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The pretty university town of Heidelberg may attract visitors from all over the world, but in the eyes of UNESCO that is not quite enough to make it a World Heritage Site.
Heidelberg may be pretty, but in the eyes of UNESCO the university city is apparently not pretty enough.
The organization's World Heritage Committee is currently meeting in Auckland, New Zealand and has already added 22 new natural and cultural sites to its list over the past week.
Heidelberg, a pretty university town near the Rhine and one of Germany's top tourist destinations, had already applied for World Heritage status two years ago. The committee had postponed its decision then, and in the end the UNESCO experts decided that the city simply didn't have what it takes.
Heidelberg has now been asked to "review its criteria," for proposing its place on the prestigious list. UNESCO spokeswoman Anne Chamberlain told the Associated Press that the German city had been asked "to compare itself with other European university towns."
Heidelberg reacted with disappointment to the UNESCO rejection. City mayor Eckart Würzner said he didn't understand the decision, in the light of Heidelberg's fame throughout the world for the beauty of its combination of old town, castle and river. "Heidelberg is part of humanity's cultural heritage," he told the DPA news agency, "even if we're still not on the list."
Germany currently has 32 properties in UNESCO's World Heritage List, including Cologne Cathedral, the palaces and parks of Potsdam and Berlin, and the Dresden Elbe Valley.
