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„The state-owned "Enzheimer Kopf" area secures the core zone of the potential World Heritage Site.
Wiesbaden/Glauberg. The state of Hesse is exchanging a plot of forest land, thereby advancing the UNESCO World Heritage nomination of the Celtic World at Glauberg. The Budget Committee of the Hessian State Parliament approved the transaction today. According to the agreement, the "Enzheimer Kopf" area in the Lindheim district will be transferred to state ownership. The "Enzheimer Kopf," a roughly 46-hectare forest area in the southern part of the Celtic World at Glauberg, would then be located within the core zone of the World Heritage Site. The transfer of this area into state ownership is of strategic importance for the nomination. In return, the owner of the "Enzheimer Kopf" will receive a forest area of equivalent value in the Bobenhausen district of the Wetteraukreis. The early Celtic princely seats in Hesse and Baden-Württemberg were added to Germany's tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage status in 2024.
Minister of Arts and Culture Timon Gremmels He explained: „Glauberg is one of the most important archaeological sites of the Celtic Iron Age in Europe. The joint application by the states of Hesse and Baden-Württemberg for the inscription of Glauberg and the Heuneburg on the Danube as a UNESCO World Heritage Site is progressing well. For a promising nomination, national protection instruments and a comprehensive management plan must be developed. State ownership of the core zone strengthens the credibility of the protection concept because it allows us to secure and influence the long-term protection of the site. I am very grateful to the owner of Enzheimer Kopf, Dr. Claus Fischer, for the uncomplicated land exchange and thank everyone involved for the swift implementation.“
Finance Minister Professor Dr. R. Alexander Lorz says: „With this exchange, we are taking another significant step towards having the Celtic World at Glauberg included in the UNESCO list of cultural and natural heritage. The expansion of the area at Glauberg underscores the state's ambition to have this unique place with its archaeological sites recognized as a World Heritage Site of international importance and to preserve it for future generations. It's wonderful that the state and private forest owners are working together so well here – committed to the culture and nature of our homeland.“
Minister of Forestry and Home Affairs Ingmar Jung says: „As the Hessian Ministry of Home Affairs, we are pleased to support the Celtic World at Glauberg as an important part of our local history and to contribute to further advancing the UNESCO World Heritage nomination. We are grateful to all involved parties that, in cooperation with the state-owned forestry enterprise Hessen-Forst, an exchange of land of equal value could be achieved.“
The "Enzheimer Kopf" is part of the Finkenloch private forest. It lies between the villages of Düdelsheim, Lindheim, Heegheim, and Glauburg. In exchange, the state of Hesse is providing a comparable area of state forest belonging to the Nidda Forestry Office, enabling a virtually equivalent exchange of forest land. The Finkenloch private forest can thus consolidate its forest holdings.
It will still be some time before UNESCO decides whether the sites in Baden-Württemberg and Hesse will be jointly inscribed on the World Heritage List: Nominations must remain on the national tentative list for at least one year before they can be submitted to UNESCO as World Heritage applications. This is followed by a prescribed multi-year selection process.