Overschie () is a neighborhood of
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...
,
Netherlands
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, formerly a separate village with its own municipality.
The village of Overschie was located on the intersection of four rivers called "
Schie
Schie () the name for four waterways in the area of Overschie, South Holland, the Netherlands. There are the Delftse Schie, the Delfshavense Schie, the Rotterdamse Schie and the Schiedamse Schie. The existence of these four streams is the result ...
": the
Delftsche Schie,
Schiedamsche Schie,
Delfshavensche Schie, and
Rotterdamsche Schie. It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1941, when it merged with Rotterdam.
Immediately after the Second World War, the construction of a large suburb was begun southeast of the village.
"Overschie" is now also the name of a ''deelgemeente'' (borough) of the city of Rotterdam, covering the former village, the neighborhood Overschie, Zestienhoven (which also holds the
Rotterdam The Hague Airport
Rotterdam The Hague Airport (formerly ''Rotterdam Airport'', ''Vliegveld Zestienhoven'' in Dutch language, Dutch), is a minor international airport serving Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second largest city, and The Hague, its administrative and r ...
), and the countryside to the north including the hamlet
Zweth.
180px, none, Overschie in 1867.
References
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Former municipalities of South Holland
Boroughs of Rotterdam
Neighbourhoods of Rotterdam