UNESCO World Heritage Site Beemster Polder
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The UNESCO World Heritage Site Beemster Polder is a meticulously planned 17th-century Dutch polder landscape that exemplifies innovative land reclamation and geometric agricultural design below sea level.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Beemster Polder | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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cultural landscape ⓘ polder ⓘ |
| area | approximately 7,200 hectares ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| designPeriod | Dutch Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageMethod | windmill-powered pumping ⓘ |
| drainedFrom | Beemster Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationRelativeToSeaLevel | below sea level ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Province of North Holland
NERFINISHED
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municipality of Beemster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
drainage canals
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historic farmsteads ⓘ pumping stations ⓘ ring dike ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
agriculture
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pasture ⓘ settlement ⓘ |
| hasPattern | checkerboard landscape ⓘ |
| hasView | open, flat horizon ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageValue |
outstanding example of reclaimed land planning
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testimony to human interaction with water ⓘ |
| inception | early 17th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
17th-century Dutch hydraulic engineering
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geometric agricultural design ⓘ innovative land reclamation ⓘ orthogonal grid of fields, roads, and canals ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
municipality of Beemster
NERFINISHED
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polder landscape of the Netherlands ⓘ province of North Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ region of Holland ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Dutch water authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dutch water management system
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfConstruction | 1607–1612 ⓘ |
| planningCharacteristic |
regular network of canals and roads
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strict rectangular parcel layout ⓘ |
| protectionStatus | protected cultural landscape ⓘ |
| toponymMeaning | “tree forest” or “beemster” from Old Dutch ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(i)
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(ii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageID | 899 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageYearInscribed | 1999 ⓘ |
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