Beemster Lake
E1024487
Beemster Lake was a former inland lake in the Netherlands that was drained in the early 17th century to create the Beemster polder, now a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former lake
ⓘ
inland lake ⓘ |
| areaAfterReclamation | about 70 square kilometres ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dutch Golden Age land reclamation
ⓘ
hydraulic engineering in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| basinCountry | Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDisappearance | artificial drainage ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| drainageCompleted | 1612 ⓘ |
| drained | early 17th century ⓘ |
| drainedBy |
polder engineering
ⓘ
windmills ⓘ |
| drainedFor |
agricultural use
ⓘ
land reclamation ⓘ |
| elevationRelativeToSeaLevelBeforeDrainage | below sea level ⓘ |
| formedBy |
land subsidence
ⓘ
peat excavation ⓘ |
| heritageSuccessorCategory | cultural landscape ⓘ |
| heritageSuccessorHasDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageSuccessorInscriptionYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| heritageSuccessorName | Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalProvince | County of Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
example of early modern water management
ⓘ
precursor to large-scale Dutch polder system ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the first large-scale lake drainages in the Netherlands
ⓘ
influencing later Dutch polder projects ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Holland region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Holland ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Zuiderzee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Purmer Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalUse |
fishing
ⓘ
transport route ⓘ |
| partOf | Dutch lake district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| planningInfluenceOnSuccessor | Renaissance ideals of symmetry and order ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Beemster polder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shapeAfterReclamation | geometrically planned polder ⓘ |
| status | no longer exists ⓘ |
| successor | Droogmakerij de Beemster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| toponymDerivedFrom | Beemster region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
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