The World Heritage nomination Naumburg Cathedral and the High Medieval Cultural Landscape of the Rivers Saale and Unstrut is a representative of the processes that shaped the continent during the High Middle Ages between 1000 and 1300: Christianization, the so-called "Landesausbau" and the dynamics of cultural exchange and transfer characteristic for this very period.

In 1041, Adalbert (archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen from 1043) founded a Benedictine monastery in the eastern part of the noble castle of Goseck.

This monastery of the 11th century is a preserved and documented structure of the High Middle Ages.

It was built to be visible from afar, offering lines of sight to most of the monuments in the nominated areas.

Goseck is an example for the transformation of a noble family's hereditary seat into a monastery with dynastic memorial tasks.