Archives: Atlas Obscuras

Brother Klaus Field Chapel

Discover Brother Klaus Field Chapel in Mechernich, Germany: This German art chapel is perfect for those who like their worship hard, modern, and utterly alien.

Deutsches Hygiene-Museum

Discover Deutsches Hygiene-Museum in Dresden, Germany: Over 12,000 hygiene oriented objects and exhibits.

Wilhelm Bauer

Discover Wilhelm Bauer in Bremerhaven, Germany: The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

Rheinturm

Discover Rheinturm in Dusseldorf, Germany: This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

The Mummy of Knight Kahlbutz

Discover The Mummy of Knight Kahlbutz in Neustadt, Germany: The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

East German Bunker Museum

Discover East German Bunker Museum in Frauenwald, Germany: This German "living museum" is maybe a bit too immersive.

European Asparagus Museum

Discover European Asparagus Museum in Schrobenhausen, Germany: Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.

Museum of Snoring

Discover Museum of Snoring in Alfeld, Germany: The difficulty of getting a good night's sleep is an age-old affliction according to the one-of-a-kind Snoring Museum.

Freedom Bell

Discover Freedom Bell in Berlin, Germany: A replica of the Liberty Bell rang daily from West Berlin's City Hall throughout the Cold War.

Skeletons of Rott am Inn

Discover Skeletons of Rott am Inn in Rott am Inn, Germany: These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

Darmstadt Railway Museum

Discover Darmstadt Railway Museum in Darmstadt, Germany: 1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.

Meissen Crematorium Tour

Discover Meissen Crematorium Tour in Meißen, Germany: From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.

Museumsinsel Hombroich

Discover Museumsinsel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany: Be it nature, art, or abandoned military architecture this eclectic German "museum" has you covered.

Nuremberg Toy Museum

Discover Nuremberg Toy Museum in Nuremberg, Germany: This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

Arresting Ossuary

Discover Arresting Ossuary in Neustadt an der Donau, Germany: The name doubles as an appropriate adjective for this small ossuary.

INITIUM ET FINIS Museum

Discover INITIUM ET FINIS Museum in Lohrheim, Germany: A wunderkammer of humanity and place of dark spiritual art.

Henkerhaus

Discover Henkerhaus in Nuremberg, Germany: Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 261 ii
To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design. 480 iii
To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. 514 iv
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To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. 137 v
To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change. 172 vi
To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria). 256 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 151 viii
To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features. 98 x
To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. 168

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