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De Baarsjes () is a district ( nl, wijk) in
The name comes from the former hamlet De Baarsjes (The Little
Built during the first half of the 20th century along a tram line that brought commuters to the city centre, De Baarsjes was formulated by the architect
The district contains seven buildings and on the district boundary is a bridge that have been designated as '' rijksmonument'' (national heritage site), all in the architectural style of the Monumentnummer: 526747 Brug 382
(in Dutch), Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved on 22 August 2021.
De Baarsjes
at the municipal website {{Authority control Amsterdam-West Former boroughs of Amsterdam
Amsterdam-West
Amsterdam-West () is a borough (Dutch: ''stadsdeel'') of Amsterdam, Netherlands, to the west of the centre of the city. This borough was formed in 2010 through the merging of four former boroughs Oud West, Westerpark, De Baarsjes and Bos en Lomm ...
situated west of the city center of Amsterdam
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. Named after a former hamlet, urban development started in the 1920s. It contains the neighbourhoods Admiralenbuurt, Chassébuurt, Postjesbuurt, and Trompbuurt.
Etymology
The name comes from the former hamlet De Baarsjes (The Little Perches
Perch is a common name for fish of the genus ''Perca'', freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which three species occur in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Percif ...
) that was formed in the 17th century, which in turn derived its name from an inn called De Drie Baarsjes (The Three Little Perches) situated on the eastern border of the present-day district.
History
Built during the first half of the 20th century along a tram line that brought commuters to the city centre, De Baarsjes was formulated by the architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Hendrik Petrus Berlage (21 February 1856 – 12 August 1934) was a Dutch architect. He is considered one of the fathers of the architecture of the Amsterdam School.
Life and work
Hendrik Petrus Berlage, son of Nicolaas Willem Berlage and An ...
who designed the main square Mercatorplein.
In 1990, De Baarsjes became a borough ( nl, stadsdeel) of Amsterdam.
As it was mostly built before World War II, it was all built to last so when it came to urban renewal in the 1990s, most buildings were renovated and not razed to the ground. Facades were cleaned, suspicious bars and bordellos were closed and ambitious plans to deal with crime and safety were undertaken.
In 2010, the borough of De Baarsjes was merged with Bos en Lommer
Bos en Lommer (; English: Wood and Shade) is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. From 1990 to 2010 it was considered a district of the municipality of Amsterdam in the province of North Holland. As of May 1, 2010, it was merged into the new A ...
, Oud-West, and Westerpark into the new borough of Amsterdam-West
Amsterdam-West () is a borough (Dutch: ''stadsdeel'') of Amsterdam, Netherlands, to the west of the centre of the city. This borough was formed in 2010 through the merging of four former boroughs Oud West, Westerpark, De Baarsjes and Bos en Lomm ...
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Geography
The boundaries of De Baarsjes are Jan van Galenstraat in the north, Westerlijk Marktkanaal and Kostverlorenvaart in the east, Surinamestraat and Surinameplein in the south, and Rembrandtpark, Jan Evertsenstraat, and the A10 motorway in the west. The area contains the four neighbourhoods ( nl, buurten): Trompbuurt in the north, Admiralenbuurt or Mercatorbuurt in the west, Chassébuurt in the east, and Postjesbuurt or Westindische buurt in the south.Heritage sites
The district contains seven buildings and on the district boundary is a bridge that have been designated as '' rijksmonument'' (national heritage site), all in the architectural style of the Amsterdam School
The Amsterdam School (Dutch: ''Amsterdamse School'') is a style of architecture that arose from 1910 through about 1930 in the Netherlands. The Amsterdam School movement is part of international Expressionist architecture, sometimes linked ...
:
* 4th Crafts School, 1923
* Corantijn School, 1923
* Jan Maijen School, 1926
* Mercatorplein Complex (1), houses and shops, 1927
* Mercatorplein Complex (2), houses, 1927
* Mercatorplein Complex (3), houses and shops, 1927
* Jerusalem Church, 1929
* Bridge 382, 1935(in Dutch), Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved on 22 August 2021.
References
External links
De Baarsjes
at the municipal website {{Authority control Amsterdam-West Former boroughs of Amsterdam