Minister Razavi and State Secretary Lindlohr undertake a commemorative journey
Minister Nicole Razavi is set to embark on a cultural journey, leading the 2025 heritage tour across various locations in Baden-Württemberg from September 8th to 11th. The tour, organised by the Ministry of Spatial Development and Housing, will showcase the diverse cultural landscape of the state.
On September 10th, Minister Razavi will visit Mannheim and Seckach-Großeicholzheim, followed by Konstanz, Donaueschingen, and Villingen-Schwenningen on September 11th. State Secretary Andrea Lindlohr will commence the tour earlier, starting on September 8th with visits to Hausen am Tann, Altheim-Heiligkreuztal, Tübingen, Eberdingen, and Stuttgart.
The heritage tour offers Minister Razavi and State Secretary Lindlohr the opportunity to engage with local people and experience the dedication and passion that goes into preserving and maintaining these priceless heritage sites.
The tour will feature centuries-old heritage sites such as the Cistercian Nunnery in Heiligkreuztal and the Roman castle in Konstanz, as well as relatively young heritage sites like the MPS Studio in Villingen-Schwenningen, the Ernst Klett publishing building in Stuttgart, and the Schafbrühl Settlement in Tübingen.
The value of these heritage sites is not material but social, making them priceless. The tour aims to highlight their significance as places of remembrance, bearers of history, and expressions of shared identity.
The statewide opening of the Day of Open Heritage takes place the evening before with the Night of Open Heritage in Mannheim. On Saturday, September 13, Minister Razavi, Christian Specht, Mayor of the City of Mannheim, and Prof. Dr. Claus Wolf, President of LAD, will officially open the event at 5 PM at the Stadthaus N1 in Mannheim.
The digital heritage map, created with the support of the State Office for Geoinformation and Land Development, will be symbolically unlocked by Minister Razavi during the event. This map provides access to data on around 90,000 built and artistic heritage sites and around 30,000 archaeological cultural heritage sites, accessible to the public via the Geoportal Baden-Württemberg.
State Secretary Lindlohr emphasised that heritage preservation is cultural work in the best sense, preserving what binds us, and that heritage sites are living places of remembrance and recognition, not relics. The theme for the Day of Open Heritage 2025 is "WERT-voll: priceless or irreplaceable?".
For more information about the heritage tour, please contact the Press Office of the Ministry for Regional Development and Housing via email or the contact form on their website. The annual heritage tour in Baden-Württemberg is a personal highlight for Minister Razavi every year, and she finds it inspiring. The highlights of Heritage Week will culminate on Sunday, September 14, with the nationwide Day of Open Heritage 2025.
