Zuideramstel

Zuideramstel

province	North Holland
local community	Amsterdam
Area  - land  - water	10.38  km 2 9.14 km 2 1.24 km 2
Residents	47,900 (Jan 1, 2010)
Coordinates	52 ° 20 ′  N , 4 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′  N , 4 ° 52 ′  E
prefix	020
Location of the Zuideramstel district in Amsterdam

Zuideramstel is a former municipality in the municipality of Amsterdam ( province of North Holland ), which was annexed to the municipality of Amsterdam-Zuid in 2010 . At last the district had 47,900 inhabitants on an area of ​​10.38 km².

history

By 1850, industrial progress was growing in Western Europe , with the exception of the Netherlands . Half of the population lived here, at that time around 3 million (2013: around 16 million) in the countryside. Craft workshops , small factories and shipyards were used in urban areas . In the second half of the 19th century industrialization increased and many rural residents and workers moved to the cities. In 1899 the Dutch architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage received the order from the municipality of Amsterdam to draw up a plan ( Plan Zuid ) for the subdivision of the " Rivierenbuurt " area. The plan was adopted in 1905 and the plan was redrawn in 1915. All projects in Zuideramstel have been implemented over time.

The “Zuidelijke Tuinstad” ( German  southern garden city ) project began in 1958 and included the areas of Rivierenbuurt and Buitenveldert . The first apartments could be moved into in 1959. The first urban districts in Amsterdam were Amsterdam-Noord and Osdorp in 1981 , followed by the Zuideramstel district in 1998. The former districts of Rivierenbuurt and Buitenveldert merged with Zuideramstel. Until 2010 Zuideramstel was the district with the largest number of local websites. In March 2010 there were around 60 who published the latest developments and information for residents online.

Parks

Amsterdamer Bos is an artificially created forest with 150 tree species, 200 bird species on an area of ​​1000 hectares. Of this, 420 hectares are forest and 215 hectares are grass. In the park there is a museum, a camping and sports field and an open-air stage. The northern part of the park is in the Zuideramstel district, the largest part belongs to Amstelveen .

Beatrixpark , named after the Dutch Queen Beatrix . It is a small city park and was created in 1938. Part of the park was made available in 1972 for the International Garden Show , the Floriade . In 1998 the park was assigned to the Zuideramstel district.

Martin Luther King Park . It lies between the Amstel and the Rivierenbuurt . In 1949 it was called Amstelpark , the park in the Buitenveldert district now bears this name. In 1971 it was named Martin Luther King Park and since 1990 a theater festival has been held here every year.

The Amstelpark was in Zuideramstel, then in the Buitenveldert residential area and now in the Amsterdam-Zuid district . On the south side of the park is a windmill , De Riekermolen , with a statue of Rembrandt van Rijn .

Gijsbrecht van Aemstel Park . Gijsbrecht van Aemstel is a theatrical performance written by Joost van den Vondel that gave the park its name. Until 1998 it belonged to the district of Buitenveldert and since the merger to the district of Zuideramstel.

Kleine Loopveld is a green area in Zuideramstel.

Residential area in Zuideramstel

The Rivierenbuurt , designed by HP Berlage, became a residential area in 1987 that merged with the Rivierenbuurt district and is now part of Zuideramstel. The street Rivierenlaan on the south side was renamed in 1964 to "President Kennedylaan" after the former US President John F. Kennedy .

The Scheldebuurt had early 2017 a population of 15,085 on an area of 101 hectares. The Scheldestraat is an important transport link to Rijksweg 10 . The quarter has a total of six schools, four elementary schools and two grammar schools, which are also attended by students from neighboring residential areas.

The IJsselbuurt is surrounded by the Rijnstraat, Vrijheidslaan, Churchillaan, the Maasstraat and the Amstel Canal. The district had 5,370 inhabitants on January 1, 2017.

The Rijnbuurt borders the Martin Luther King Park and the “Zorgvlied” cemetery.

Buitenveldert is divided into Buitenveldert-West and -Oost. Laid out as a southern garden city ( Tuinstad in Dutch ), the district was assigned to Zuideramstel in 1998. This is where the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ( VU for short) and the “Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum” ( VUmc for short)hospital belonging to the university are located.

Prinses Irenebuurt , named after the street Prinses Irenestraat , after the Dutch princess Irene Emma Elisabeth . Built in the 1950s and 1960s, some streets were named after previous composers: Strawinskylaan, Gustav Mahlerlaan, Beethovenstraat, Richard Wagnerstraat and others.

Zuidas is internationally known as the "Financial Mile" of Amsterdam with the World Trade Center (abbreviation: WTC ). It is the largest district still under development with 217 hectares, more than 300 company offices and around thirty nationalities. The southern axis ( Zuidas in Dutch ) lies between the Amstel and Schinkel canals . The planning of the Zuidas is compared with La Défense in Paris and The Docklands in London.

literature

• Swart, W .: De hearty dame van Amsterdam. A boekje open over Stadsdeel Zuideramstel . Stadsuitgeverij 2005. ISBN 90-5366-106-9

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2009-2012 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 25, 2018 (Dutch)
2. ^ History of Zuideramstel and the Rivierenbuurt . With photos, Dutch. Retrieved March 15, 2010
3. ↑ Section: Aan de Top met buurtwebsites Around 60 local websites for the Zuideramstel district, accessed on March 15, 2010 (Dutch)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on April 25, 2018 (Dutch)