Sarphatipark
The Sarphatipark is a park in the Amsterdam-Zuid district and has an area of 4.5 hectares . The park was named after the Jewish doctor Samuel Sarphati (1813–1866).
history
After 1850 the municipality of Amsterdam decided to create a large residential area called De Pijp between the Amstel river and the Boerenwetering canal . The urban architect van Niftrik received the first order to design a plan for this. Van Niftrik had planned a central station where today's park is. The definitive design was drawn up by the architect J. Kalff, who planned a park in the middle of the quarter. In 1877 the community approved Kalff's plan and the construction of the residential area with a park could be realized. Van Niftrik's original idea of building the park in the English landscape style was accepted.
In 1888 the park got its official name: Sarphatipark. Samuel Sarphati, who was the first to think about creating a park in what would later become a residential area, was given a statue in the middle of the park . At the time of Sarphati the area was an extensive pastureland . Only in the later Albert Cuypstraat were a wood sawmill , some country houses and a hostel.
From 1887 luxurious houses and apartments with high rents were built around the park. In order to be able to pay for this, the residents rented premises to prostitutes. De Pijp was known for prostitution at the time . In 1902 brothels were banned and in 1911 new moral laws were passed, reducing prostitution in the area.
During the Second World War , the National Socialists gave the park the name Bollandpark, named after the Dutch philosopher Gerard Bolland . The statue of S. Sarphati has been removed. After the war, the park got its original name back and the statue of Sarphatis was re-erected and is now a Rijksmonument (No. 527847.)
In 2002/2003 was Volksgarten a renovation subjected. Two old bridges that were in the park were rebuilt. Ponds ( vijver ) were equipped with a plant-based sewage treatment system ("helofyte filter") of marsh plants for better water quality.
In the Sarphatipark there are two children's playgrounds, in the southeast part there are facilities for volleyball , basketball and table tennis . Barbecue is allowed in some places . There are also two “panna football fields” in the park. Panna is a form of street football .
There are several older, large trees in the park. These include the maple-leaved plane tree ( Platanus × hispanica ), white willow ( Salix alba ), Caucasian wingnut ( Pterocarya fraxinifolia ) and Salix × sepulcralis .
traffic connection
The Amsterdam tram ( Tramlijn, Tram ) No. 3 goes to the Sarphatipark.
Web links
- Map of the Sarphatipark . Google Maps
- Video from Sarphatipark on YouTube . 3:12 minutes.
further reading
- Ton Heijdra: Het Sarphatipark: an oasis of rust . Uitgeverij René de Milliano, 1994. ISBN 9789072810120
- Lydia Hagoort: Samuel Sarphati. Van Portugese armenarts dead Amsterdamse ondernemer . Uitgeverij Bas Lubberhuizen. ISBN 978-90-5937-3297
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literature
- MM Bakker, FM van de Poll, Jan van Oudheusden: Architectuur en stedebouw in Amsterdam, 1850-1940. P. 55. Uitgeverij Waanders 1992
Individual evidence
- ↑ See: MM Bakker, FM van de Poll, Jan van Oudheusden: Architectuur en stedebouw in Amsterdam, 1850-1940 . Quote: “Gebieden met bijzondere waarde: Sarphatipark. In the middle of the 'Pijp' area is 4.5 hectares of the largest Sarphatipark. Geopend in 1885 en genoemd naar Amsterdams weldoener Samuel Sarphati. " P. 55. (" Areas of special value: Sarphatipark. In the middle of the very developed 'Pijp' lies the 4.5 hectare Sarphatipark. Opened in 1885 and named after the Amsterdam benefactor Samuel Sarphati called ")
- ↑ Municipality of Amsterdam ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . From January 23, 2012. History of the Sarphatipark. With photos. Dutch, accessed February 10, 2013
- ↑ City Archives Amsterdam . Biography about Samuel Sarphati. Dutch, accessed February 10, 2013
- ↑ Author: Johanneke Helmers ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Typical Amsterdam - Sarphatipark . Amsterdam municipality, July 16, 2003. Dutch, accessed February 10, 2013
- ↑ Register of monuments . Sarphati monument. Retrieved February 12, 2013
- ^ Author: Stefan Baas. Municipality of Amsterdam ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 17 July 2012. Panna tournament in Sarphatipark. Dutch, accessed February 10, 2013
- ↑ Monumental bomen in het Sarphatipark in Amsterdam . Four descriptions of trees in Sarphatiepark. With photos. Dutch, accessed February 10, 2013
