WORLD HERITAGE IN THE TEXTILE DISTRICT

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.

Augsburg is a stronghold of industrial culture, which is closely linked to water and is also an important part of the World Heritage Site. Before the festival opens in Hall 1 – Raum für Kunst im Glaspalast, the World Heritage Office offers a guided tour of the industrial monuments in the textile district – from the Augsburg worsted spinning mill (now TIM) to Martini Park and the Proviantbachquartier to the Augsburg mechanical cotton spinning and weaving mill.

Thu 25.7. approx. 1 hour guided tour
Start at 18:30 at the Textile and Industry Museum
End at the Glaspalast

WORLD HERITAGE AROUND THE HIGH ABYSS

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.

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