The Stadsbank van Lening () is a not-for-profit city

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dating from 1614 on the

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. It is the oldest credit distributor in Amsterdam and today has about 85 employees working here and in offices on the Albert Cuypstraat, Bijlmerplein and Osdorpplein.

History

The bank was built in 1614 as a conversion of an old warehouse used by the poorhouse O.Z. Huiszittenhuis that had been used to store

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for the inhabitants.Monumentnummer: 6159 Oudezijds Voorburgwal 300 1012 GL te Amsterdam
(in Dutch),

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became a clerk there. He worked a total of 10 years for the bank and his "bank chair" has been kept.

Text above the doorway

Written by ''Balthazar Huydecoper'' in 1740:

References

* Stadsbank van Lening 1614 - 1989. W.D. Voorthuysen. Stadsdrukkerij Amsterdam, 1989

External links

Website Stadsbank van Lening

Stadsbank van Lening on website amsterdam.nl
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