The Barbarastollen tunnel is protected by the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of UNESCO. It is a "refuge intended to shelter, in the event of armed conflict, the movable cultural property" according to article 1 sub-paragraph b. It is furthermore the only cultural property in Germany under special protection according to Chapter II of the convention, and one of only five such sites worldwide, the others being the Vatican City and three refuges in the Netherlands. It is named after Saint Barbara. The entire complex is buried under 400 meters of rock. It is intended to survive a nuclear war. It is estimated that its contents should survive for at least 500 years without any serious damage.
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^"Schutz von Kulturgut". Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe (in German). Retrieved 2022-03-24.
barbarastollen, underground, archive, underground, archive, intended, preserve, germany, cultural, heritage, from, made, natural, disaster, barbarastollen, located, disused, mine, near, freiburg, breisgau, baden, württemberg, germany, holds, microfilms, with, . The Barbarastollen underground archive is an underground archive intended to preserve Germany s cultural heritage from man made or natural disaster The Barbarastollen is located in a disused mine near Freiburg im Breisgau Baden Wurttemberg Germany It holds microfilms with about 1 12 billion images from German archives and museums 1 Entrance to the archiveEmblem for cultural property under special protectionAmong the documents stored here in microfilm facsimile are treaty text of the Peace of Westphalia Bull by Pope Leo X threatening Martin Luther with excommunication coronation document of Otto I documents of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe original building plans for Cologne Cathedral German Basic LawThe Barbarastollen tunnel is protected by the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of UNESCO It is a refuge intended to shelter in the event of armed conflict the movable cultural property according to article 1 sub paragraph b It is furthermore the only cultural property in Germany under special protection according to Chapter II of the convention and one of only five such sites worldwide the others being the Vatican City and three refuges in the Netherlands It is named after Saint Barbara The entire complex is buried under 400 meters of rock It is intended to survive a nuclear war It is estimated that its contents should survive for at least 500 years without any serious damage References edit Schutz von Kulturgut Bundesamt fur Bevolkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe in German Retrieved 2022 03 24 47 55 23 N 7 56 09 E 47 92306 N 7 93583 E 47 92306 7 93583 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Barbarastollen underground archive amp oldid 1079071467, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
