List of World Heritage Sites in Poland

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There are thirteen UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Poland. The first properties were inscribed in the World Heritage List in 1978. Two of the sites are shared with neighboring countries. Poland also has four properties on the Tentative List.

1 Cultural
- 1.1 Properties
2 Natural
- 2.1 Property
3 Tentative List
- 3.1 Properties
4 Notes
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Cultural

[edit] Properties

Cracow's Historic Centre (1978)
Wieliczka Salt Mine (1978)
Auschwitz Birkenau. German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945).^[1] (1979)
Historic Centre of Warsaw (1980)
Old City of Zamość (1992) see also: Zamość
Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork (1997)
Medieval Town of Toruń (1997) see also: Toruń
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park (1999)
Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica (2001)
Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland (2003)
- Binarowa
- Blizne
- Dębno Podhalańskie
- Haczów
- Lipnica Murowana
- Sękowa
Muskauer Park / Park Muzakowski (2004; shared with Germany)
Centennial Hall in Wroclaw (2006)

[edit] Natural

[edit] Property

Puszcza Białowieska / Białowieża Forest (1979, 1992; shared with Belarus)

[edit] Tentative List

[edit] Properties

Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom
Białowieża National Park (extension, modification, 2006)
The Augustów Canal
The Dunajec River Gorge in the Pieniny Mountains

[edit] Notes

^ UNESCO World Heritage Committee. (2007-06-28). World Heritage Committee approves Auschwitz name change". Press release. The World Heritage Committee has approved Poland's request to change the name of Auschwitz on UNESCO's World Heritage List. After international consultations, the property, listed as "Auschwitz Concentration Camp" in 1979, is to have the title of "Auschwitz Birkenau" and the subtitle of "German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)." United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

[edit] See also

List of World Heritage Sites in Europe

[edit] External links

Krakow Sukiennice.jpg Site 29: Kraków Old Town	Warsaw palace.jpg Site 30: Warsaw Old Town	Birkenau gate.JPG Site 31: Auschwitz concentration camp	Wieliczka-daVinci.jpg Site 32: Wieliczka Salt Mine
Poland Bialowieza - BPN.jpg Site 33: Bialowieza Forest	Zamosc 02.jpg Site 564: Zamość Old Town	Torun old town square.jpg Site 835: Toruń Old Town	Malbork zamek zblizenie.jpg Site 847: Malbork Castle
Kalwariazebrzydowska.jpg Site 905: Kalwaria Zebrzydowska	Binarowa Kosciol.jpg Site 1053: Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland	Jawor3.jpg Site 1054: Church of Peace	Debno podhalanskie1.jpg Site 1053: Wooden church in Dębno
Park Muzakowski2.jpg Site 1127: Park von Muskau	Jahrhunderthalle in Bresslau.jpg Site 1165: Hala Ludowa