GUIDED TOURS OF THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE

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 newly conceived guided tours in the run-up to the festival events. The guided tours include performances by Cameroonian musician Njamy Sitson.

FR 25. 7. – Water and world heritage at the Singold – 17 : 00 h

A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH GÖGGINGEN

Along the Singold and the factory canal, there is not only a lot of history to discover, there are also two power stations here that are part of Augsburg’s UNESCO World Heritage Site and bring a piece of unique industrial history to life.

approx. 1 1/2 hour guided tour on foot, starting at 17:00 at the Göggingen-Rathaus stop, at the entrance to Gögginger Park (Butzstraße). End at the park theater, for the opening of the Water & Sound Festival at 7 pm.

SO 27. 7. – World Heritage at the Lech – 17 : 30 h

GUIDED TOUR OF THE HIGH DRAIN, ICE CHANNEL AND DRINKING WATER WORKS

The Lech river has shaped the city of Augsburg since its origins. This guided tour conveys the past and present around three unique World Heritage sites located directly on this important lifeline. From the historic drinking water works at the Hochablass, a technical monument to the development of modern drinking water supply, the tour continues across the Lech at the Hochablass weir, which marks the beginning of the use of hydropower in Augsburg. The route then leads along the ice canal, the world’s first artificial canoe slalom course.

approx. 1 1/2 hour guided tour on foot, starting at 5:30 pm at the historic waterworks at Hochablass (Am Eiskanal 49).
End at the outlet at the Orgazentrum am Eiskanal, where the panel “River Portals” takes place from 19:30.

SA 2. 8. – Source of life – 14 : 00 h

BIKE TOUR THROUGH THE SIEBENTISCH FOREST

Cycle along on this discovery tour through the city forest. Centuries-old canals and clear spring streams, which are part of Augsburg’s UNESCO World Heritage Site, intersect here. Rare animal and plant species have found their home here, but there are other secrets hidden among the trees and waters
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approx. 1 1/2 hour guided tour by bike, starting at 14:00 at the Environmental Education Center, stop Zoo/Botanical Garden (Dr.-Ziegenspeck-Weg 6), ending at the drain on the upper Anger, to the “Riverbirds” performance on the Stempflebach.

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

Photo: Melanie Stengemann