The Nieuwe Achtergracht is a canal in

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in the east of the

Grachtengordel The Grachtengordel (, "canal belt (girdle);" known in English as the Canal District) is a neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands located in the Centrum district. The seventeenth-century canals of Amsterdam, located in the center of Amsterdam, wer ...

(canal belt) in the

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district. It runs parallel to the

Nieuwe Prinsengracht The Nieuwe Prinsengracht is a canal in the Plantage neighborhood of Amsterdam, an extension of the Prinsengracht in the eastern Grachtengordel (canal belt). Location The Nieuwe Prinsengracht runs between the Amstel and the Plantage Muidergracht. ...

and connects the Onbekendegracht with the

Plantage Muidergracht The Plantage Muidergracht is a canal and street in the Plantage neighborhood of Amsterdam. On and along the Plantage Muidergracht, near Roeterseiland, are some of the buildings of the University of Amsterdam, originally built for courses or subfac ...

. The canal is crossed by Weesperstraat (at the Weesperplein) and Roetersstraat.

History

The

Achtergracht The Achtergracht () is a short canal in Amsterdam, located between Frederiksplein and the Amstel, parallel to the Prinsengracht. The Achtergracht is located in the eastern part of the Grachtengordel (canal belt). History The original Achtergra ...

is a short canal near Frederiksplein, located west of the

Amstel The Amstel () is a river in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. It flows from the Aarkanaal and Drecht in Nieuwveen northwards, passing Uithoorn, Amstelveen, and Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, to the IJ in Amsterdam. Annually, the riv ...

. The Nieuwe Achtergracht was constructed as an extension of the Achtergracht during the last expansion of the canal belt east of the Amstel. This extension was in the prosperous part of Amsterdam's

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(Jewish quarter).

Architecture

*The Diamond Exchange from 1910, on the corner of the Nieuwe Achtergracht / Weesperplein, was designed by

Gerrit van Arkel Gerrit A. van Arkel (April 3, 1858 in Loenen aan de Vecht – July 11, 1918 in Abcoude) was a Dutch architect who designed many of Amsterdam's most prominent Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) buildings. He moved to Amsterdam in 1883 to become an architec ...

. *The former nursing home of the Joodse Invalide association is located on the corner of Weesperplein on Nieuwe Achtergracht 100 . Nowadays the GGD Amsterdam has its headquarters here . *The former main barracks of the Amsterdam fire brigade are located on Nieuwe Achtergracht 26-34 . *The modern buildings of the

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are located on the eastern part of Roeterseiland near Roetersstraat . Since 2017, there are five bridges over the Nieuwe Achtergracht: *The monumental cast-iron bridge no. 252 (Nieuwe Achtergracht / Onbekendegracht) dates from 1900, renamed in 2016 as Diamantbewerkersbrug (Diamond Working Bridge). *Dr. Meijer de Hondbrug (Bridge No. 257) (Nieuwe Achtergracht / Weesperstraat ) bears the name of Rabbi Dr. Meijer de Hond. *The Halverstad Bridge, bridge no. 260, (Nieuwe Achtergracht / Roetersstraat) is named after the economist and resistance fighter Felix Halverstad . *The Derkje Hazewinkel-Suringabrug is a pedestrian bridge on the site / campus of the University of Amsterdam, Roeterseiland (built in 2017) *Bridge No. 169P is a pedestrian bridge; in line with it is bridge no. 116P over the Plantage Muidergracht . File:Pieter Oosterhuis, Afb OSIM00003001774.jpg , Nieuwe Achtergracht 26-34 before 1900 File:Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Afb 012000005081.jpg , Nieuwe Achtergracht c. 1920 File:Limpergbrug, zijaanzicht (1).jpg , Bridge 169P, Theodore Limpergbrug

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