Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of national and regional importance is the list of 3200 objects of national and some 6,600 objects of national importance, which are part of cultural heritage of Switzerland.
History
The Hague Conference from April 21 to May 14, 1954 was as a result of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict ( HAK ) of UNESCO, which was signed by Switzerland and 87 other nations on May 14, 1954. To date, the HAK was signed by over 160 signatories. In 1999, they worked to supplement the Second Protocol to HAK, which obliges all signatory to the introduction of a national cultural heritage inventory.
This inventory was published in 1988 for the first time. Between 1995 and 2009, then gave the Department of Cultural Heritage Protection (FB KGS) at the Federal Office for Civil Protection ( BABS ), the point of contact for all questions regarding the protection of cultural property in Switzerland, the number two and three editions out.
Content
Under the provisions of HAK should include the cultural property refers to the following objects:
" Movable or immovable property which is the cultural heritage of the peoples of great importance. Buildings, Art, monuments, archaeological sites, books, manuscripts, scientific collections, archives and reproductions of the inheritance. Buildings such as museums, libraries, archives, monasteries as well as places where the movable cultural property can be brought to safety. "
Ideally, the inventory should therefore reflect the totality of the Swiss cultural heritage landscape and all major movable and immovable objects.
The entries are divided into two categories: those of national importance (A- objects ) and those of regional significance (B- objects). Objects of local importance ( C objects ) are not included in this inventory, but can be held by the cantonal authorities in a directory. The selection of the recorded in the inventory objects is done in cooperation between the cantons, the FB KGS and the " Federal Commission for Protection of Cultural Property ." First, ask the cantons to the Commission a list of the inventory proposed for inclusion objects to which these lists of evaluation committees ( working groups, which have expertise in the categories of archeology, archives, libraries, individual buildings and museums) are analyzed and precisely evaluated. Consequently, the results obtained are renegotiated with the cantons and after they have been reviewed by the administrative bodies concerned through consultations, approved by the Federal Council.
The 3rd Edition of 2009
The third version of the inventory of 27 November 2009 waiting for since the previous version with various innovations. For the first time all objects were of national importance by means of a matrix classified ( a specially developed standardized inventory sheet with fixed categories) and assessed using similar criteria. This is true not only for the largest category of immovable cultural assets that individual buildings, but also - another pioneering achievement - for the collections in archives, libraries and museums and archaeological sites. In addition to the printed publication - it is limited due to space limitations on the collection of A- objects - are the cultural heritage contained in the inventory as Canton lists ( divided into A- and B- objects) and a Geographic Information System (GIS ) - also an innovation - in Internet available.
Identification
The Federal Council may in the event of armed conflict rearrange the marking of cultural property of national significance to the cultural heritage shield., The objects so marked must be respected by the military authorities and may be drawn only in the event of the highest military necessity by the parties affected. For practical reasons, the cultural heritage shield can be attached only to monuments and closed objects, but not in public spaces, such as towns or cities; even with collections, there is the attachment of the cultural heritage signs is problematic feature memory institutions but often more than one depot location.