21 Criteria for the assessment of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) i) represent a masterpiece of human creative genius; ii) exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town- planning or landscape design; iii) bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared; iv) be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history; v) be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change; vi) be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria) vii) to x) relate to World Natural Heritage Levels of meaning (values) Criteria Attributes Representation of spiritual and secular power (ii) Typology (chapel in palace/fortress/castle) with ruler’s gallery Break with the principles of church interior design established before the Reformation and a model for later Protestant sacred buildings (ii) Uniform church interior/foregoing of the separation of areas for clergy and congregation Basic principles of interior design: Lack of orientation towards the east Arrangement of the principal liturgical elements (altar, pulpit, organ) in the transverse and longitudinal axes Seating Omission of depictions of saints, relics and elaborate decorations The only church dedicated by Martin Luther himself Reformation-style iconography Surviving recorded inaugural sermon Continuity in terms of ecclesial utilisation Direct model for the design of new church interiors in line with the liturgical innovations in the early years of the Lutheran Reformation which still characterises Protestant parish churches worldwide today (ii), (iv) The earliest and most representative example of Lutheran church architecture and an outstanding example of early modern castle chapels in the heartland of the Reformation (iv) Prototype of Protestant church building (iv) Testimony to Luther’s ideas and the importance of preaching, prayer and congregational singing in Protestant worship (Torgau Formula) (iv), (vi) Testimony to the importance of the sovereigns for the establishment of the Lutheran principles of faith (iv) Location within the castle The arrangement of the royal gallery reflects the social structure of the Reformation period The earliest monuments of the Protestant culture of remembrance (vi) Dedication plaque The cradle of church cantorates (vi) Domain of the original cantor Johann Walter Surviving dedication motet Continuity of use by the choir
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