World Heritage Identification Number: 1614
World Heritage since: 2021
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
Continent: Europe
UNESCO World Region: Europe and North America
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The Darmstadt Artists' Colony at Mathildenhöhe: A Testimony to Early Modernism
The Darmstadt Artists' Colony on Mathildenhöhe, located in the western part of the city of Darmstadt in West-Central Germany, stands as a significant testament to early modernism in architecture, arts, and crafts. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021, this site offers a unique insight into the evolution of modern art and design, particularly within the context of the Arts and Crafts movement and the Vienna Secession.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
The Darmstadt Artists’ Colony on Mathildenhöhe, the highest elevation above the city of Darmstadt in west-central Germany, was established in 1897 by Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse, as a centre for emerging reform movements in architecture, arts and crafts. The buildings of the colony were created by its artist members as experimental early modernist living and working environments. The colony was expanded during successive international exhibitions in 1901, 1904, 1908 and 1914. Today, it offers a testimony to early modern architecture, urban planning and landscape design, all of which were influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and the Vienna Secession. The serial property consists of two component parts including 23 elements, such as the Wedding Tower (1908), the Exhibition Hall (1908), the Plane Tree Grove (1833, 1904-14), the Russian Chapel of St. Maria Magdalena (1897-99), the Lily Basin, the Gottfried Schwab Memorial (1905), the Pergola and Garden (1914), the “Swan Temple” Garden Pavilion (1914), the Ernst Ludwig Fountain, and the 13 houses and artists’ studios that were built for the Darmstadt Artists’ Colony and for the international exhibitions. A Three House Group, built for the 1904 exhibition is an additional component.Encyclopedia Record: Darmstadt Artists' Colony
The Darmstadt Artists' Colony refers to the Jugendstil artists' group and buildings near Rosenhöhe Park in Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, where these artists lived and worked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were largely financed by patrons and worked with one another, taste permitting.Additional Site Details
Area: 5.37 hectares
(iv) — Outstanding example of a type of building or landscape
Coordinates: 49.8763888889 , 8.6675
