Buiksloot

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Buiksloot
Flag of Buiksloot
flag 		Coat of arms of Buiksloot
coat of arms
province North Holland North Holland
local community Flag of the Amsterdam municipality Amsterdam
Coordinates 52 ° 24 '  N , 4 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 24 '  N , 4 ° 55'  E
Important traffic route S116
prefix 020
Postcodes 1015, 1022, 1025
Map of the municipality of Buiksloot from 1868

Buiksloot is a district in Amsterdam ( province of North Holland ) and was an independent municipality until 1921. The district is located in the Amsterdam-Noord district and had 1,925 inhabitants in 2017.

history

The former village of Buiksloot was built in the 15th century with a few wooden houses and a church. Buiksloot was a settlement of farm workers who cultivated the bog soil for agriculture. At the end of the 12th century, a dike had already been built to protect the area against the floods of the IJ . The original area of ​​the village was washed away by several breaches of the dike. After 1520 the village was laid out behind a new dike.

On January 14th 1916 the dike "Waterlandse Zeedijk" broke and the floods of the Zuiderzee washed over large parts of Amsterdam-Noord . Today's court Buikslotermeerplein had turned into a large lake, which in some cases up to six meters deep. On January 1, 1921, the municipality of Buiksloot , as well as the earlier villages of Ransdorp, Nieuwendam, Sloten and Watergraafsmeer, were incorporated into Amsterdam as a district. Since 1930 Buiksloot has belonged to the so-called “Tuindorpen” (literally: garden villages, meaning garden cities ). The first 794 apartments were built by January 1930.

Bridge in Buiksloot

The rents were between 3.25 and 6.50 guilders per week and were dependent on the income of the tenants. Buiksloot had about 4,000 inhabitants in the 1930s. The area between Buiksloot and Nieuwendam is popularly known as "Blauwe Zand" ( German for  blue sand ). The deep-lying terrain was filled with sand, which was a bluish color, and thus raised. The name "Blauw Zand" was also used by institutions and offices. In 1937 the name was officially changed to Buiksloot . In January 2017 the "Blauwe Zand" had 1,925, Buiksloterdijk West 150 and Buiksloterdijk Oost 120 inhabitants.

In the elections for the Amsterdam municipal council in 1934, 80% of the residents voted either the Communist Party of Holland or the Sociaal-Democratische Arbeiderspartij (SDAP). This was a form of resistance of the residents against the emerging National Socialism .

Between 1964 and 1970, many new apartments were built in the northern part and thus the neighborhoods “Banne Zuid” (German Banne South ) and “Banne Oost” ( Banne East ). Sports fields and a petting zoo have been created here ( Kinderboerderij in Dutch , literally children's farm ). There is a restored mill, a cemetery, a youth center and a petting zoo.

literature

Books

  • Ronald Stenvert, Chris Kolman, Saskia van Ginkel-Meester, Elisabeth Stades-Vischer (eds.), Monuments in Nederland. North Holland . Rijksdienst voor de Monumentenzorg, Zeist-Waanders Uitgevers, Zwolle 2006

Magazines

  • Marius van Melle, Niels Wisman: Buikslotermeer , January 14, 1916 . In the magazine: “Ons Amsterdam. Maandblad over heden en verleden van Amsterdam ”. January 2006

Web links

Commons : Buiksloot  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 28, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ^ Amsterdam - Buiksloot
  3. ↑ Buiksloot: January 14, 1916 , accessed on March 20, 2011 (Dutch)