World Heritage

Project aim: Children should be presented with easily accessible information about the UNESCO World Heritage of Graz and World Heritage as a concept should be explained to them, drawing attention to the need to preserve World Heritage. This should motivate future generations to set up funds and strategies for preserving World Heritage.

Project aim: The energy and potential of young volunteers from across the globe is put towards maintaining some of the dry grassland areas in need of preservation and protecting the special biodiversity of these areas. At the same time, these young people learn about the idea behind World Heritage.

Project aim: Using the volunteering potential of young people across the globe to take care of the World Heritage cultural landscape and teaching young people about the concept behind World Heritage.

Project aim: The Schönbrunn palace chapel, inaugurated in 1745 in the presence of Maria Theresia, has been fully restored and will soon be made accessible to the public for the long term.

Project aim: To create a premium-quality brand for Wachau tourism, which particularly takes into account issues of regionality and education about the World Heritage site and draws attention to the participating organisations in this World Heritage site’s tourism landscape.

Project aim: Maintaining historical stucco and colours on town house façades and highlighting their historic and stylistic character as well as creating a planning basis for architects and builders and an academic basis for expert commissions (Expert Commission for Maintaining the Old Town in Salzburg, Federal Monuments Authority for Salzburg), art historians and historic preservation.

Project aim: A new system for recording and simulating the movement of visitors is intended to improve the use of room capacity in the palace and increase security. At the same time, the simulations should allow for possible changes to the tours on offer to be considered. Furthermore, this endeavour serves to protect the historical building materials by optimising the flow of visitors.

Project aim: Promoting awareness and sensitising the population to the World Heritage site and ensuring its upkeep by consulting closely with key actors, presenting regional particularities relating directly to the World Heritige site and strengthening connections with schools and other educational institutions via projects on World Heritage.

Project aim: Making the residents and employees of the city council aware that the Mülln district is part of the core zone of the World Heritage site. Communicating with and involvement of the public with regards to the strategic aims of UNESCO. Required or useful changes in this part of the World Heritage site in coordination and agreement with (or at the request of) the residents.