A rijksmonument ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛiksmoːnyˌmɛnt] , lit. ' state monument ' ) is a national heritage site of the Netherlands , listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science .
8-539: At the end of February 2015, the Netherlands had 61,822 listed national heritage sites, of which approximately 1,500 are listed as archaeological sites. Until 2012, a place had to be over 50 years old to be eligible for designation. This criterion expired on 1 January 2012. The current legislation governing the monuments is the Monumentenwet van 1988 ("Monument Law of 1988"). The organization responsible for caring for
16-784: A smock mill in North Holland , the only wind powered paper mill in the world, listed as rijksmonument number 40013; De Wieker Meule, De Wijk , in Drenthe province, built in 1829 and restored to working order, listed as rijksmonument number 39657; and Mellemolen , a hollow post mill in Friesland , also restored to working order, listed as rijksmonument number 35937. Among the rijksmonuments are also many churches. Most rijksmonuments are residential buildings, such as houses and villas. Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE, Cultural Heritage Agency of
24-537: Is threatened, the department takes action, whether by advising the proper authorities, by conducting public campaigns and education programs, or through legal action. Registered city or village views considered to be important to the country's heritage (known as Beschermde stads- of dorpsgezichten ) are also protected by the Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed. In 1875, the Dutch Ministry of Internal Affairs founded
32-685: The Monumentenregister , (the storage and restoration of) the National art collection of the Netherlands, the National Archaeological Ship storage and fleet, and Archis , the central archaeological information system. They also subsidize grants in the fields of both movable and immovable cultural heritage. The RCE carries out the Dutch law known as the "Monumentenwet 1988" (English: Cultural property law ), and wherever registered cultural heritage
40-566: The Netherlands) often abbreviated as Cultureel Erfgoed , is a Dutch heritage organisation working for the protection and conservation of National Heritage Sites . It is located in Amersfoort , province of Utrecht . Cultureel Erfgoed is a department of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science . Their responsibilities include managing the official list of Rijksmonumenten known as
48-471: The department Kunsten en Wetenschap (Arts & Sciences), this department awarded grants for cultural property restoration. In 1903 there was a Rijkscommissie tot het opmaken en uitgeven van een Inventaris en eene Beschrijving van de Nederlandsche monumenten van Geschiedenis en Kunst which in 1918 became the Rijksbureau voor de Monumentenzorg (Bureau for Cultural property Care). In 1947 this organisation
56-631: The monuments, which used to be called Monumentenzorg , was recently renamed, and is now called Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (national service for cultural heritage). In June 2009, the Court of The Hague decided that individual purchasers of buildings that were listed as rijksmonuments would be exempt from paying transfer tax, effective from 1 May 2009. Previously this exemption had only applied to juridical entities . Many Dutch tourist attractions are rijksmonuments, such as castles or windmills . Some notable windmills are De Schoolmeester, Westzaan ,
64-574: Was renamed to the Rijksdienst voor de Monumentenzorg . The archeological part of this organisation separated in 1947 into the Rijksdienst voor het Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek , which in 1995 merged with the Nederlands Instituut voor Scheeps- en onderwaterarcheologie (NISA). The archeological and cultural property departments merged in 2006 and became the Rijksdienst voor Archeologie, Cultuurlandschap en Monumenten (RACM). In 2009 this organisation
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