于12和13世纪，是斯堪的纳维亚第一座砖砌的哥特式大教堂，也推动了此类建筑风格在北欧的传播。自15世纪起大教堂便成为丹麦皇家陵寝。其走廊和侧面的小礼拜堂是19世纪末才增建的，因而整个教堂清晰地展现了欧洲宗教建筑的发展历程。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/695

1536 DK - Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap (2017)

Kujataa is a subarctic farming landscape located in the southern region of Greenland. It bears witness to the cultural histories of the Norse farmer-hunters who started arriving from Iceland in the 10th century and of the Inuit hunters and Inuit farming communities that developed from the end of the 18th century. Despite their differences, the two cultures, European Norse and Inuit, created a cultural landscape based on farming, grazing and marine mammal hunting. The landscape represents the earliest introduction of farming to the Arctic, and the Norse expansion of settlement beyond Europe.

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1536

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1557 DK - Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea (2018)

 Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea

Located inside the Arctic Circle in the central part of West Greenland, the property contains the remains of 4,200 years of human history. It is a cultural landscape which bears witness to its creators’ hunting of land and sea animals, seasonal migrations and a rich and well-preserved tangible and intangible cultural heritage linked to climate, navigation and medicine. The features of the property include large winter houses and evidence of caribou hunting, as well as archaeological sites from Paleo-Inuit and Inuit cultures. The cultural landscape includes seven key localities, from Nipisat in the west to Aasivissuit, near the ice cap in the east. It bears testimony to the resilience of the human cultures of the region and their traditions of seasonal migration.

冰与海之间的因纽特人狩猎场阿斯维斯尤特–尼皮萨特

此处遗产地位于西格陵兰中部的北极圈内，这里有着4200年的人类历史遗迹。该文化景观见证其创造者对陆地和海洋动物的捕猎、季节性的迁徙，以及保存完好的气候、航海和医学方面丰富的物质和非物质文化遗产。该遗产地的特征包括大型冬季营房、驯鹿狩猎遗迹，以及古代因纽特人和因纽特文化的考古遗址。其文化景观包括7个主要地点，从西部的Nipisat到东部冰盖附近的Aasivissuit。它反映了该地区人类文化的复原力及季节性迁移的传统。

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1557

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1416 DK - Stevns Klint (2014)

Description

"This geological site comprises a 15 km-long fossil-rich coastal cliff, offering exceptional evidence of the impact of the Chicxulub meteorite that crashed into the planet at the end of the Cretaceous, about 65 million years ago. Researchers think that this caused the most remarkable mass extinction ever, responsible for the disappearance of over 50 per cent of all life on Earth. The site harbours a record of the cloud of ash formed by the impact of the meteorite – the exact site being at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. An exceptional fossil record is visible at the site, showing the complete succession of fauna and micro-fauna charting the recovery after the mass extinction."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1416

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697 DK - Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church (1994)

Brief Description

"The Jelling burial mounds and one of the runic stones are striking examples of pagan Nordic culture, while the other runic stone and the church illustrate the Christianization of the Danish people towards the middle of the 10th century."

耶灵墓地、古北欧石刻和教堂

"耶灵墓地的坟冢和一个古代北欧文字的石碑是北欧文化中的异教徒文化的典型范例，而其他北欧文字的石碑和教堂则诠释了进入10世纪中期时，丹麦人逐渐基督教化的进程。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/697

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Runic Stones

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Jelling church

696 DK - Kronborg Castle (2000)

Brief Description

"Located on a strategically important site commanding the Sund, the stretch of water between Denmark and Sweden, the Royal castle of Kronborg at Helsingør (Elsinore) is of immense symbolic value to the Danish people and played a key role in the history of northern Europe in the 16th-18th centuries. Work began on the construction of this outstanding Renaissance castle in 1574, and its defences were reinforced according to the canons of the period's military architecture in the late 17th century. It has remained intact to the present day. It is world-renowned as Elsinore, the setting of Shakespeare's Hamlet."

科隆博格城堡

"赫尔辛基的科隆博格城堡位于一个重要的战略要塞上，居高临下面对丹麦与瑞典交界的桑德(Sund)水域，对丹麦人具有巨大 的象征意义，在16世纪至18世纪的北欧历史中发挥了重要作用。这个辉煌的文艺复兴时期风格的城堡始建于1574年，17世纪晚期，城堡的防御工事根据当 时军事建筑的惯例得到了加强。城堡至今仍保存完好。赫尔辛基也因是莎士比亚巨著《哈姆雷特》的场景所在地而闻名全球。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/696

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1149 DK - Ilulissat Icefjord (2004)

Brief Description

"Located on the west coast of Greenland, 250 km north of the Arctic Circle, Greenland’s Ilulissat Icefjord (40,240 ha) is the sea mouth of Sermeq Kujalleq, one of the few glaciers through which the Greenland ice cap reaches the sea. Sermeq Kujalleq is one of the fastest (19 m per day) and most active glaciers in the world. It annually calves over 35 km3 of ice, i.e. 10% of the production of all Greenland calf ice and more than any other glacier outside Antarctica. Studied for over 250 years, it has helped to develop our understanding of climate change and icecap glaciology. The combination of a huge ice-sheet and the dramatic sounds of a fast-moving glacial ice-stream calving into a fjord covered by icebergs makes for a dramatic and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon."

伊路利萨特冰湾

"格陵兰的伊路利萨特冰湾（40 240公顷）位于格陵兰岛西岸，北极圈以北250公里，是少数几个通过格陵兰冰冠入海的冰河之一瑟梅哥－库雅雷哥(Sermeq Kujalleq)的出海口。瑟梅哥－库雅雷哥是世界上流速最快（每天19米），也是最活跃的冰川之一，每年裂冰超过35立方公里，占格陵兰岛裂冰的 10%，比南极洲以外的任何其他冰河都多。人们对这条冰湾的研究超过250年，冰湾有利于我们对气候变化和冰河学的了解。巨大的冰盖，加上冰流迅速移动， 在冰山覆盖的峡湾内崩裂发出的巨响，形成了令人敬畏的自然现象。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1149

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1314 NL/DE/DK - The Wadden Sea (2009)

Brief Description

"The Wadden Sea is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. The site covers the Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area, the German Wadden Sea National Parks of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, and most of the Danish Wadden Sea maritime conservation area. It is a large, temperate, relatively flat coastal wetland environment, formed by the intricate interactions between physical and biological factors that have given rise to a multitude of transitional habitats with tidal channels, sandy shoals, sea-grass meadows, mussel beds, sandbars, mudflats, salt marshes, estuaries, beaches and dunes. The area is home to numerous plant and animal species, including marine mammals such as the harbour seal, grey seal and harbour porpoise. Wadden Sea is one of the last remaining large-scale, intertidal ecosystems where natural processes continue to function largely undisturbed."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1314

Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area
German Wadden Sea National Parks of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein
Danish Wadden Sea maritime conservation area

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Key Planning Decision (PKB) Wadden Sea Part I, II, III in the Netherlands

View from Ameland, Netherlands

Wadden Sea, Germany

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Niedersachsen in Germany

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Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstein in Germany

 

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Rømø Island in Denmark