Water board (Netherlands)
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In the Netherlands, a water board, water council or water authority is a regional governing body solely charged with the management of surface water in the environment. Water boards are independent of
Gable stone on a 1645 gemeenlandshuis in Halfweg
1654 painting by Cesar van Everdingen and Pieter Post, depicting Count William II of Holland and Zeeland granting privileges in 1255 to the Spaarndam dijkgraaf and hoogheemraden, an organisation that would evolve into the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland.
Heraldic shields of Hoogheemraadschap Delfland at façade of Gemeenlandshuis Delft, date 1645, the year this house has been bought for board administration and meetings.
Waterpumping windmills built in 1672 at Driemanspolder near Leiden
Holland
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Holland is a geographical region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th century, Holland proper was a unified political region within the Holy Roman Emp
Benthuizen polder, as seen from a dike