Slotervaart

Slotervaart

province	North Holland
local community	Amsterdam
Area  - land  - water	11.07  km 2 9.35 km 2 1.72 km 2
Residents	18,080 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Coordinates	52 ° 21 ′  N , 4 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′  N , 4 ° 50 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	020
Postcodes	1062, 1064-1066
Location of the Slotervaart neighborhood in Amsterdam

Slotervaart, looking west

Slotervaart , named after the canal of the same name , is a district in the Amsterdam Nieuw-West district in the municipality of Amsterdam , province of North Holland . In 2017 Sloterwaart had 18,080 inhabitants on an area of ​​11.07 km².

history

The Slotervaart Canal was a connection between the former village of Sloten and what was then Overtoom . Slotervaart had an important function as a transport route until the 1950s. On the canal, fresh vegetables were delivered daily to the markets on the Prinsengracht and later the Marnixstraat.

In 1935 the "General Expansion Plan " ( Algemeen Uitbreidingsplan , AUP) was drawn up. This plan contained descriptions of what the new districts should look like in the future. The Second World War caused delays in urban expansion. In 1955 the first residential buildings were built in the now existing Slotervaart district. The original name of the district was Slotervaart / Overtoomse Veld , now just Slotervaart. The name Overtoomse Veld is only used today to denote a neighborhood district. In this residential area are the Queen Wilhelminaplein , named after Queen Wilhelmina (1880–1962), and the “World Fashion Center”.

Slotervaart includes the residential areas:

• Nieuw Sloten . The name comes from the former village of Sloten, where the Kasterleepark is located.
• Oostoever was built in the second half of the 1990s.
• Sloterparkwijk . The park was created between 1960 and 1989. The President Allendelaan is located in the north-western part of the park , it represents a connection between Osdorp and the Slotermeer. In 1990 the park was "divided" into the Geuzenveld, Slotervaart and Osdorp districts.

literature

• Maila Blauw: Ontstaan ​​en ontwikkeling van het stadsdeel Slotervaart, van Algemeen Uitbreidingsplan tot stedelijke vernieuwing . Uitgeverij Verloren BV, Hilversum 2005, ISBN 90-6550-898-8
• Hans Ibelings, Ton Verstegen: Oostoever Sloterplas Amsterdam - Een nieuwe woonwijk in de Westelijke Tuinsteden . 2000, ISBN 90-5662-153-X

Web links

Commons : Slotervaart  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Photos by Slotervaart, Sloten and Overtoomse Veld (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 22, 2018 (Dutch)
2. ^ Author: Erik Swierstra. De naam Slotervaart , 6 October 2004 . Dutch, accessed February 27, 2010
3. ^ History of Slotervaart. Gemeente Amsterdam, December 14, 2007 ( Memento of the original of May 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Dutch, accessed February 27, 2010