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“We were already shaking and the email caused amazing joy.” Wolfgang Schaffer’s enthusiasm for Unesco’s decision is great.
As reported, it has placed Linzer Dombauhütte along with 17 other European cathedral builders on the international list of intangible cultural heritage, thus honoring the techniques used to restore and maintain Linz Cathedral.
Master builder Schaffer and master stonemason Gerhard Fraundorfer, who has been running the Dombauhütte for more than 20 years, joyfully made a thank you video with their employees: “The award is very encouraging to us and our people. It shows that we are a part of it. of a great family, “says Schaffer.
Gerhard Fraundorfer, stonemason and head of the cathedral construction works Image: Volker Weihbold
A pinnacle of every construction hut
The idea for the app came up in 2016 at a conference of master cathedral builders in Erfurt, Germany, says Schaffer. “We said that we, the construction sites of the cathedral, which contain a lot of technology and knowledge, should also introduce ourselves.”
Each of the 18 building huts, including those in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, produced a pinnacle for this, a stone-carved turret. “It was like building blocks,” says Schaffer. The first recognition for this came two years ago when Linz and Vienna were added to the Unesco national list. This is also a prerequisite for an application for inclusion in the world list of intangible cultural heritage which has been maintained since 2008. Austria is currently represented with eight inscriptions on this international list, including the art of horsemanship (Spanish Riding School) and (along with other countries) the plane, the falconry and the cattle drive. The national directory, on the other hand, already contains more than 130 entries.
Die Unesco-Listen
UNESCO has long awarded World Heritage status to cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value. Austria is represented with ten entries on this traditional list, including the Hallstatt / Dachstein region, the old town of Salzburg, the Wachau Palace, and Schönbrunn. The Dürrenstein wilderness area (Lower Austria) and the central areas of the Kalkalpen National Park are also recognized as part of Europe’s primeval beech forests as a World Heritage Site. (site)
