Overtoomse Veld
# Overtoomse Veld

52°21′48.01″N 4°50′18.1″E﻿ / ﻿52.3633361°N 4.838361°E﻿ / 52.3633361; 4.838361 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:

* Rudolf Carnap
* Gottlob Frege
* Gerrit Mannoury
* Ludwig Wittgenstein
* Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

For the Delflandpleinbuurt area in Overtoomse Veld-Zuid, the names come from places in Delfland:

* Abtswoude
* Delfland
* Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland)
* Honselersdijk
* Kwintsheul
* De Lier
* Loosduinen
* Maassluis
* Naaldwijk
* Nootdorp
* Overschie
* Poeldijk
* Rijswijk
* Rodenrijs
* Schipluiden
* Vlaardingen
* Voorburg
* Westerlee
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