Английская Википедия:Dijkgraaf (official)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Italic title

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The first of a series of gablestones on a Gemeenlandshuis in Halfweg built in 1645; each stone represents the heraldic shield of the dike-reeve and his men, known as the Шаблон:Lang, or in this case, the high or Шаблон:Lang

A Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:Lit), sometimes called a Шаблон:Lang, is the chair of a Dutch water board. The dijkgraaf is the equivalent of a mayor in local government and a King's Commissioner in provincial government, chairing both the legislative and executive council, while having both ceremonial and representational roles as well as their own portfolios. The term goes back to pre-medieval days.

Literally the term means "Dike count", like other titles ending in Шаблон:Lang (equivalent to English: -grave and Шаблон:Lang-de) of feudal origin, but remained a functional official. The government bodies in the Netherlands today in order of rank are:

  1. National
  2. Provincial
  3. Municipal
  4. Water boards.Шаблон:Citation needed

In medieval times and earlier however, the water boards were the same as municipal, and since it was a country of duchies, the Water board (Шаблон:Lang) was in governmental terms the equivalent of a city (Шаблон:Lang), and thus also the highest form of government.

References

Шаблон:Local government in the Netherlands

Шаблон:Netherlands-gov-stub