Sloten, Amsterdam

Sloten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsloːtə(n)]; 52.342°N 4.797°E / 52.342; 4.797) 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 was a separate municipality until 1921. Since then, Sloten (founded in the year 990) became the oldest part of Amsterdam (founded in 1254).[2]

Sloten
Molen van Sloten or Sloten mill, May 2008
Coat of arms
Sloten in the municipality of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam within North Holland
Coordinates: 52°20′31″N 4°47′49″E
Country Netherlands
Province Noord-Holland
Municipality Amsterdam
StadsdeelSlotervaart
BoroughOsdorp
Postal code
1066 ..
Websitehttp://www.dorpsraadslotenoudosdorp.nl/

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

Statues of Saskia and Rembrandt beside the Rembrandt Sloten Windmill/Coopery Museum in Sloten, Amsterdam.
Old border post in Sloten, 5 June 2006.

Notable people

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References

  1. ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland, Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.
  2. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
  3. 1928 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 267-72.
  4. "The Rembrandt Sloten Windmill/Coopery Museum". www.molenvansloten.nl. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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