My UNESCO WHS List

This blog puts together some of my passions: travelling, especially to UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS); philately (collecting stamps); deltiology (collecting postcards); and doing research into TUIs (i.e., totally useless information) of things that interest me. Hence, it catalogues UNESCO WHS that I have been to, stamps showing UNESCO WHS that I have, as well as postcards featuring UNESCO WHS that I have received (i.e., stamped and posted) and maxicards and postal cards (both used or unused).

27 February, 2021

Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus

country. Germany

year of inscription. 2015

criteria. Cultural

Speichcherstadt and Kontorhaus are two adjacent districts in the port-city and state of Hamburg. The former was constructed on a group of islands in the Elbe River between 1885CE and 1927CE, and partially rebuilt from 1949CE to 1967CE. It consists of a number of very large warehouses and ancillary buildings as well as network of short canals. Kontorhaus, anchored on the iconic Chilehaus, consists of very large office complexes housing port-related businesses. This WHS is evidence of the effects of growth in international trade in the late 19th and early 20th century.

what. stamp (West Germany, 1989)