Overtoomse Veld
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Overtoomse Veld | |
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Neighborhood of Amsterdam | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | North Holland |
COROP | Amsterdam |
Time zone | UTC 1 (CET) |
52°21′48.01″N 4°50′18.1″E / 52.3633361°N 4.838361°E Overtoomse Veld is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is named for the Overtoomse Sluis, which was an old portage point dating from the 14th century on a major cargo route to and from Amsterdam at the junction of two waterschap areas, Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland and Hoogheemraadschap van Amstelland.
In neighborhood Overtoomse Veld-Noord the following streets are named after Dutch painters from the 19th and 20th century:
- August Allebé
- Louis Apol
- Marius Bauer
- Antoon Derkinderen
- Jan Eisenloeffel
- Johan Greive
- Henk Henriët
- Johannes Hilverdink
- Theo van Hoytema
- Johan Jongkind
- Karel Klinkenberg
- Willem van Konijnenburg
- Chris Lebeau
- Charles Leickert
- Jan Mankes
- Wally Moes
- Piet Mondriaan
- Willem Nakken
- Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig
- Willem Nuijen
- Johan Thorn Prikker
- Suze Robertson
- Willem Roelofs
- Willy Sluiter
- Jan Sluijters
- Lawrence Alma-Tadema
- Jan Toorop
- Jan Veth
- Jan Voerman
- Anthonie Waldorp
- Hendrik Werkman
In neighborhood Overtoomse Veld-Midden the following streets are named after philosophers:
For the Delflandpleinbuurt area in Overtoomse Veld-Zuid, the names come from places in Delfland: