Load days

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Load days
province North Holland North Holland
local community Flag of the Amsterdam municipality Amsterdam
Residents 1,085 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Coordinates 52 ° 22 ′  N , 4 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′  N , 4 ° 54 ′  E
Important traffic route S100 S116
prefix 020
Postcodes 1011
Location of the Nieuwmarkt-Lastage neighborhood in Amsterdam
Location of the Nieuwmarkt-Lastage neighborhood in AmsterdamTemplate: Infobox location in the Netherlands / maintenance / map

Lastage is one of the oldest residential areas in the municipality of Amsterdam ( province of North Holland ), the capital of the Netherlands . In 2017 the quarter had 1,085 inhabitants.

history

A view of the Lastage from 1544: on the left the Oude Schans with Montelbaanstoren , on the right the Geldersekade , top center the city gate Sint Anthoniespoort (from 1617/1618 Waaggebouw on the Nieuwmarkt ), detail from a colored woodcut by Cornelis Anthonisz.
Right Boomssloot (before the Krom Boomssloot junction)
Krom Boomssloot (with a view of the Korte Koningsstraat - Koningsstraat bridge)

The Lastage, known today under the name Nieuwmarktbuurt (= "Neumarktviertel", a residential and nightlife district), was an important industrial and port area in Amsterdam in the 16th century. The load lay outside the Amsterdam city walls, east of the Geldersekade (on the Nieuwmarkt), but was protected from potential attackers by the Montelbaanstoren ("Montelbaansturm").

Around 1530 the right Boomssloot ( Gerader Boomsgraben ) and the Krom Boomssloot ( Krummer Boomsgraben ) were created. The former trenches got their names from the mayor Cornelis Pietersz. Boom (? –1579), which had the trenches turned into canals (Dutch: canals ). With this he established a connection for his shipyard on the Lastage to the Amsterdam IJ . In 1585, when a new fortress wall was built, the load came to rest within the city. Due to the rapid growth of the municipality, the urban area of ​​Amsterdam was expanded again in 1591/1593. The island ( Eiland ) Uilenburg and the peninsulas Rapenburg and Marken (later Valkenburg), as well as the Lastage served as storage areas for wood, as a location for shipyards and blacksmiths. The first houses were built at the end of the 16th century.

Lastage took about 25 years to build and lasted from 1589 to 1614. The defensive system (city gate) Sint Anthoniespoort lost its function around 1600. This system was rebuilt in 1617/1618 to the Stadtwaage ( De Waag ), the space around the weigher became a market place.

Today's Neumarktviertel (formerly “Lastage”) is very close (about three minutes' walk) to the red light district De Wallen and Amsterdam's Chinatown , and is known as a nightlife district and tourist highlight.

further reading

Book :

  • Dick van der Horst, Martin Pruijs: In en om de Lastage . Uitgeverij Appelboek, Hoorn 1993.

Magazine:

  • Jeroen van der Vliet, Tussen wal en schip. De Amsterdamse Lastage in de zestiende eeuw . In: "Tijdschrift voor Zeegeschiedenis", No. 25, 2006. Uitgeverij: Verloren, Hilversum. ( ISSN  0167-9988 ha)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 20, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ The Origin of Amsterdam (ndl.). Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  3. ↑ 17e Eeuw. In: Architecture Amsterdam. Retrieved March 2, 2020 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ The history of the Nieuwmarkt (ndl.). Retrieved July 31, 2014.