Sloten, Amsterdam Explained

Image Map1:LocatieAmsterdam.svg
Map Caption1:Amsterdam within North Holland
Sloten
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:North Holland
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Amsterdam
Subdivision Type3:Stadsdeel
Subdivision Name3:Slotervaart
Subdivision Type4:Borough
Subdivision Name4:Osdorp
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:1066 ..
Coordinates:52.3419°N 4.7969°W
Website:http://www.dorpsraadslotenoudosdorp.nl/

Sloten (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈsloːtə(n)/;) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 6 km west of the city centre.[1]

Sloten became a separate municipality in 1816. Absorbed into Amsterdam in January 1921,[2] Sloten (founded in the year 990) became the oldest part of Amsterdam (itself founded in 1254). Sloten is one of the few remnants of various places that have marks of Osdorp before the 1950s and Sloterdijk as well; Sloten was threatened by urbanisation on many occasions between the 1950s and the 1970s, as thousands of houses rose between the wide polderland of the Osdorp region. Sloten remained untouched by suburban growth until in the 1980s, when the Netherlands campaigned to host the 1992 Summer Olympics. Officials proposed that the area around Sloten become an Olympic Village. When Barcelona was instead chosen to be the host, they changed plans and built to create Nieuw Sloten, which rose in the 1990s.

During the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Sloten hosted the rowing events.[3] Now it is best known for the working windmill, transformed into the Rembrandt Sloten Windmill museum.[4]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland, Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.
  2. Web site: 26 March 2021. Sloten. 20 July 2021. Buiten Buurten. nl.
  3. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1928/1928.pdf 1928 Summer Olympics official report.
  4. Web site: The Rembrandt Sloten Windmill/Coopery Museum. www.molenvansloten.nl. 3 September 2017. en-gb.