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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Monastic Island of Reichenau' has mentioned 'Island' in the following places:
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| Reichenau IslandAerial view of Reichenau IslandReichenau, shown with Konstanz and Bodensee Kreise of Germany (yellow) and Thurgau canton of Switzerland (green)GeographyLocationLake ConstanceCoordinates47xc2xb041xe2x80xb240xe2x80xb3N 9xc2xb03xe2x80xb245xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf47.69444xc2xb0N 9.06250xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 47.69444; 9.06250Coordinates: 47xc2xb041xe2x80xb240xe2x80xb3N 9xc2xb03xe2x80xb245xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf47.69444xc2xb0N 9.06250xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 47.69444; 9.06250Area4.3xc2xa0km2 (1.7xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)AdministrationGermanyStateBaden-Wxc3xbcrttembergDistrictFreiburgAdditional informationOfficial websitewww.reichenau.de UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficial nameMonastic Island of ReichenauTypeCulturalCriteriaiii, iv, viDesignated2000 (24th session)Referencexc2xa0no.974RegionEurope and North America | WIKI |
| Reichenau Island[a] (German: [xcbx88xcax81axc9xaaxc3xa7xc9x99naxcax8a]) is an island in Lake Constance in Southern Germany. | WIKI |
| With a total land surface of 4.3xc2xa0km2 (1.7xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi) and a circumference of 11xc2xa0km (6.8xc2xa0mi), the island is 4.5xc2xa0km (2.8xc2xa0mi) long and 1.5xc2xa0km (0.93xc2xa0mi) wide at its greatest extent. | WIKI |
| The island was declared a World Heritage Site in 2000 because of the Abbey of Reichenau. | WIKI |
| Two further churches were built on the island consecrated to Saint George and to Saints Peter and Paul. | WIKI |
| Today the island is also famous for its vegetable farms. | WIKI |
| The Wollmatinger Ried next to the island is a large nature reserve, a wetland area of reeds which is used by many birds as a stopover during their annual migration. | WIKI |
| 15th-century towers on the Romanesque church of Sts Peter and Paul in Reichenau-Niederzell South West Reichenau Island South East Reichenau Island St. Georg, Reichenau-Oberzell Aspen-lined Avenue to Reichenau Island One of the island's many vegetable fields with Sankt Georg Kirche in the background | WIKI |
| The Monastic Island of Reichenau on Lake Constance in south-west Germany represents a masterpiece of human creative genius as the ensemble of the three churches on the monastic island constitutes an exceptional example of an integrated group of medieval churches retaining elements of Carolingian, Ottonian, and Salian architecture that are relevant to the history of architecture. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): The churches on the island of Reichenau retain remarkable elements of several stages of construction and thus offer outstanding examples of monastic architecture in Central Europe from the 9th to the 11th centuries. | UNESCO |
| All elements necessary to express the Outstanding Universal Value are present in the dispersed buildings across the island, a legacy of the socio-economic structure of the Middle Ages, which has shaped the image of the entire foundation. | UNESCO |
| Nature conservation sites designated to separate sectors of recent construction from agricultural land (now given over largely to hothouses) help to give an idea of the original aspect of the island. | UNESCO |
| The three churches, the monastic buildings, and ten other buildings on the island have been designated as cultural monuments of outstanding value under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of the Land of Baden-Wxc3xbcrttemberg (Denkmalschutzgesetz Baden-Wxc3xbcrttemberg of 25 May 1971, revised on 25 April 2007). | UNESCO |
| Ownership of the religious buildings on the island of Reichenau is shared between a number of institutions. | UNESCO |
| Most of the other buildings on the island are private property. | UNESCO |
| Several sectors of the island of Reichenau (some 230 ha out of a total area of 460 ha) have been designated as nature reserves under the Law for Nature Conservation of Baden-Wxc3xbcrttemberg (Naturschutzgesetz Baden-Wxc3xbcrttemberg) of 13 December 2005, revised on 17 December 2009. | UNESCO |
| The provisions of the Building Law (Baugesetzbuch of 23 September 2004, revised on 22 July 2011) regarding nature conservation and the protection of landscapes and monuments apply to several sensitive sections of the island, while the building regulations of the Land of Baden-Wxc3xbcrttemberg (Landesbauordnung fxc3xbcr Baden-Wxc3xbcrttemberg of 8 August 1995, revised on 17 December 2009) apply to the whole of the island. | UNESCO |
| There is no official buffer zone for the property, but its island location of Reichenau in the middle of the northern reaches of Lake Constance provides adequate equivalent protection. | UNESCO |
| The policy ensures State control over the conservation of the cultural and natural assets on the island of Reichenau and continuous implementation of the necessary conservation and restoration measures. | UNESCO |