Spatial planning-oriented heritage management in Schleswig-Holstein in view of the energy transition: A case for an integrated heritage management

Abstract

Landscape redevelopment in the wake of the Energiewende (energy transition) poses an unprecedented challenge for heritage management in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. In contrast to e.g. gravel and lignite mining, or the development of new residential and commercial areas, the modernisation of the entire energy infrastructure affects the entire German planning area including its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. New spatial demands emerge in addition to known stakeholder interests. Within the framework of this contribution, strategies for heritage management to deal with the consequences of developments in the renewable energy sector will be exemplified by the case study of Schleswig-Holstein. Several of the ideas presented here are exemplary and can be transferred to other areas of work. For this purpose, the statutory basis and preconditions for – as well as goals of – a sustainable management of archaeological monuments and cultural landscapes shall be illuminated. The tools presented here cover a spectrum from ‘interest areas’ to the concept of a ‘heritage value’, which guide decision making-processes. The two projects ‘380KV highvoltage power line Heide-Niebüll’ and ‘Regiobranding’ are used as showcase examples.