The Celtic finds on the Glauberg and the Frankfurt modern settlements are to be added to the waiting list for UNESCO World Heritage according to the will of the state government.
As announced by the Ministry of Science and the Arts, the two sites will be nominated for the national pre-selection process.
Wolfram Ahlers
Correspondent for the Rhein-Main-Zeitung for Central Hesse and the Wetterau.
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Rainer Schulze
Editor in the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.
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The national list of proposals is to be submitted to UNESCO in February 2024. Each federal state can submit two applications to the Standing Conference. The Glauberg is part of a joint application with the state of Baden-Württemberg: The Celtic princely seats on the Glauberg in Wetterau and on Heuneburg in Baden-Württemberg are to be declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site as evidence of prehistoric culture. The fact that France wants to join the application with the Celtic princely seat of Mont Lassois should further increase the chances.
The urban landscape of modernism that the city of Frankfurt contributed to the selection process includes the two settlements Römerstadt and Höhenblick.
The settlements in the Niddatal are part of the “New Frankfurt” project, which was implemented from 1925 to 1933 under the urban planner Ernst May.
"Several hundred years separate the two proposals, but the following applies to both: It is important to preserve this legacy, to make it more visible and understandable and, above all, to let it become a source of inspiration for our time," said Art and Culture Minister Angela Dorn (Die Greens).