Waarom staan de molens van Kinderdijk in de erfgoedlijst?
De Molens van Kinderdijk-Elsthout kennen een lange geschiedenis. Het netwerk van negentien windmole Lees meer
Why is Kinderdijk a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Lorenzo van der Linden
2025-12-04 04:32:09
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Kinderdijk is a prime example of the engineering feat that began in the Middle Ages and has continued to the present day, earning it UNESCO World Heritage status in 1997. Using a complex system of hydraulic works, they drained the land, allowing the development of agriculture and human settlements in areas that would have otherwise been inundated. The 19 windmills that make up the site, amid a network of waterways and reservoirs, are a testament to the perseverance of the Dutch people, who have held nature at bay for nearly a millennium.
Linde Peters
2025-11-25 18:57:53
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Kinderdijk is a monument to the history of humankind, we were officially included as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. The outstanding contribution made by the people of the Netherlands to the technology of handling water is admirably demonstrated by the installations in the Kinderdijk-Elshout area. Construction of hydraulic works for the drainage of land for agriculture and settlement began in the Middle Ages and have continued uninterruptedly to the present day. The site illustrates all the typical features associated with this technology – dykes, reservoirs, pumping stations, administrative buildings and a series of beautifully preserved windmills.
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Is Kinderdijk een wereldwonder?
Kinderdijk is een monument van de menselijke geschiedenis en staat sinds 1997 officieel op de UNESCO Lees meer
Fem Wutke
2025-11-18 22:51:14
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The windmills, which were in danger of being removed in the 1970’s, are now preserved as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The people of the Netherlands have used windmills to claim their land from the sea for 700 years.
Groundwater and rainwater had to be drained from the land within the dykes, and discharged into the river beyond, or the polders would be flooded all over again.
The water kept fighting back.
The continued drainage caused the peat soil to keep subsiding, allowing the ground level to drop as the river water level kept rising.
Over the following centuries, trial and error led to continued improvement of a system using windmills and pumping stations.
Veerle Hofman
2025-11-12 10:24:22
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Kinderdijk was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
The Kinderdijk windmills were built to keep the low-lying land of the Alblasserwaard dry.
Today they symbolize Dutch water management.
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Is een Museumkaart geldig voor Kinderdijk?
Museummolens Met één ticket dat je bij het bezoekerscentrum of online koopt kun je museummolen Nede Lees meer
Kan je gratis naar de Kinderdijk?
Het terrein rond de molens is gratis toegankelijk. Bij de kassa kun je eventueel een ticket kopen w Lees meer
Niek van Ham
2025-11-02 03:45:08
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Kinderdijk was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
The village is a fascinating rural landscape with a total of 19 monument 18th-century windmills.
World Heritage List: Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
The windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best-known Dutch tourist sites.
They have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.
Ties van der Horst
2025-10-24 09:36:51
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Kinderijk is the prime example of a Dutch windmill landscape. In 1997, the landscape’s ensemble of mills and pumping stations was declared a Unesco World Heritage Site.
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Wat is de functie van de molens in Kinderdijk?
Toen werden bij het dorp Kinderdijk negentien molens gebouwd om het water uit polders van de Alblass Lees meer
Is er een wereldwonder in Nederland?
De NTR heeft enkele jaren geleden ter ere aan de wereldwonderen ook een serie gewijd aan de Nederlan Lees meer