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A rijksmonument (, ) is a
Until 2012, a place had to be over 50 years old to be eligible for designation. This criterion expired on 1 January 2012.
The current legislation governing the monuments is the ''Monumentenwet van 1988'' ("Monument Law of 1988").
The organization responsible for caring for the monuments, which used to be called ''Monumentenzorg'', was recently renamed, and is now called Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. In June 2009, the Court of The Hague decided that individual purchasers of buildings that were listed as rijksmonuments would be exempt from paying transfer tax, effective from 1 May 2009. Previously this exemption had only applied to legal entities.
Monumentenregister
official database of heritage sites * {{in lang, nl}
Monumenten.nl
Historic sites in the Netherlands Dutch words and phrases
A rijksmonument (, ) is a national heritage site
A national heritage site is a heritage site having a value that has been registered by a governmental agency as being of national importance to the cultural heritage or history of that country. Usually such sites are listed in a heritage registe ...
of the Netherlands
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, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science ( nl, Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen; OCW) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for education, culture, science, research, gender equality and communications. The Ministry was cre ...
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At the end of February 2015, the Netherlands had 61,822 listed national heritage sites, of which approximately 1,500 are listed as archaeological sites.
History and criteria
Until 2012, a place had to be over 50 years old to be eligible for designation. This criterion expired on 1 January 2012.
The current legislation governing the monuments is the ''Monumentenwet van 1988'' ("Monument Law of 1988").
The organization responsible for caring for the monuments, which used to be called ''Monumentenzorg'', was recently renamed, and is now called Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. In June 2009, the Court of The Hague decided that individual purchasers of buildings that were listed as rijksmonuments would be exempt from paying transfer tax, effective from 1 May 2009. Previously this exemption had only applied to legal entities.
Some examples
Many Dutch tourist attractions are rijksmonuments, such ascastles
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified ...
or windmills
A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications, in some par ...
. Some notable windmills are De Schoolmeester, Westzaan
De Schoolmeester is a smock mill in Westzaan, Netherlands which is maintained in full working order. It is the only wind powered paper mill in the world. The mill is listed as Rijksmonument number 40013.
History
The first paper mill in the Zaan ...
, a smock mill
The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded, thatched, or shingled tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind. This typ ...
in North Holland, the only wind powered paper mill in the world, listed as rijksmonument number 40013; De Wieker Meule, De Wijk
De Wieker Meule is a smock mill in De Wijk, Netherlands. It was built in 1829 and has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 39657. (Click on "Technische gegevens" to view)
History
De Wieker Meule was origi ...
, in Drenthe province, built in 1829 and restored to working order, listed as rijksmonument number 39657; and Mellemolen, a hollow post mill in Friesland
Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...
, also restored to working order, listed as rijksmonument number 35937.
Among the rijksmonuments are also many churches. Most rijksmonuments are residential buildings, such as houses and villas.
Other monuments in the Netherlands
* A provincial monument (''provinciaal monument'') is a monument designated by a province. In the Netherlands there are only two provinces that assign monuments, North Holland and Drenthe. The designation allows the provinces to protect the monuments and are a base for the regulation of subsidy for restoring the monuments. * A municipal monument (''gemeentelijk monument'') is a monuments designated by a municipality. A municipal monument is not of national importance but it is important for the region or city/village. * An ''archeological monument''. * Protected city or landscape views.See also
*List of Rijksmonuments
This is a list of the more notable Rijksmonuments (national heritage sites) in the Netherlands. The list is sorted by province. There are over 60,000 Rijksmonument
A rijksmonument (, ) is a national heritage site of the Netherlands, listed by t ...
* List of heritage registers
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many i ...
* Top 100 Dutch heritage sites
The Top 100 Dutch heritage sites is a list of rijksmonuments in the Netherlands, established in 1990 by the Department for Conservation ( Monumentenzorg, today the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed). The Top 100 was a selection of historical m ...
References
External links
*Monumentenregister
official database of heritage sites * {{in lang, nl}
Monumenten.nl
Historic sites in the Netherlands Dutch words and phrases