Lunch lecture: Freedom and unfreedom - Secrets of the Hague Forest

• Date: 24 April 12:30 - 13:15
• Location: Centrale Bibliotheek, Podium B, 5de verdieping

Discover traces of the past in the Haagse Bos

The Hague Forest

The Haagse Bos runs cadastrically from Malieveld to Landgoed Reigersbergen. It is an area of about 100 hectares and in the early Middle Ages was part of a large primeval forest that stretched along the coast from 's-Gravenzande to Alkmaar. On April 16, 1576, William of Orange signed the Act of Redemptions which stipulated that no one was allowed to cut down any more trees in the forest and that the forest could not be sold. This is the very first conservation manifesto in the Netherlands. The Act of Redemptions is still in force today. Yet over the centuries not everyone has adhered to it....

Henk Kruit

Henk Kruit is retired and has always worked as a manager in the trucking industry. Nowadays, he gives guided tours of the Haagse Bos as a volunteer with the Forestry Commission.

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This lecture at Podium B is organized by the Hague Municipal Archives, is free and open to everyone. But you must sign up using the button below.

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