2024-12-23T21:51:31-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/131271818/unesco-names-hamburg-s-speicherstadt-and-kontorhaus-district-a-world-heritage-site Nicholas Korody 2015-07-06T18:46:00-04:00 >2015-07-11T21:11:17-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4t/4t41uct4cx88xaq6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has declared two districts of the German city of Hamburg a world heritage site: the Speicherstadt and Chilehaus with the Kontorhaus District. Declared following a meeting in Bonn, the designation was based on the belief that the areas represent "an outstanding example" of an urban area that "illustrate[s] significant stages in human history."</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ci/ciu48uu643k50x4j.jpg"></p><p>The districts comprise Hamburg's historic warehouse area, with a complex of connecting waterways, bridges and roads. The area was built primarily between 1885 and 1927, and housed the city's bustling port-related industry.&nbsp;</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/87/879vvdajoed8j9qc.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ec/ec8n8fuongskdjtq.jpg"></p><p>Spiecherstadt, the world's largest historic warehouse ensemble, includes 17 buildings in the Gothic red-brick style and once held goods such as spices, tobacco, coffee and tea. In recent years, the area has become a major tourist hub, with such destinations as the world's largest miniature railway and the Hamburg Dungeon.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ri/ri6cpztwsfp7qj1j.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/h9/h9tug7m5zlvah3rh.jpg"></p><p>Opposite the Spiecherstadt, the Kontorhaus district is considered "Cont...</p>