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J. van den Brock, Current developments in the archival network in the Netherlands, Arh. vjesn., god. 42(1999), str. 103-112 jećnik jesu i ostat će nadležni za ono što se u arhivskom zakonu zove "zaštita " arhiva. Čuvanje arhivskih zbirki i fondova bit će u rukama upravnog direktora, koji će sjediniti dužnosti i kompetencije državnog i municipalnog arhivista. Suvremen razvoj će dovesti do kraja dosadašnju Državnu arhivsku službu. Ona će se u budućnosti usredotočiti na čuvanje nacionalnih arhiva (gradivo središnje vlade i gradivo privatne provenijencije nacionalne važnosti). Teško je od regionalnog povijesnog centra očekivati da optimalno funkcionira i ostvari sva velika očekivanja bez aktivnog sudjelovanja provincijskih vlasti. Ministar kulture je oformio radnu grupu, koja će prikazati zahtjeve i mogućnosti novog arhivskog sustava Nizozemske i dati prijedloge. Buduća uloga provincija je bez ikakve sumnje jedno od središnjih pitanja u diskusiji koja stoji pred nama. Samo će vrijeme pokazati hoće li ta suradnja osigurati plodnu i trajnu ravnotežu između lokalnih i nadregionalnih interesa. Sažetak izradila Zivana Heđbeli Currently the structure of the public archives network in the Netherlands is changing in a way that will put an end to a situation that has lasted for more than a century. The strange thing is that with this change we will in a sense return to the constellation which existed in the 19th century, at least in that part of the country where I happen to be working. What was this constellation like? In the Kingdom of the Netherlands there are three layers of public government: the State, the Province, and the Municipality. In the beginning of the 19

lh century in the Hague a national archives was established as a repository where the records of the central institutions of the former Republic of the Seven United Provinces would be kept. Many old towns had their own archives, the traditions of which in many cases go back to the era before the French Revolution. Furthermore, in the eleven provincial capitals there were provincial repositories for the archives of the predecessors of the provinces, the former autonomous provinces that had been the constituents of the pre-revolutionary State. For the cultural heritage, the 19

th century has not been a glorious time. Local authorities had hardly any notion of the value of the remnants of the past. Castles and manors-houses, townwalls en gates were demolished without many scruples, mobile objects of art were sold to the highest bidder, in most cases abroad, archives and libraries were neglected and wasted away in unsuitable buildings whithout professional custody. Especially in the last quarter of the previous century the State began to interest itself in the fate of the heritage under threat. The nobleman Jhr.mr. Victor de Stuers, a civil servant in the Ministry of Home Affairs, took the lead in this matter. In his view, the responsibility of the State should not be limited to the cultural heritage 105