Unesco: New Dutch Waterline and Colonies of Benevolence added to World Heritage List | Inland

The list currently consists of about 1,100 World Heritage Sites, eleven of which are Dutch. Because the committee was unable to meet last year due to the corona virus, two weeks have now been set aside for the meeting in Fuzhou, China. A total of more than fifty nominations will be discussed from 16 to 31 July.

Enemies

The New Dutch Waterline runs from Muiden to the Biesbosch. This is 85 kilometers long and consists of 45 fortresses, six fortresses: Muiden, Weesp, Naarden, Gorinchem, Woudrichem and Nieuwersluis and two castles: Slot Loevestein and Muiderslot. King William I decided in 1815 to construct the new waterline. In 1880 an extension followed with the Defense Line of Amsterdam. The Waterlines form a system of locks, dikes, canals and pumping stations, which protected the Netherlands against enemies. This also provided protection against high water in the rivers. Such well-preserved waterworks do not exist anywhere else in the world.

poor paupers

The Colonies of Benevolence in Drenthe were built in 1818 by the Society of Benevolence. The aim of this was to give poor paupers from the big cities a better life in the countryside.

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