The Inventory Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) in the Netherlands contains ICH of which the communities, groups or individuals involved have written a safeguarding plan. Those plans are reviewed by an independent review committee. Every three years an evaluation of the safeguarding takes place.

Description

The Neighbourhood Address is a tradition that has existed for centuries to represent the interests of the inhabitants of 'the village'. On the third Thursday of September, during the Neighbourhood Address, there will be a consultation about the neighbourhood, for example about cleaning up the heathland and the neighbourhood forest. The bells of the Old Church are rang in advance, as an appeal to come to the Neighbourhood Address.

The tasks that the local authority had at the time of its establishment have now largely been taken over by the local authority. But still the 'inheritors' come together to talk about the possession of the Neighbourhood, the 'Buurtbos' (forest), but also about the maintenance of the heathland (no longer in possession) and the Ede flock of sheep of which the neighbourhood was (co)founder in 1953. Annually they organize the Nature Cleanupdays at the Ede Heathland for the School Youth of Ede and the Neighbourhood is involved in making and keeping the historic Wooded Bank from Lunteren to Wageningen experienceable.

Community

The 'inheritors' of the Neighbourhood Ede and Veldhuizen. Originally these were the owners of a house and yard and/or arable land in and around the old village of Ede, who jointly own the 'wild' land in the Neighbourhood Ede and Veldhuizen. It is still the owners to whom the local government is accountable.

The Neighbourhood authority consults with various parties, such as the State Property Agency and the Ministry of Defence on the heather areas, and with cultural-historical institutions and municipal authorities.

History

The Neighbourhood Address has a long tradition. The oldest surviving Neighbourhood Book dates from the year 1596. Older volumes were lost during a major fire in 1635. In the Neighbourhood Book, all decisions of the Neighbourhood Address were recorded. With the rise of the local, provincial and national government, the significance of the Neighbourhood Address has changed dramatically. The Neighbourhood Address has changed from a 'local government' to an involved community with a cultural-historical view of modern society. De Neighbourhood Judge and the Neighbourhood Masters take part in many consultations and initiatives that are relevant to culture, cultural history and social interests.

 

Safeguarding

In order to safeguard the Neighbourhood Address of the Ede and Veldhuizen neighbourhood for the future, the following actions will be taken:

  • Providing information, lectures and heritage education; for example, a democratic game called 'Terra Nova' is being played in schools in the 8th group, where pupils can build their own democracy, and there is close cooperation in the creation of a new central heritage centre for Ede.
  • The visibility of the Neighbourhood Address will be improved by participating in broadcasts of the local broadcaster Ede and by working together with the Knights of Gelre of the Broadcasting Company of the province of Gelderland.

Contact

Buurt Ede en Veldhuizen
Buitenzorglaan 8
6712 GN
Ede
Gelderland
Netherlands
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