Molenwijk

Molenwijk

province	North Holland
local community	Amsterdam
Area  - land  - water	0.30  km 2 0.30 km 2 0 km 2
Residents	3,085 (Jan 1, 2017)
Coordinates	52 ° 24 '  N , 4 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 24 '  N , 4 ° 56'  E
Important traffic route
prefix	020
Location of the Molenwijk neighborhood in Amsterdam

Molenwijk ( German  Molenviertel ), built in the 1960s, is a district in Amsterdam-Noord and had 3,085 inhabitants in January 2017.

history

At the beginning of the 1960s the area was a polder and serves as a sludge deposit ( Dutch excavator ) from the North Sea Canal . The polder belonged to the municipality of Oostzaan . On August 1, 1966, Molenwijk was assigned to the municipality of Amsterdam, which was planning a residential area there.

The plan for the residential area came from the architect K. Geerts in cooperation with the municipality of Amsterdam and 15 apartment buildings (Dutch Flatgebouwen ) with 1256 apartments were built. At the edge of the quarter there was a high-rise building (Dutch Torenflat ) with 16 floors. In Molenwijk there are two schools, a shopping center called De Wieken , a library and a petting zoo ( Kinderboerderij in Dutch ) for children.

In Molenwijk there are hamlets with lots of green spaces that are car-free. The residential area can be reached by city bus number 37, which has been running from the Amstel station to Molenwijk since 2006.

Web links

• 15 photos of Molenwijk Studio Koning (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 28, 2018 (Dutch)
2. ↑ City bus 37 from Molenwijk to Amstelstation , accessed on December 22, 2011 (Dutch)