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Wachau Cultural Landscape
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Location Lower Austria, Austria
Criteria Cultural: (ii)(iv)
Inscription 2000 (24th Session)
Area 18,387 ha (45,440 acres)
Buffer zone 2,942 ha (7,270 acres)

The Wachau is an Austrian valley. It has pretty landscape formed by the Danube river. It is one of the biggest tourist places of Lower Austria. It is midway between the towns of Melk and Krems. It is 40 kilometres (25 mi) in length. People lived here in prehistoric times.

A well-known place and tourist attraction is Dürnstein. This is where King Richard the Lion-Heart of England was held captive by Duke Leopold V.

The Wachau is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is for its architectural and agricultural history.


Images for kids

  • Kulturlandschaft Wachau (Übersichtskarte)

    Map of Wachau Cultural Landscape

  • Danube In The Wachau Valley

    Danube in the Wachau Valley (Dürnstein on the far left of the river and Krems on the far right)

  • Krems and mautern from ferdinandswarte

    The western city area of Krems on the northern banks of the Danube River

  • Weißenkirchen in der Wachau - Zentrum

    Weißenkirchen in der Wachau: View from the market square to the parish church

  • Wachau Unterloiben Oberloiben Panorama

    Wachau Valley, near Dürnstein (Unterloiben on the left and Oberloiben)

  • Terrassenweingaerten Wachau

    Terraced vineyards in the Wachau region.

  • Schallaburg - Schloss, nordseitig

    Schallaburg

  • Stift Goettweig Nordwestansicht

    Göttweig Abbey, seen from Stein

  • Erentrudis z01

    Erentrudis Chapel

  • Apotheosis of Charles VI - Fresco of Paul Troger (1739) - Imperial Stair Case - Göttweig Abbey

    Imperial Staircase: Apotheosis of Charles VI (fresco by Paul Troger, 1739)

  • Ruine Aggstein 03

    Burgruine Aggstein

See also

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