World Heritage 2025: Free tours and cultural highlights in the region!

World Heritage 2025: Free tours and cultural highlights in the region!

Völklinger Hütte, 66333 Völklingen, Deutschland - On Sunday, June 1st, the 20th UNESCO World Heritage Beasting is celebrated, with the motto "convey, connect, inspire". This special day invites you to explore the vastness of the cultural heritage in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Süddeutsche.de Open up your doors to offer visitors a varied program.

A highlight in Saarland is the Völklinger Hütte, which comes up with a “course of the arts”, guided tours for children and time travel through different epochs. A sound walk can also be experienced. Admission to the tours is 5 euros, while a reduced price of 9 euros is due for the exhibition "The True Size of Africa".

Various offers in Rhineland-Palatinate

The Schum sites in Rhineland-Palatinate, which include Speyer, Worms and Mainz, also offer a rich program. Here the tours are free and visitors can visit the Jewish Museum Raschi-Haus in Worms. Musical performances in the Jewenhof, including a appearance of the choir of the Jewish cultural community, promise a special experience. Another highlight will be the short concert "Fascination Dom Orgel" in the Dom Speyer.

The Schum sites are named after the Hebrew initial letters, which is an interesting connection to the history. In Mainz, among other things, free tours in the old Jewish cemetery "Judensand" are informed, with male participants wearing headgear.

additional events in Saarland

In Bingen, visitors can expect a rich program on the Rhine, which includes a discovery tour, exhibitions in the museum and a historical demonstration. Entry to all events in Bingen is free. The oldest city in Germany, Trier, on the other hand, offers an exciting audio lactic tour to its Roman past, which offers a high entertainment value with the "Porta Nigra Rally", especially for families.

On the same day, the Völklinger Hütte is also increasingly in focus as part of the world heritage. Here the history of the UNESCO World Heritage Site is particularly appreciated. The Völklinger Hütte, which employed up to 17,000 workers in earlier times, is discussed in the film "The Iron Treasure", which was produced by SR journalist Sven Rech. Saarbrücker Zeitung reports on the first broadcast of the film on September 30th with a pre-premier the blower hall of the Völklinger Hütte will take place.

Admission to the pre -premiere is free of charge, but the available places will be limited. Visitors who come to the preliminary premiere should be in the blower hall in good time to get to know the stories and the importance of the Völklinger Hütte.