HerO Case Study - Visitor Centre World Heritage in Regensburg
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09 October 2017Regensburg is Lead Partner in the URBACT project HerO 'Heritage as Opportunity' working on integrated and innovative management strategies for historic urban landscapes. In 2006, the ensemble 'Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof' of the city of Regensburg was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Regensburg then decided to create a 'Visitor Centre World Heritage' that will open in May 2011. Learn more on this initiative and read the URBACT case study '
Download URBACT Case study Regensburg (3.06 MB)'.
The inscription on the World Heritage List goes with the obligation to raise awareness for the world heritage programme in general and to notify the World Heritage site to a wide audience. To meet this obligation the city of Regensburg came up with the solution to create a public visitor centre in the historic Salt Barn.
This case study explains the process of introducing a key new function into a specific historic monument on a central location in the city. In contrast to the earlier Download URBACT Case Study Liverpool (1.14 MB) strategy which was an area wide initiative, the Regensburg case describes the treatment of a single historically important building, the Salt Barn. Of course the way in which the building is part of the wider urban heritage is in this context a major consideration.
One of the most significant aspects of this initiative is the decision not only to showcase and explain the evolution of the city itself but rather to highlight the wider aspect of World Heritage. Through this combination of global and city level, the "Visitor Centre World Heritage" becomes a unique physical portal to explain the worldwide UNESCO programme and how monuments, sites and ensembles contribute to this. No other World Heritage city has taken such a step, so this could provide a useful model for cities in similar situations across Europe if not across the world.
Read more:
- Download URBACT Case study Regensburg (3.06 MB) - PDF
- Download URBACT Case Study Liverpool (1.14 MB) - PDF
- HerO - URBACT website
- Cultural Heritage and City Development - URBACT website
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