Apollobuurt

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Apollobuurt
province North Holland North Holland
local community Flag of the Amsterdam municipality Amsterdam
Area
 - land
 - water 		0.95  km 2
0.89 km 2
0.06 km 2
Residents 8,695 (Jan 1, 2017)
Coordinates 52 ° 21 '  N , 4 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 21 '  N , 4 ° 53'  E
Important traffic route S108 S109
prefix 020
Postcodes 1077
Location of the Apollobuurt neighborhood in Amsterdam
Location of the Apollobuurt neighborhood in AmsterdamTemplate: Infobox location in the Netherlands / maintenance / map

The Apollobuurt ( German  Apolloviertel ) is a residential area in the Amsterdam-Zuid district and is located there in the Amsterdam Oud-Zuid district in the province of North Holland . It had 8,695 inhabitants in 2017. The district is mainly surrounded by the canals : Noorder Amstelkanal, Zuider Amstelkanal and Boerenwatering. In the west the district borders on the Olympiaplein.

history

During the Second World War , the registration office was located in Apollobuurt. The German occupiers used the office's name registers to track down Jewish citizens. For this reason, a Dutch resistance group led by Gerrit van der Veen carried out an attack on the registration office , in which the Dutch lawyer Laura Carola Mazirel was involved.

Holbeinstraat in Amsterdam's Apollobuurt

Most of the buildings in the Apollobuurt date from the 1920s and 1930s and were built in the style of the Amsterdam School ( Dutch Amsterdamse School ). The quarter is part of the “Plan Zuid” (German Plan Süd ) by the Dutch architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage .

The most famous shopping street is the Beethovenstraat with mostly expensive shops. In contrast to many other parts of Amsterdam, there is no social housing in the area .

Transport links

The Apollobuurt can be reached by trams No. 24 (since 1929), Apollolaan stop and No. 5 (since 1978), Apollolaan stop (as of November 2012).

Trivia

The Hilton Hotel in Apollobuurt was used by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969 as a “ bed-in ” demonstration against the Vietnam War and for peace. The hotel was declared a Rijksmonument in 2015 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 25, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Route of tram no.24
  3. ↑ Route of tram no.5
  4. ^ The John Lennon / Yoko Ono Bed-In . English, accessed November 18, 2012
  5. ↑ Hilton Hotel Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, accessed on April 25, 2018 (Dutch)