List of World Heritage Sites in the Netherlands facts for kids

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. 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

Id	Name	Location	Type (criteria)	Year	Description
739	Schokland and Surroundings	Noordoostpolder, Flevoland 52°38′19″N 5°46′18″E / 52.63861°N 5.77167°E / 52.63861; 5.77167	Cultural (iii, v)	1995	Schokland 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.
759	Defence Line of Amsterdam	North Holland and Utrecht 52°22′28″N 4°53′35″E / 52.37444°N 4.89306°E / 52.37444; 4.89306	Cultural (ii, iv, v)	1996	The 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.
818	Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Alblasserdam and Nieuw-Lekkerland, South Holland 51°52′57″N 4°38′58″E / 51.8825°N 4.64944°E / 51.8825; 4.64944	Cultural (i, ii, iv)	1997
819	Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao	Willemstad, Curaçao 12°6′6.984″N 68°54′7.992″W / 12.10194°N 68.90222°W / 12.10194; -68.90222	Cultural (ii, iv, v)	1997
867	Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Lemmer, Lemsterland, Friesland 52°50′44.988″N 5°40′44.004″E / 52.84583°N 5.67889°E / 52.84583; 5.67889	Cultural (i, ii, iv)	1998
899	Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Beemster, North Holland 52°32′56″N 4°54′40″E / 52.54889°N 4.91111°E / 52.54889; 4.91111	Cultural (i, ii, iv)	1999
965	Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Utrecht, Utrecht 52°5′7″N 5°8′50″E / 52.08528°N 5.14722°E / 52.08528; 5.14722	Cultural (i, ii)	2000
1314	The Wadden Sea	Friesland, Groningen, and North Holland 53°23′27″N 5°39′57″E / 53.39083°N 5.66583°E / 53.39083; 5.66583	Natural (viii, ix, x)	2009
1349	Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Amsterdam, North Holland 52°21′54″N 4°53′16″E / 52.365°N 4.88778°E / 52.365; 4.88778	Cultural (i, ii, iv)	2010
1441	Van Nelle Factory	Rotterdam, South Holland 51°55′24″N 4°26′00″E / 51.92333°N 4.4333333°E / 51.92333; 4.4333333	Cultural (vii, viii, ix, x)	2014

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