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In het geval van Amsterdam is er geen sprake geweest van een volledig stedenbouwkundig plan. Het<br />

was, zoals bij nadere bestudering blijkt het werk van een commissie, die met voorstellen is gekomen<br />

tot het mathematisch grondplan voor de aanleg van de grachten, los van de bestaande structuur van<br />

het terrein. Dit geldt feitelijk ook voor de aanleg van <strong>De</strong> <strong>Beemster</strong><br />

2.2. Comparison with similar properties<br />

Due to the fast‐growing population in Holland, a process was started up during the 17th<br />

century, mainly in the present provinces of Noord‐Holland and Zuid‐Holland, to drain large stretches<br />

of water (lakes) created as of the Middle Ages.<br />

Approximately 31 impolderings were started between 1630 and 1631, the main ones being Wogmeer<br />

(1610), <strong>De</strong> <strong>Beemster</strong> (1607‐1613), Purmer (1622), Wormer (1626), Watergraafsmeer (1630) and<br />

Heerhugowaard (1630).<br />

The 17th century <strong>De</strong> <strong>Beemster</strong> polder was taken as an example for this as well as for the 20th century<br />

impolderings which were a part of the Zuiderzee/IJsselmeer project (Wieringermeer and<br />

Noordoostpolder).<br />

<strong>De</strong> <strong>Beemster</strong>, in comparison with other polders created in the 17th century but also with<br />

those developed in later centuries, may be considered a unique example within the series of polders<br />

reclaimed in previous centuries. It has shown the history of the continuous struggle against the water<br />

and the development of the landscape of Holland into an agricultural landscape up to the present.<br />

For a comparison to other inpolderings and hydraulic activities carried out elsewhere by the<br />

Dutch, the ones in the English Holland district, in Sweden, <strong>De</strong>nmark, Germany, France and in the<br />

lower reaches of the Po and in the Pontine marshes can be mentioned as examples, however they do<br />

not have anywhere near the same importance as <strong>De</strong> <strong>Beemster</strong>.<br />

2.3. Indication as to authenticity and integrity<br />

Het intellectuele en architectonische concept, dat ten grondslag heeft gelegen aan de<br />

ruimtelijke indeling van de droogmakerij van <strong>De</strong> <strong>Beemster</strong> is sedert het moment van zijn aanleg niet<br />

in zijn essentie veranderd.<br />

<strong>De</strong> droogmakerij van <strong>De</strong> <strong>Beemster</strong> heeft haar orthogonale, geometrische en rationele indeling<br />

bewaard. Het patroon van de met bomen beplante wegen, het tracé van de waterlopen en ringvaart<br />

met ringdijk, de maat der kavels, de schaal der bebouwing, de ligging der boerderijen, de historische<br />

structuur der nederzettingen en het functionele, want agrarische gebruik van deze 17de‐eeuwse<br />

droogmakerij zijn de bepalende, maatgevende kenmerken ervan gebleven.<br />

Vrijwel overal kan nog de typische ruimtelijke visuele beleving ondergaan worden van de wijdsheid<br />

van de droogmakerij, die zij sedert haar ontstaan bezit. Traditioneel is er ook het materiaalgebruik<br />

gebleven, baksteen en hout.<br />

The historic centre of Middenbeemster was designated as a Conservation Area on 26<br />

November 1985 and in accordance with the Dutch Monuments and Historic Buildings ACT 1988<br />

(Article 35). This designation was mainly justified by the systematic layout of this 17th century<br />

cruciform village (established 1608‐1612), and the historical buildings which still exist (e.g., the<br />

Reformed Church (1618‐1623) and the former Town Hall (1826) protected as monuments).<br />

Many monuments (farms, forts and houses) are protected in <strong>De</strong> <strong>Beemster</strong> by the Province of<br />

Noord‐Holland or by the State (see Appendices).<br />

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