page_title: Heemraad
hierarchical_section_title: Heemraad
caption_attribution_description: English: Sugar city in Halfweg; old sugar factory now renovated. Office and housing space.
context_page_description: A heemraad, or hoogheemraad is a local official of a Dutch water board. The term can be pluralized to heemraden, but sometimes the word heemraad also means more than one man in the sense of a meeting of heemraden, such as decisions made by the heemraad. In this sense, the college of heemraden met and acted as one body in the same way that the executive board meet at the city hall. A heemraad is the equivalent of an alderman in local government, being a member of both the local legislative council, while having representational roles for his own area. The term goes back to pre-medieval days.
  Literally the term means "home-advisor".
context_section_description: A heemraad, or hoogheemraad (literally a high heemraad) is a local official of a Dutch water board. The term can be pluralized to (hoog)heemraden, but sometimes the word heemraad also means more than one man in the sense of a meeting of (hoog)heemraden, such as decisions made by the heemraad. In this sense, the college of heemraden (college van dijkgraaf en heemraden, consisting of the dike-reeve (dijkgraaf) and the (hoog)heemraden) met and acted as one body in the same way that the executive board meet at the city hall (college van burgemeester en wethouders). A heemraad is the equivalent of an alderman (wethouder) in local government, being a member of both the local legislative council, while having representational roles for his own area. The term goes back to pre-medieval days.
  Literally the term means "home-advisor".
caption: The first of a series of gablestones on a Gemeenlandshuis in Halfweg built in 1645; each stone represents the heraldic shield of the dike-reeve and his men, known as the heemraden, or in this case, the hoogheemraden
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