Listed monuments and historic buildings; region (2024), 1965-2023

Listed monuments total

Monuments listed in the Dutch National Register of Monuments and Historic Buildings are buildings or other objects of general (national) interest which have been selected for their beauty or historical value to the country. They have been designated protected monuments by the national government as specified in legislation on cultural heritage (Erfgoedwet).

Archaeology

Archaeological national monuments are areas of very high archaeological value. Characteristic of archaeological monuments in the Netherlands is that most lie below the surface. Only a small part are eye-catching monuments such as megalithic tombs and burial mounds

Administr., court, government buildings

This category contains objects such as courts, government buildings, administrative buildings and parts thereof that have been classified as a National Monument, for example town houses, courts, postal and tax offices.

Farms, mills and businesses

This category includes farms, different types of mills and pumping stations and industrial monuments. Examples of the latter include sugar refineries, breweries, cigar factories, bakeries and forges.

Culture, health and science

This category includes theatres, concert halls and museums, but also hospitals, orphanages, courtyards with almshouses, school and university buildings.

Commercial, storage, transport buildings

This category includes offices, commercial (wholesale/distribution) buildings, warehouses and carriage or coach houses, train stations and shops.

Castles, country houses and parks

This category includes castles, palaces, country houses and their parts and/or outbuildings, as well as parks and gardens.

Religious buildings

This category mainly contains churches and chapels. Also monasteries, abbeys and other buildings or parts thereof which have to do with faith such as synagogues and mosques are covered by this category.

Sport, recreat., associat., hospitality

This category includes hotels, restaurants and cafes, swimming pools, equestrian centres, stadiums and their parts, as well as animal accommodation, meeting rooms, association buildings and sororities.

Funeral homes and cemeteries

This category contains morgues, crematoria and cemeteries and their parts such as bell chairs and gate buildings.

Defenses and military buildings

This category contains (parts of) structures such as ramps, bastions or bulwarks, moats, city walls and ramparts, city gates, barracks, forts, bunkers and other works in defense of the city or country.

Objects in squares and the like

This category includes (amongst others) monuments and statues, boundary stones/markers, pumps, lampposts and benches.

Road and hydraulic works

This category includes bridges, viaducts or flyovers, tunnels, river/canal locks, flood defences, ship or dockyards and ports, as well as parts of (rail) roads.

Housing and housing complexes

The category with the most objects is that of the houses and housing complexes. Just over half of all national monuments fall within this category. Most of the monuments in this category consist of (parts of) houses, but also (parts of) service homes, residential buildings and residential shop buildings.

2023

The Netherlands

Groningen (PV)

PV = Province

Administrative classification of the Dutch territory. The Netherlands has had 12 provinces since the creation of the province Flevoland on 1 January 1986.

Fryslân (PV)

PV = Province

Administrative classification of the Dutch territory. The Netherlands has had 12 provinces since the creation of the province Flevoland on 1 January 1986.

Drenthe (PV)

PV = Province

Administrative classification of the Dutch territory. The Netherlands has had 12 provinces since the creation of the province Flevoland on 1 January 1986.

Overijssel (PV)

PV = Province

Administrative classification of the Dutch territory. The Netherlands has had 12 provinces since the creation of the province Flevoland on 1 January 1986.

Flevoland (PV)

PV = Province

Administrative classification of the Dutch territory. The Netherlands has had 12 provinces since the creation of the province Flevoland on 1 January 1986.

Gelderland (PV)

PV = Province

Administrative classification of the Dutch territory. The Netherlands has had 12 provinces since the creation of the province Flevoland on 1 January 1986.

Utrecht (PV)

PV = Province

Administrative classification of the Dutch territory. The Netherlands has had 12 provinces since the creation of the province Flevoland on 1 January 1986.

Noord-Holland (PV)

PV = Province

Administrative classification of the Dutch territory. The Netherlands has had 12 provinces since the creation of the province Flevoland on 1 January 1986.

Zuid-Holland (PV)

PV = Province

Administrative classification of the Dutch territory. The Netherlands has had 12 provinces since the creation of the province Flevoland on 1 January 1986.

Zeeland (PV)

PV = Province

Administrative classification of the Dutch territory. The Netherlands has had 12 provinces since the creation of the province Flevoland on 1 January 1986.

Noord-Brabant (PV)

PV = Province

Administrative classification of the Dutch territory. The Netherlands has had 12 provinces since the creation of the province Flevoland on 1 January 1986.

Limburg (PV)

PV = Province

Administrative classification of the Dutch territory. The Netherlands has had 12 provinces since the creation of the province Flevoland on 1 January 1986.