WORLD HERITAGE AROUND THE HIGH ABYSS

Guidance

The “Augsburg Water Management System” has been a World Heritage Site since 2019. With this award, UNESCO recognizes Augsburg’s unique handling of water for more than 800 years. Many events are also held at World Heritage sites for this reason. As part of Water & Sound, the World Heritage Office is offering three guided tours in the run-up to festival events.

Before the concerts at Kuhsee, there is the opportunity to take part in a guided tour of three exciting World Heritage sites around the Hochablass. From the historic drinking water works at Hochablass, a technical monument to the development of modern drinking water supply, the route leads to the ice canal and the world’s first artificial white-water canoe route (with a special highlight!). The route then continues across the Lech at the Hochablass weir, another interesting World Heritage site that marks the beginning of the use of hydropower in Augsburg.

Pre-registration for the guided tours is requested at welterbe.veranstaltungen@augsburg.de

Sat. 3.8. approx. 1.5 hour guided tour
Start 16:00 at the waterworks at Hochablass
End at the Kuhsee