Kinkerbuurt () is the neighborhood in
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...
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. Along with the
Overtoombuurt, it is part of the neighborhood of
Oud-West in the
borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
In the Middle A ...
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 ...
. It was built at the beginning of the twentieth century when
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...
was being expanded.
Kinkerstraat, the area's main shopping street, was named after
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
poet and lawyer
Johannes Kinker.
The borough administration distinguishes several smaller areas within the Kinkerbuurt: the ''Bellamybuurt'', the ''Van Lennepbuurt'' and the ''Da Costabuurt''.
Jacob van Lennep
Jacob van Lennep (24 March 1802 – 25 August 1868) was a Dutch poet and novelist.
Early years
He was born in Amsterdam, where his father, David Jacob van Lennep (1774–1853), a scholar and poet, was professor of eloquence and the classical la ...
References
External links
Kinkerbuurt Kinkerbuurt Online
Amsterdam-West
Neighbourhoods of Amsterdam
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