Municipal monument in the Netherlands

A municipal monument in The Netherlands is a construction, archeological site or landscape structure which, on the basis of the respective municipal monument ordinance, enjoys protection due to its exception cultural, historical or architectural value. It is up to the municipality to designate a municipal monument. Because of this, it can occur that a municipality doesn't have a single municipal monument.^[1][2]

If the municipal monument ordinance is based on the Erfgoedwet(Cultural inheritance law), only real estate can be designated as monuments. Registered property can also be appointed as monuments if municipality base their ordinance on different laws.^{[citation needed]}

Objects with a municipal monument satus are often of local and regional importance, while objects who are registered as a rijksmonument are often of national or international interest. In 2010, The Netherlands had about 41.000 addresses appointed as municipal monuments.^[3]

Monument crests

Different municipalities have designed a crest for their municipal monuments, the following is a selection:

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  Monument crest of the municipality Westland
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  Monument crest of the municipality Culemborg
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  Monument crest of the municipality Houten
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  Monument crest of the municipality Wageningen
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  Monument crest of the municipality Oldebroek
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  Monument crest of the municipality Haarlem
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  Monument crest of the municipality Ede
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  Monument crest of municipality Hoorn, the first in the Netherlands that is equal to the rijksmonument crest, maar met wapen van de gemeente
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  Monument crest of the municipality Sittard-Geleen

Lists of municipal monuments per province

These lists contain a subdivision of municipal monuments per municipality in the designated province. Do note that not every municipality has municipal monuments.

See also

• Iconic building
• Cultural property
• Provincial monument
• Rijksmonument
• Historic preservation

References

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