Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Association

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Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Association
founding May 11, 2005
Seat Sankt Goarshausen
purpose Safeguarding and further development of the World Heritage area
Action space Upper Middle Rhine Valley from Bingen / Rüdesheim to Koblenz
Chair District Administrator Bertram Fleck (Rhein-Hunsrück District), District Councilor Karl Ottes (Rheingau-Taunus District)
Website www.welterbe-oberes-mittelrheintal.de

In June 2002 , the Upper Middle Rhine Valley was the first German cultural landscape to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List . In 2005, the municipalities, municipalities, cities, districts and federal states in the World Heritage area merged to form the Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Association in order to secure and further develop the "Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Area in its cultural, ecological, economic and social function" (§ 4 Association Regulations).

Members

The following countries, districts, independent cities, association communities, large district-related cities, towns and local communities are members of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Association:

  • State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • State of Hesse
  • City of Koblenz
  • Mayen-Koblenz district
VG Rhens with the city of Rhens, OG Brey, OG Spay
  • Rhein-Hunsrück district
City of Boppard, VG St.Goar-Oberwesel with City of St. Goar, City of Oberwesel, OG Damscheid, OG Niederburg, OG Perscheid, OG Urbar, OG Wiebelsheim
  • Rhein-Lahn district
Town of Lahnstein, VG Loreley with town of Braubach, town of St.Goarshausen, town of Kaub, OG Dachsenhausen, OG Filsen, OG Kamp-Bornhofen, OG Osterspai, OG Auel, OG Bornich, OG Dahlheim, OG Dörscheid, OG Kestert, OG Liigart, OG Lykershausen, OG Nochern, OG Patersberg, OG Prath, OG Reichenberg, OG Reitzenhain, OG Sauerthal, OG Weisel, OG Weyer
  • Mainz-Bingen district
City of Bingen, VG Rhein-Nahe with City of Bacharach, OG Breitscheid, OG Manubach, OG Münster-Sarmsheim, OG Niederheimbach, OG Oberdiebach, OG Oberheimbach, OG Trechtingshausen, OG Waldalgesheim, OG Weiler bei Bingen
  • Rheingau-Taunus district
City of Lorch, city of Ruedesheim am Rhein

tasks

When the Zweckverband was founded in 2006, an action program was drawn up that was critically reviewed in 2012 and adapted to current developments and challenges. The action program forms the basis for the main areas of work in the association. The tasks of the Zweckverband include:

  • the bundling of communal interests and the assumption of shared responsibility for the region.
  • the preservation of the monuments characteristic of the cultural landscape and the preservation of the historical townscape. For vacant, listed castles, buildings or other witnesses of the past, new usage concepts need to be developed.
  • the safeguarding and further development of green, water, forest, and other areas to be kept free from development with supra-local importance for recreation and for maintaining a balanced natural environment (landscape protection). The preservation and recultivation of vineyards is part of these efforts.
  • the development, promotion and marketing of an attractive tourist infrastructure in the association area. The improvement of equipment and service in the hotel and catering sector, the development of the Loreley plateau, as well as the development of a corporate identity with a uniform wayfinding, signage and map system are further topics.
  • the achievement of an upgrading of the cities and municipalities to improve the quality of living. In addition to noise reduction, the upgrading of the bank areas and the promenades in order to bring the cities and municipalities closer to the water are important.

Structure and organization

The association assembly is the decisive body of the association. All members of the association meeting meet twice a year and decide on the budget statutes and the fields of action. The board of the Zweckverband is formed by Bertram Fleck , the district administrator of the Rhein-Hunsrück district and the district councilor Karl Ottes for the Rheingau-Taunus district. Since the seat of the Zweckverband is in Sankt Goarshausen , the office that manages the day-to-day business of the Zweckverband is also located there.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Association regulations for the Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Association Website of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Association. Retrieved September 17, 2012
  2. ↑ Action program of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Association Action program of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Association. Retrieved September 17, 2012