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42. Historic Centre of Vienna (Austria) (C 1033) Year of inscription on the World Heritage List 2001 Criteria (ii)(iv)(vi) Year(s) of inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger N/A Previous Committee Decisions see page http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1033/documents/ International Assistance Requests approved: 0

Total amount approved: USD 0

For details, see page http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1033/assistance/ UNESCO Extra-budgetary Funds N/A Previous monitoring missions March 2006: Joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission to the “Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn”; September 2012: Joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission to the “Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn” and “Historic Centre of Vienna”; November 2015: ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission to “Historic Centre of Vienna” Factors affecting the property identified in previous reports > the ‘Glacis Master Plan’ > > Illustrative material see page http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1033/ > Current conservation issues > On 2 February 2017, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1033/documents, which summarizes actions taken in response to Decision 40 COM 7B.49 and responds to third party information received by the World Heritage Centre from June 2016 to April 2017 and transmitted to the State Party, as follows: >> State of conservation of properties WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add, p. 34 Inscribed on the World Heritage List
 *  Housing: High-rise construction projects in Central Vienna (proposed Vienna Ice-Skating Club – Intercontinental Hotel – Vienna Konzerthaus project)
 *  Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure: High-rise construction project of Vienna Main Train Station
 *  Legal framework: Lack of effectiveness of the overall governance of the property
 *  Legal framework: Lack of appropriateness of planning controls in the ‘High-Rise Concept 2014’ and
 *  The design of the Vienna Ice-Skating Club – Intercontinental Hotel – Vienna Konzerthaus has been revised; the height of the residential component has been reduced from 75m to 66.3m and the area occupied by the high-rise component has also been limited, recognizing that the projected high-rise would negatively impact the visual integrity and Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the property, including the visual axis from the Upper Belvedere Palace;
 *  The City of Vienna intends to analyze the existing urban planning instruments, particularly the ‘High-Rise Concept’ and ‘Glacis Masterplan’ in order to clarify, whether they take sufficient

http://whc.unesco.org/archive/2017/whc17-41com-7BAdd-en.pdf

42. Historic Centre of Vienna (Austria) (C 1033) Year of inscription on the World Heritage List 2001 Criteria (ii)(iv)(vi) Year(s) of inscription on the List of World Heritage in Danger N/A Previous Committee Decisions see page http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1033/documents/ International Assistance Requests approved: 0

Total amount approved: USD 0

For details, see page http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1033/assistance/ UNESCO Extra-budgetary Funds N/A Previous monitoring missions March 2006: Joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission to the “Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn”; September 2012: Joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission to the “Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn” and “Historic Centre of Vienna”; November 2015: ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission to “Historic Centre of Vienna” Factors affecting the property identified in previous reports > the ‘Glacis Master Plan’ > > Illustrative material see page http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1033/ > Current conservation issues > On 2 February 2017, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report, available at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1033/documents, which summarizes actions taken in response to Decision 40 COM 7B.49 and responds to third party information received by the World Heritage Centre from June 2016 to April 2017 and transmitted to the State Party, as follows: >> State of conservation of properties WHC/17/41.COM/7B.Add, p. 34 Inscribed on the World Heritage List
 *  Housing: High-rise construction projects in Central Vienna (proposed Vienna Ice-Skating Club – Intercontinental Hotel – Vienna Konzerthaus project)
 *  Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure: High-rise construction project of Vienna Main Train Station
 *  Legal framework: Lack of effectiveness of the overall governance of the property
 *  Legal framework: Lack of appropriateness of planning controls in the ‘High-Rise Concept 2014’ and
 *  The design of the Vienna Ice-Skating Club – Intercontinental Hotel – Vienna Konzerthaus has been revised; the height of the residential component has been reduced from 75m to 66.3m and the area occupied by the high-rise component has also been limited, recognizing that the projected high-rise would negatively impact the visual integrity and Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the property, including the visual axis from the Upper Belvedere Palace;
 *  The City of Vienna intends to analyze the existing urban planning instruments, particularly the ‘High-Rise Concept’ and ‘Glacis Masterplan’ in order to clarify, whether they take sufficient