About us
Limburg Charters Foundation
The Limburg Charters Foundation has two main objectives
- Promoting knowledge of the cultural history of the present Dutch province of Limburg and reinforcing its cultural identity and that of its regions.
- Creating connections between Limburg's heritage, landscape, tourism and leisure activities with a wide public reach.
Board of the foundation
Board
- Ad Veenhof - Chairman
- Jan Zuidam - Secretary
- Peter Gomolka - treasurer
- Jan Hol - member
- Karel Majoor - member
- Jacques van Rensch - member (Chairman LGOG)
- Ellen van de Ven - member
- Lita Wiggers - advisor (director HCL)
Advisors
- Louis Berkvens
- Theo Bovens
- Maurice Essers
- Camille Oostwegel sr.
- Theo Thuis
- Theo Oberndorff
Researchers
- Geertrui Van Synghel
- Michel Oosterbosch
Authors
- Louis Berkvens
- Maurice Essers
- Jac Forschelen
- Toon from Oeffelt
- Frans Tonnaer
Latin Translation
- Iris Denis
Theo Ebben - Jan Hartmann
Rolf Hackeng - Guus Janssen
Translation other languages
- Norbert Bonenkamp
- Peter Frambach
- Jos Joskin
- Jan Kessels
Current Activities
- Providing access to the 450 Limburg charters (examining for authenticity, reading, translating, materially analysing and explaining in present-day language).
- Incrementally building a website on which all Limburg charters can be found after some five years with clear explanations of the contents and possible connections in a wider context.
- Publishing scholarly charter books, organising exhibitions, affixing QR code plates, and publishing findings through other analogue and digital media for public experience.
- Contributing to educational programmes in all forms, at all levels and for all age brackets.
Our Limburg Charters Foundation has been classified by the tax authorities as a cultural ANBI institution
partners
donors
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Beijer family