Nuremberg’s Timeless International Appeal

The Behaim Globe – a new UNESCO World Heritage in Nuremberg, a treasure of mankind. This globe symbolises the importance of global connections in Nuremberg.

Awesome news for Nuremberg: the Executive Board of UNESCO in Paris has designated the “Behaim Globe” an UNESCO World Heritage. The globe, considered the oldest in the world, measures around 51 centimetres in diameter and is over 500 years old. It is now considered to be a treasure of mankind – of exceptional value to human history.

In the medieval ages, Nuremberg served as one of the two great trade-centers on the route from Italy to Northern Europe, and also one of the administration centers of the Holy Roman Empire, bringing together many different kinds of pepople. Evidently, the interest in the great wide world has had a big place in Nuremberg for a long time now.

While sailor and merchant Martin Behaim initiated the production of the globe, he also served as its namesake. It was fabricated in 1492 as a joint effort by Nuremberg’s elite craftsmen. It can now be viewed in the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg.

The team at Nuremberg airport has been wondering: does this mean, Nuremberg is the origin of being “global”? Either way, it does give them a special task: working hard on retaining and improving our global connectivity together with airline partners.