List of World Heritage Sites in the Netherlands

This is a list of World Heritage Sites in the Netherlands with properties of cultural and natural heritage in the Netherlands that are on UNESCO's World Heritage List.Netherlands. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved on 2012-01-21. Currently, nine properties in the Netherlands and Curaçao are on the World Heritage List. Eight of these are cultural properties and one is a natural property. The first was added to the list in 1995 and the latest in 2010. Seven properties are in the Netherlands, one is in Curaçao, and one is in both the Netherlands and Germany. The Wadden Sea is in the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark, but only the Dutch and German parts are on the World Heritage List.

Properties on the World Heritage List
IdImageNameLocationType (criteria)YearDescription739150x113pxSchokland and SurroundingsNoordoostpolder, Flevoland
Schokland and Surroundings. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved on 2012-01-22.Cultural (iii, v)1995Schokland symbolizes the struggle of the people of the Netherlands against the sea. It was an inhabited peninsula since pre-historic times, it became an island in the 15th century, until it was completely encroached by the Zuiderzee in 1859. In the 1940s the Noordoostpolder was created and consequently Schokland was reclaimed.759150x113pxDefence Line of AmsterdamNorth Holland and Utrecht
Defence Line of Amsterdam. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved on 2012-01-22.Cultural (ii, iv, v)1996The defence line around the Dutch capital Amsterdam was built between 1883 and 1920. It is the only fortification that is based on the principle of controlling the waters around a city. It contains of a network of 45 armed forts and can temporarily flood polders extending 135 kilometers around Amsterdam.818150x113pxMill Network at Kinderdijk-ElshoutAlblasserdam and Nieuw-Lekkerland, South HollandCultural (i, ii, iv)1997819150x113pxHistoric Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, CuraçaoWillemstad, CuraçaoCuraçao is a constitute country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean.Cultural (ii, iv, v)1997867150x113pxIr.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)Lemmer, Lemsterland, FrieslandCultural (i, ii, iv)1998899150x113px|centerDroogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)Beemster, North HollandCultural (i, ii, iv)1999965150x113pxRietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)Utrecht, UtrechtCultural (i, ii)20001314150x113pxThe Wadden SeaFriesland, Groningen, and North HollandNatural (viii, ix, x)20091349150x113pxSeventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the SingelgrachtAmsterdam, North HollandCultural (i, ii, iv)2010 1441150x113pxVan Nelle FactoryRotterdam, South Holland Cultural (vii, viii, ix, x)2014

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