World heritage in Slovakia

Vlkolínec Levoča Spišský hrad Banská Štiavnica H H H H Bardejov W. W. W. W. K K K K K K K K

World Heritage Sites in Slovakia (H = caves of the Slovak Karst , K = wooden churches in the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountains , W = primeval beech forests in the Carpathian Mountains )

The world heritage in Slovakia (as of 2018) includes seven UNESCO world heritage sites , including five world cultural heritage sites and two world natural heritage sites. The Slovakia has ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1993, the same year the first three World Heritage sites were inscribed on the World Heritage List. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2008.

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Slovakia in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion on the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, R - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).

 Map with all coordinates of the World Heritage Sites: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
(more pictures)	Mining town of Banská Štiavnica and technical monuments in the vicinity ( location )	1993	K	618	This also includes the Calvary hill above the city .
	Levoča (Leutschau), Spissky Hrad (Spis Castle) and associated cultural monuments	1993, expanded in 2009	K	620	In 2009 the Spiš Castle ( Lage ) was expanded to include Levoča ( Lage ) , Spišské Podhradie (Eng. Kirchdrauf) and the Church of the Holy Spirit in Žehra (Eng. Schigra) .
(more pictures)	Vlkolínec ( location )	1993	K	622
(more pictures)	Caves in the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst ( location )	1995, expanded in 2000	N	725	Gombasecká (dt. Gombaseker cavity) , Jasovská Cave (dt. Jossauer cavity) , Domica (dt. Domica Cave) , Ochtinská Aragonite Cave (dt. Ochtinaer aragonite) and the Dobšinská Ice Cave. The caves of the Slovak Karst form together with the caves of the Aggtelek Karst in Hungary a transnational world heritage.
(more pictures)	Bardejov Municipal Monument Reserve ( location )	2000	K	973
(more pictures)	Old beech forests and primeval beech forests of the Carpathian Mountains and other regions of Europe	2007, expanded in 2011 and 2017	N	1133	Cross-border world heritage site with Ukraine, expanded to include beech forests in Germany in 2011. From Slovakia, this includes beech forests in the Vihorlat Mountains ( Lage ) and in the Poloniny National Park ( Lage ) .
(more pictures)	Wooden churches in the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountains	2008	K	1273	Eight churches in Bodružal ( location ) , Hervartov ( location ) , Hronsek ( location ) , Kežmarok ( location ) , Ladomirová ( location ) , Leštiny ( location ) , Ruská Bystrá ( location ) and Tvrdošín ( location ) .

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .

Current World Heritage candidates

As of 2018, 13 sites are entered in the tentative list of Slovakia, the last entry was made in 2007. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

 Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Churches in the Gemer and Abov regions with medieval wall paintings	1995	K	580	10 examples in the Okresy: Rožňava, Rimavská Sobota, Revúca and Brezno
(more pictures)	Tokaj Wine Region ( Location )	2002	K	1684	Planned addition to the Hungarian World Heritage Site (Ref. 1063 ) to include Tokajská vinohradnícka oblasť , the part of the Tokaj cultivation area in Slovakia .
	Original meadows - pastures of Slovakia	2002	K	1685
	Chatam Sofer Memorial	2002	K	1731	Burial and memorial to Rabbi Moses Sofer (1762–1839) in the former Jewish cemetery in Bratislava
	Limes Romanus - ancient Roman monuments on the middle course of the Danube	2002	K	1732	On February 1, 2018, a joint application by Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary was submitted to extend the world heritage borders of the Roman Empire to include the Danube Limes .
(more pictures)	Fortification system at the confluence of the Danube and Váh in Komárno ( location )	2002	K	1733	Fortifications in Komárno in the corner between the Danube and Waag , includes the Old Fortress, the New Fortress, the Palatine Line and the Waag Line
(more pictures)	Conception of the lenticular historical center of Košice ( location )	2002	K	1734	In 1994, the nomination of Kosice Cathedral was rejected.
	Tatras nature reserves	2002	N	1737	Nature reserves in the Tatra Mountains
	Karst valleys of Slovakia	2002	N	1738	Choice of different types of karst valleys Revision and expansion of the proposals from 1995: " Slovak Paradise National Park " and "Breakthrough of Dunajec "
	Natural and cultural landscape of the Danube	2002	K / N	1739
	Mushroom flora of the Bukovec mountains	2002	N	1740	Biotopes in the Bukovské vrchy area with a focus on the biodiversity of macroscopic fungi .
(more pictures)	Herľany geyser	2002	N	1741	Cold water geyser in the Herľany municipality in eastern Slovakia at the foot of the Slanské vrchy Mountains,
(more pictures)	Sites of Great Moravia ( location )	2007	K	5093	transnational proposal of sites of the Moravian Empire together with the Czech Republic (Ref. 1559 ), includes St. Margaret's Church in Kopčany in Slovakia
	Primeval beech forests and old beech forests of the Carpathians and other regions of Europe (extension)	2019	N	6393	Expansion of the World Heritage Site of Primeval Beech Forests and Old Beech Forests of the Carpathians and other regions of Europe by six protected areas in Slovakia: Stužica - Bukovské vrchy , Udava , Havešová , Rožok , Vihorlat and Kyjovský prales .

Former World Heritage candidates

These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO. Sites that are included in other entries on the tentative list or that are part of world heritage sites are not taken into account here.

 Map with all coordinates of former World Heritage candidates: OSM

image	designation	year	Type	Ref.	description
	Devín Castle ( location )	1995-2002	K
	Upper town and Nitra Castle ( location )	1995-2002	K		includes the castle Nitra and the upper town of Nitra immediately south of it .
	Articular wooden church and old town of Kežmarok ( location )	1995-2002	K		Only the Evangelical Wooden Church of Kežmarok was included in the serial World Heritage Site of Wooden Churches in the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountains (Ref. 1273 ), but the old town of Kežmarok was not.
	Little Fatra National Park ( location )	1995-2002	N
	Slovenský raj National Park ( location )	1995-2002	N
	Kysuce – Orava forest railway ( location )	1996-1999	K		Rejected by Unesco in 1999

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Slovakia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Slovakia on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Slovakia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 25, 2018 . 
2. ^ Tentative list of Slovakia. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 25, 2018 . 
3. ^ State Secretary for Science Bernd Sibler on the submitted application for the extension of the World Heritage Site "Borders of the Roman Empire" to include the Danube Limes. Press release from the Bavarian Ministry of Culture . February 2, 2018, accessed February 12, 2018 . 
4. ^ Former Tentative Sites of Slovakia. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved March 25, 2018 . 

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap