Schokland and Surroundings World Heritage Site

Official name

Schokland and Surroundings | UNESCO

Country

Netherlands | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

Noordoostpolder, Province of Flevoland
52.6386° Lat, 5.7716° Lon | Map

Code

739

Time Zone

Europe/Amsterdam (CEST, +0200)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1995. Schokland was a peninsula that by the 15th century had become an island. Occupied and then abandoned as the sea encroached, it had to be evacuated in 1859. But following the draining of the Zuider Zee, it has, since the 1940s, formed part of the land reclaimed from the sea. Schokland has vestiges of human habitation going back to prehistoric times. It symbolizes the heroic, age-old struggle of the people of the Netherlands against the encroachment of the waters.