Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus
Also known as Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Germany
Inscribed
2015
List reference
1467
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus is in Hamburg. The nearest other World Heritage site is Hanseatic City of Lübeck, about 60 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Hamburg · about 1,757,000 peopleat the site
- Lübeck · about 235,000 peopleabout 60 km north-east
- Kiel · about 269,000 peopleabout 90 km north
- Bremerhaven · about 138,000 peopleabout 95 km west
- Bremen · about 725,000 peopleabout 95 km south-west
- Schwerin · about 97,000 peopleabout 95 km east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
GermanyCultural58 km away
GermanyCultural94 km away
GermanyCultural95 km away
Germany, Denmark, NetherlandsNatural95 km away
GermanyCultural108 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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