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The Augsburg Water Management System World Heritage Site comprises 22 individual properties. Some of them are located in Augsburg's old town, some in the present-day Augsburg city area far from the old town, and some in the areas of other localities in the Augsburg district. The most distant object,
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This protected area is surrounded by a buffer zone. In the case of watercourses, it consists of a 5-meter-wide strip on both sides of the watercourse. Most of the individual objects also have only a narrow buffer zone. In the historic old town, parts of the Jakobervorstadt, the Lechviertel and the
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Augsburg's World Heritage Site includes 22 objects, including flowing water canals, the oldest waterworks and water tower in Germany, and the oldest waterworks that was supplied by groundwater-fed deep wells. It also includes 10 historic hydroelectric power plants.
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canals and the spring water streams in the city forest. This network connects the other 21 individual properties with each other. In this way, the World Heritage Site forms a coherent protected area that covers an area of about 113 hectares.
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Site on July 6, 2019. The World Heritage Site comprises a compilation of technical-architectural cultural assets that attest to various ways of using water in the historically rich southern German city from different eras.
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eastern Ulrichviertel as well as an area on both sides of Maximilianstraße in the city center belong to the buffer zone. At the suggestion of
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the Meitingen hydroelectric power plant, is located about 22 kilometers north of the city. All 22 objects are listed as historical monuments.
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and the surrounding area that testify to the importance and history of Augsburg's historic water management were declared a
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The most extensive of these individual objects is a network of watercourses, including parts of the
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A bunch of decorative fountains from the Renaissance period are part of the system.
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Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
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canals, which run partly open and partly underground, the
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Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg
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