court of Balgstädt to the Cathedral of Naumburg, including all accessories such as rocks and cliffs (molis). The monastery was granted the permission to dig out suitable rock material there freely, to break it up, roll it out and carry it away. The great number of pits identified by way of laser scans clearly reflect that there was likely a multitude of entitled parties and producers because of the highly fragmented nature of medieval stone quarrying. Parcels could be identified in the forests on the Rödel Plateau. See also World Heritage Site World Heritage Committee High Middle Ages Cultural Landscape References External links Video of the cultural landscape of Naumburg Cultural heritage of Germany 12th-century establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Naumburg (Saale)