Wasserkultur Paderborn nominated for European Heritage Label

10/10/2024

The Conference of Ministers of Culture nominates the project “City. People. River” – Water Culture in Paderborn for the European Heritage Label.

Congratulations to the team for submitting Paderborn's application for the European Heritage Label. In the upcoming application round (2025), Germany will now submit the application "City. People. River. – The Pader for Europe" to the European Commission. We at DRIVE are delighted that this major, important step has been taken and a milestone has been reached. Everyone involved has succeeded in bringing a wonderful project to fruition, developing it well, designing it, shaping it, and communicating it, and we are very pleased that we at DRIVE are able to work on it together with everyone else! It's great fun and is now increasingly becoming a success that is sure to have a major impact both internally and externally.

The statement issued by the Conference of Ministers of Culture

"... The nomination presents the urban river landscape of Paderborn as a historical vantage point forEurope-wide exchange of knowledge and experience on water culture. The application focuses onhow this uniquely bubbling resource is handled, from its 1,200 years of use tothe outlook for an exemplary future with it. The project envisages Paderborn as a model site forsustainability and a place of learning in today's European context.

Timon Gremmels, Chairman of the Culture Committee and Hessian Minister for Science, Research, Artand Culture, congratulated the applicants: “The application submitted by the city of Paderborn is impressive due to its current relevance. Against the backdrop of climate change, the sustainable use of water is considered anever-growing challenge for the European community. Contemporary education andcommunication programs are intended to provide decisive ecological, economic, and cultural impetus forthe use of this resource—for a livable future in European urban areas.” ..."

The European Heritage Label

Since 2011, the European Union has been awarding the EKS to European cultural monuments, cultural landscapes, cultural sites, and memorials. Sites that are symbolic and exemplary of European unity and the ideals and history of Europe or the European Union and express this significance through appropriate activities are eligible for this award. The aim of the initiative is to strengthen European citizens' sense of belonging to the EU and its common values and to facilitate access to European cultural heritage. Every two years, the member states participating in the initiative can submit up to two proposals, from which a European jury selects a maximum of one proposal. And this year, the city of Paderborn's project has been nominated for Germany. So far, 67 sites across Europe have received the label. A list of the sites in Germany can be found at https://www.kmk.org/kmk/information-in-english.html

DRIVE conceives and designs communication for “Wasserkultur Paderborn” (Paderborn Water Culture)

DRIVE designs communication with campaign development, corporate design, logo development, tool design, and much more. You can find a few impressions at https://www.drive.eu/en/projects/city-of-paderborn/ or here: https://www.pader-europe.eu