Country Estates in the Netherlands with Historical Significance

Country estates or castles with associated outbuildings and parks or gardens, where the first instance is at least 50 years old. The dataset is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations via the EU Open Data platform. The data is available in geospatial formats including WFS, PNG, and WMS.

Use Cases

• Mapping historical land use patterns based on the presence of parks and gardens.
• Analyzing architectural heritage distribution based on the location of country houses and castles.
• Studying cultural preservation policies based on the 50-year age criterion for estate classification.

Strengths

• Includes estates where the original house may have disappeared, providing a historical record.
• Data is provided by a national government ministry, suggesting an authoritative source.
• Available in standard geospatial service formats (WFS, WMS) for integration.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Likely an official national registry or inventory.

Time Range

Covers estates where the first instance is at least 50 years old.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Likely covers the Netherlands, inferred from the authoring organization.