The Lindengracht is a street and former canal in
Amsterdam
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.
It is in the
Jordaan
The Jordaan is a neighbourhood of the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is part of the borough of Amsterdam-Centrum. The area is bordered by the Singelgracht canal and the neighbourhood of Frederik Hendrikbuurt to the west; the Prinsengracht to ...
neighborhood of the
Centrum
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district just west of the canal belt.
The canal was back-filled in 1895. It connected the
Brouwersgracht
The Brouwersgracht is a canal in Amsterdam that connects the Singel with the Singelgracht.
The canal marks the northwestern border of the Grachtengordel (canal belt).
Between the Prinsengracht and the Singelgracht the Brouwersgracht forms the n ...
with the
Lijnbaansgracht
Lijnbaansgracht () is a partly filled-in canal in Amsterdam which bends beyond the boundary of the center, Amsterdam-Centrum. The canal runs parallel to the Singelgracht, between the Brouwersgracht and the Reguliersgracht.
History
The Lijnbaa ...
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The Eerste Lindendwarsstraat and Tweede Lindendwarsstraat are side streets.
Lindenstraat runs parallel to the Lindengracht.
History
The Lindengracht was dug in the first half of the 17th century during the major urban expansion called the Third Expansion of Amsterdam.
Founded in the 14th century and almost completely destroyed by fire in 1572, the
Carthusian
The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians ( la, Ordo Cartusiensis), are a Latin enclosed religious order of the Catholic Church. The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has its ...
monastery ' Sint-Andries- ter-Zaliger-Haven' was initially outside the city walls.
After the city expansion of 1612, the site came to lie within the city: between Lindengracht, Tweede Lindendwarsstraat, Lijnbaansgracht and Karthuizersstraat.
The only thing that visibly recalls the monastery - mentioned by
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel (; 17 November 1587 – 5 February 1679) was a Dutch poet, writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most ...
in his play
Gijsbrecht van Aemstel - is the 17th-century 'Karthuizerhofje for widows' (also known as Het Huiszittenweduwenhof ).
The Lindengracht and the
Palmgracht
The Palmgracht (; Palm Canal) is a street and former canal in the Jordaan neighborhood of the Centrum district of Amsterdam.
Location
The canal, part of the western Grachtengordel (canal belt), was backfilled in 1895.
It connected Brouwersgrach ...
were back-filled in 1895.
There were eleven canals in the Jordaan: from north to south:
Palmgracht
The Palmgracht (; Palm Canal) is a street and former canal in the Jordaan neighborhood of the Centrum district of Amsterdam.
Location
The canal, part of the western Grachtengordel (canal belt), was backfilled in 1895.
It connected Brouwersgrach ...
,
Goudsbloemgracht, Lindengracht,
Anjeliersgracht
The Anjeliersgracht (Carnation Canal) is a former canal in the Jordaan neighborhood of Amsterdam. After being backfilled in 1861, it is now Westerstraat.
Anjeliersgracht is located between Marnixstraat and Noordermarkt.
The canal led from Prinse ...
,
Egelantiersgracht
The Egelantiersgracht in Amsterdam is a canal in the Jordaan neighbourhood in the Amsterdam-Centrum borough.
The canal lies between the Prinsengracht and the Lijnbaansgracht.
History
The Jordaan, between the outer canal and the town wall, was p ...
,
Bloemgracht
The Bloemgracht () is a canal in the Jordaan district of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
It connects the Prinsengracht with the Lijnbaansgracht and runs between and parallel to Nieuwe Leliestraat and Bloemstraat in the Amsterdam-Centrum district.
Th ...
,
Rozengracht
The Rozengracht is a street in the Jordaan neighbourhood of Amsterdam.
It runs between the Prinsengracht at the Westermarkt and the Singel canal at De Clercqstraat.
The name means "Rose canal".
The Rozengracht is one of the six former canals i ...
,
Lauriergracht
The Lauriergracht (; literally "Laurel Canal") is one of the canals of Amsterdam, located in the Jordaan, west of the Grachtengordel.
History and inhabitants
It was painted and photographed by George Hendrik Breitner who set up a studio on the ...
,
Elandsgracht
The Elandsgracht is a street and former canal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
It runs between the Prinsengracht and the Singelgracht in the Jordaan neighborhood of the Amsterdam-Centrum district.
Bridge 169 over the Singelgracht and Bridge 107 ove ...
,
Looiersgracht
The Looiersgracht (; Tanners' Canal) is a short canal in Amsterdam, between Prinsengracht (at no. 334) and Lijnbaansgracht (no. 206) in the Jordaan neighborhood of the Amsterdam-Centrum district.
The Looiersgracht borders the Grachtengordel (can ...
and
Passeerdersgracht
The Passeerdersgracht is a short canal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, that connects the Prinsengracht with the Lijnbaansgracht.
The canal is the southernmost in the Jordaan neighbourhood and borders the west part of the Grachtengordel (Canal Dist ...
. The Goudsbloemgracht was backfilled after 1857, the Anjeliersgracht in 1861, the Elandsgracht in 1891 and the Rozengracht in 1889. The reasons for back-filling were the poor water quality and the need to create space for increasing traffic.
The Rozengracht became an important tram connection between the center and the neighborhoods west of the Singelgracht.
Various plans to back-fill other canals met with resistance from residents, shopkeepers and market traders.
On July 25 and 26 July 1886 the police tried to prevent playing of the forbidden game of ''palingtrekken'' (eel pulling) on Zaterdagse Brug over the Lindengracht.
This led to riots known as the ''
Palingoproer'' (Eel riot) in which 25 people were killed.
Thanks to the efforts of
Louise Went, home supervisor and later director of Bouwonderneming Jordaan NV, and her future husband, the architect
Jan Ernst van der Pek, a block of new homes was built in 1896 on Lindengracht near Goudsbloemstraat and Goudsbloemdwarsstraten.
Initiatives such as these had a major impact on the development of social housing.
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The reliefs on the facades of Lindengracht (206–220) depict craftsmen's professions.
The Albert Cuypstraat, Dapperstraat, Ten Katestraat and Lindengracht were designated as service streets in 1910.
There is a Saturday market on Lindengracht.
On 5 July 1934, the first fatal victim of the '' Jordaanoproer'' (Jordaan riot) fell on Lindengracht.
The man was hit by a bullet in the head.
The bronze statue that Hans Bayens made in 1979 in honor of writer and schoolmaster Theo Thijssen
Theodorus Johannes Thijssen (Amsterdam, 16 June 1879 – Amsterdam, 23 December 1943) was a Dutch writer, teacher and socialist politician. He is best known for the book ''Kees de Jongen''.
Biography
Theo Thijssen, the oldest child out of six, ...
is on the Lindengracht near the Brouwersgracht.
The Jan Ligtharthuis, named after the educational innovator Jan Ligthart
Jan Ligthart (11 January 1859 - 16 February 1916) was a Dutch teacher and philosopher. He became known for his innovative educational methods and the modernisation of the Dutch education system. He wrote many articles and books about education. ...
, is at Lindengracht 83-85.
The OKC (Municipal Parent and Child Center) has been located at Lindengracht 204 since 2009.
The Stadsbank van Lening was housed in this building from 1902 until 2008 .
There are 21 ''rijksmonument
A rijksmonument (, ) is a national heritage site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
At the end of February 2015, the Netherlands ...
en'' (national monuments) on the Lindengracht.
Courtyards
*The ''rijksmonumen'' Lindenhofje , Lindengracht 94-112 from 1616 is one of the oldest courtyards in Amsterdam.
*The ''rijksmonument'' Suykerhofje from 1667 , Lindengracht 149-163. (The Nieuwe Suykerhofje from 1755 is located at Prinsengracht 385-393.)
Alleys
In many places in the Jordaan there were so-called corridors between the houses.
These narrow alleys gave access to the (often illegally) built-in backyards behind the row of houses, where the less fortunate lived in often dilapidated shelters.
The north side of the Lindengracht alone included:
* Schuitenvoerdersgang (between nrs. 12 and 24)
* Medemblikkersgang (between 28 and 38)
* Valwatergang (between 64 and 66)
* Scheepjesgang (between 80 and 86)
* Oudhuizersgang (between 168 and 182)
* Kuipersgang (between 162 and 168)
* Roo (de) hanengang (between 194 and 204)
* Oude Slijpersgang (between 206 and 214)
* Goudsbloemgang (between 216 and 224)
* Sint Jacobsgang (between 224 and 232)
* Suikerbakkersgang (between 236 and 246)
* Wittekruislaan (between 280 and 282)
* Aalsmeerdergang (between 286 and 290)
* Verwersgang (between 292 and 302)
* Ruitersgang (between 308 and 318)
* Houte (n) kamsgang (between 320 and 326)
* Gijzelaarsgang (between 326 and 332)
These alleys have usually been given a different use after restoration or new construction of adjacent buildings.
Schools
*The former Christian GLO Eduard Gerdesschool is at number 146.
*The former Christian Vak- en Huishoudschool Prinses Irene is located at Lindengracht 284-302.
*The Christian VO School Jan Ligtharthuis is located at numbers 83-85.
*The Amsterdamse Toneelschool & Kleinkunstacademie was located in the former public school 111 on Lindengracht 93.
*An entrance to the former Lagere School nr. 113 located on Goudsbloemstraat is at Lindengracht 200.
Famous residents
* Jan de Bray
Jan de Bray (c. 1627 – April 4, 1697) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem until the age of 60, when he went bankrupt and moved to Amsterdam.
Jan de Bray was influenced by his father Salomon de Bray, and the por ...
( 1627–97), painter, lived his last years on the Lindengracht (from 1692)
* Jan Micker
Jan Christiaensz Micker (1598 in Amsterdam – 1664 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
Biography
Houbraken mentioned him as a "gemeen schilder" who was the first drawing teacher of Jan Baptist Weenix.[< ...]
(1598–1664), a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter, was living on the Lindengracht when he died
* Hercules Seghers
Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers or Segers ( 1589 – 1638) was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age. Segers is in fact the more common form in contemporary documents, and was used by the painter himself (modern use is about equall ...
(c. 1589–1638), painter and printmaker, had a large house on the Lindengracht from 1620 to1631
File:Palingoproer2.jpg, Eel pulling
File:Theo Thijssen.jpg, Image of Theo Thijssen
Theodorus Johannes Thijssen (Amsterdam, 16 June 1879 – Amsterdam, 23 December 1943) was a Dutch writer, teacher and socialist politician. He is best known for the book ''Kees de Jongen''.
Biography
Theo Thijssen, the oldest child out of six, ...
by Hans Bayens
File:Amsterdam Lindengracht 86.JPG, Lindengracht 86
File:Lindengracht 241.jpg, Lindengracht 241
File: Gevelsteen Lindengracht 27, T Wit paard.JPG, Gablestone Lindengracht 27
Trivia
*The musician Harry de Groot composed the song ''that old Lindengracht''. The words are by Pi Vèriss.
*The village of Vreeland
Vreeland () is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It was a part of the former municipality of Loenen. Since 2011 it has been part of the new formed municipality of Stichtse Vecht. It is located on the river Vecht, about 2 km north o ...
, in the municipality of Stichtse Vecht, also has a Linden canal which still has water.
*There is a waterless Lindengracht in Opmeer
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