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Shared heritage and values

Efforts Annual Congress, Venezia 8-9 november 2018 HENRI SWINKELS, DEPUTY OF CULTURE AND HERITAGE PROVINCE OF NORTH-BRABANT PATRICK TIMMERMANS, DIRECTOR ERFGOED BRABANT (HERITAGE BRABANT) AND HISTORIAN Force becomes power

NETHERLANDS: LOWLANDS THE NETHERLANDS BELOW SEA LEVEL DUTCH ESTUARY: BRABANT BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW DUCHY OF BRABANT 1106-1648 GRAVE, CANNON POWER WEST-BRABANT WATER DEFENSIVE LINE 1583-1629 FREDERIK HENDRIK INSPECTING THE SIEGE OF ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, 1629 THE ‘MARSH DRAGON’ INUNDATED, 1629 THE WATER DRAGON INUNDATED BRABANT DIVIDED, 1648 FORTIFIED TOWN BREDA MENNO VAN COEHOORN 1641-1704 MANAGING THE POWER OF WATER HIGH ENOUGH, LOW ENOUGH

BERGEN OP ZOOM, 1747 LA PUCELLE CONQUERED BY FRENCH TROOPS BELGIAN REVOLUTION, 1830-1839 THE ZUIDERWATERLINIE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR Framing is claiming • Oldest: dynamic in time • Longest: variety of relicts • Most often used: European perspective • DNA line: more than a military border WATER DEFENSIVE LINES IN THE NETHERLANDS FORTIFIED TOWN OF HEUSDEN FORTIFIED TOWN OF WILLEMSTAD LUNET, VUGHT REDOUTE HEKSENBERG, BOXTEL BINNENPOLDER DRIMMELEN - TERHEIJDEN KROONWERK GRAVE LITH, SCHANSDIJK ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, SHADOW OF THE CIRCUMVALLATIO LINE OF 1629 SLEEPING BEAUTY, HIDDEN GEM 160 KILOMETERS OF STONES, STRUCTURES AND STORIES

RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL LINE MILITARY FRONT LINE LIBERATION 1944-1945 LINGUISTIC LINE: HARSH AND SOFT G

LINGUISTIC LINE: FRIET AND PATAT Hands on! BOTTUM UP CO-OPERATION FORT DE ROOVERE, HALSTEREN: EXPERIENCING THE MOSES BRIDGE HEKELLAAN, ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH: WELCOMING ENTRANCE GEERTRUIDENBERG, FORT LUNET: LIVING STONES ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, BASTION ORANJE: SHARING STORIES BREDA, PRINSENKADE: FLOATING THROUGH TIME WILLEMSTAD, VESTINGWAL: WALK AND TALK BERGEN OP ZOOM, LINIEWAL: DISCOVERING ON WHEELS RAVENSTEIN, HARBOUR: ENJOYING THE PAST FORT DE ROOVERE, DE SCHAFT: JUST RELAXING (WITH A CRAFTED BEER)! JUNI 2018: THE JUMP, WITH FRIENDS AND FORMER ENEMIES UP IN THE AIR: WIM VAN DE DONK, COMMISSIONER OF THE KING IN THE PROVINCE OF NORTH-BRABANT WALK THE LINE STEP BY STEP 290 KILOMETERS: LONG DISTANCE TRAIL BRANDING A STORY FIND YOUR WAY AND FEEL WELCOME DIGITAL PATHFINDING: IN SEARCH OF THE CONNECTION NEEDLE POINT LANDMARKING: FROM ATTACKING TO ATTACHING

CULTURAL EVENTS: THE IMAGINATION OF HERITAGE

The future of the past WATERSCHANS BERGEN OP ZOOM: RESTORING THE PAST BUNKER BENEDENSAS STEENBERGEN: NEW DESIGN ON OLD STRUCTURES REDOUTE ZWARTEDIJK BREDA: ARTISTIC LANDMARK UNDERGROUND FOR VISITORSCENTERS WITH LOTS OF EXPERIENCES GUIDING TOURISTS AND HEAVY USERS TO THE NEXT EXCITING HERITAGE LOCATION ZEPPELING REFLECTING HIDDEN HISTORY IN THE SKY HUGH WATER SYSTEM HEADING TOWARDS THE SEA OLD FUNCTIONS RE-USED FOR CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES: WATER STORAGE, ROOM FOR THE RIVER WASTELAND BECOMES WETLAND: NEW NATURE ON OLD GROUNDS Wrap up • Past: make history tangible • Present: show unique telling point • Future: inspire sustainable spatial development Sharing heritage means caring for each others values. But before we reach this European goal we have to put lots of EFFORTS in turning solitary force in common power! 1 defensive line 11 fortified towns 101 heritage sites 1001 discoveries www.zuiderwaterlinie.nl