UNESCO World Heritage experiences

in the four-country region

Eschenz Museum

Local museum with original artefacts from the UNESCO-site Eschenz-Insel Werd.
Abbey library in St.Gallen close to Lake Constance

Abbey Cathedral of St Gall, UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Abbey Cathedral of St.Gall, the abbey library and the surrounding monastery buildings - in short the St.Gallen Abbey District - was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site...
UNESCO Fundstelle Konstanz Hinterhausen © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege | © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege

UNESCO Site Konstanz Hinterhausen

The extensive pile field and the spectrum of artifacts discovered point to a comprehensive settlement history on the north shore of Constance harbor, first discovered in...
UNESCO Fundstelle Grundwiesen © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege | © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege

UNESCO Site Grundwiesen

The site is located about 250 m south of Alleshausen on the western edge of the Federseeried (Nature Reserve). In 1989 the station was discovered; 1990-1992 the station was...
Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen | © Pfahlbaumuseum Freilichtmuseum und Forschungsinstitut

Lake Dwelling Museum Unteruhldingen

Welcome to the pile dwellings in Unteruhldingen, one of Europe’s largest and oldest open-air archaeological museums. The 23 reconstructions of pile dwellings from the...

UNESCO Site Storen Wildsberg

A large settlement with evidence of Pfyn, late Horgen and Corded Ceramic cultures. The dig site contained imported flint and copper finds.
UNESCO Fundstelle Siedlung Forschner © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege | © Landesamt für Denkmalpflege

UNESCO Site Siedlung Forschner

The settlement Forschner lies in the middle of the southern spring song. This settlement, which is extremely easy to defend, is the only wet-preserved, fortified complex of...

Wetzikon Museum

The Wetzikon Antiquarian Society birthed the museum that houses the pre-historic pile dweller finds of 19th century Swiss farmer-poet and amateur archeologist Jakob...
Rose Island and the shallow waters around it together form the UNESCO World Heritage component part. | © © BLfD, Foto: K. Leidorf

UNESCO sites Feldafing Roseninsel

Rose Island in Lake Starnberg was the first and only pile dwelling site that was discovered in Bavaria during the 19th century. With the exception of the nearby Kempfenhausen...