Waddenland Outstanding

Linde Egberts is cultural historian and geographer, specialized in the role of heritage in regional identities in contemporary Europe. She works as a lecturer and postdoctoral researcher Heritage Studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and as a coordinator of the Research Group Heritage & Environment of the Centre for Global Heritage and Development.Meindert Schroor is a freelance geographer and historian active at his own Bureau Varenius in Leeuwarden. Active since 1976 in researching on landscape, urban history, demography, water management, and cartography, he developed into the most prolific researcher and writer on cultural history in the Northern Netherlands. He is a member of the board of the Dutch Waddenacademie (Wadden Academy) on the portfolio Society and Cultural History.

• Preface Jouke van Dijk Abstracts 1. Introduction Linde Egberts, Meindert Schroor and Jos Bazelmans Part 1: Setting the Scene 2. Waddenland: concoction or reality? Defining the Wadden Sea Region in a geographical and historical context Meindert Schroor 3. The Wadden Sea Region as a cultural landscape: history, heritage, management Hans Renes Part 2: The Relationship between Natural and Cultural Heritage 4. Protecting natural and cultural values of the Wadden Sea coast in the Anthropocene: An urgent call for integration Jens Enemark, Ludwig Fischer and Karsten Reise 5. The Wadden Sea — a natural landscape outside the dikes Hans-Ulrich Rösner 6. The North Frisians and the Wadden Sea Thomas Steensen Part 3: Memory, Mentality and Landscape 7. Victory over the Sea. Dutch diking technics in the seventeenth and eighteenth century and the impact on Europe’s history of mentality Ludwig Fischer 8. Between National Socialist ideology and resistance: Interpretations of artworks depicting the Wadden Sea Nina Hinrichs 9. Living with water in the Tøndermarsk and Gotteskoog Anne Marie Overgaard 10. Remystifying Frisia: Experience Economy along the Wadden Sea coast Goffe Jensma 11. Maritime death, memory and landscape: Examples from the North Sea coast and the islands Norbert Fischer Part 4: History and Archaeology 12. Waddenland: From Early Modern prosperity into periphery Meindert Schroor 13. Local communities and regional economies with a global touch: Contacts along the Danish Wadden Sea Coast in the eighteenth century Mette Guldberg 14. Was there a maritime culture in Bremen in the 19th century? Ethno-historical notes on coastal societies Jan C. Oberg 15. Yeoman capitalism and smallholder liberalism. Property rights and social realities of early modern Schleswig Marshland Societies Carsten Porskrog Rasmussen 16. Drowned by the Grote Mandrenke in 1362 AD - new geo-archaeological research on the late medieval trading centre Rungholt (North Frisia) Hanna Hadler, Dennis Wilken, Tina Wunderlich, Annika Fediuk, Peter Fischer, Michaela Schwardt, Timo Willershäuser, Wolfgang Rabbel and Andreas Vött 17. Reinterpreting nature: A brief environmental history of trilateral conservation in the Wadden Sea Region Anna-Katharina Wöbse and Hans-Peter Ziemek Part 5: Political, Economic and Social Challenges for Cultural Heritage Management 18. Energy Transition : A challenge for the management of the cultural landscape Ulf Ickerodt and Matthias Maluck 19. The Lower Saxon UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Programme: Engaging with inhabitants and stakeholders for a sustainable development Peter Südbeck and Jürgen Rahmel 20. Senses of place in the North Frisian Wadden Sea: Local consciousness and knowledge for place-based heritage development Martin Döring and Beate Ratter 21. The Wadden Sea Coast Challenged by Sea Level Rise Karsten Reise 22. A Future for cultural history of the Dutch Wadden Region: Challenges and policies in a maritime-agricultural landscape Linde Egberts 23. Conclusion Linde Egberts and Meindert Schroor, Index.