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24-397: The Kadijken, a rectangular area measuring 900 by 170 metres, is bordered by Nieuwe Herengracht and Schippersgracht to the west, Nieuwe Vaart canal to the north, Sarphatistraat street to the east, and Entrepotdok canal to the south. The neighbourhood is cut into two halves, a larger western part and a smaller eastern part, by a former complex of sluice gates that forms a canal between

48-570: A nursing home until 2007. The complex has been radically renovated. In 2009, the H'ART Museum opened its doors here. Behind the H'ART Museum on the Nieuwe Herengracht 18 and 20 are the 18th-century houses Het Corvershof and Amstelrank. The monumental buildings were also commissioned by the Diaconie to accommodate and care for the elderly and the sick. Like Van Limmikhof and Hodshonhof, which are located on Nieuwe Keizersgracht, they are part of

72-888: Is a canal in Centrum district of Amsterdam . The canal is an extension of the Herengracht that runs between the Amstel and the Scharrebiersluis (lock) leading to the Schippersgracht from the Entrepotdok . It is in the Plantage neighborhood in the eastern part of the Grachtengordel (canal belt). The Herengracht, dug in 1612, is named after the Heren Regeerders who governed Amsterdam in

96-448: Is determined by the central municipal council . Responsibilities delegated to the 2014 district committees include parks and recreation, streets and squares, refuse collection, permits and events, preparation of zoning plans, passports and drivers licenses, and welfare work. The former district council of Amsterdam-Centrum originally had 27 members but was enlarged in 2006 with two extra members. The last district executive board president

120-468: Is now a museum. The neighbourhood has a large number of rijksmonumenten (national monuments), including the warehouses on Entrepotdok, the Sibbelwoningen on Hoogte Kadijk and a series of 17th- and 18th-century houses. The Kadijken were created during the fourth 17th-century expansion of Amsterdam, completed in 1663, in which an area of land beyond the dikes protecting the eastern side of Amsterdam

144-550: Is one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world. Around 1682, at the behest of the Diaconie of the Netherlands Reformed Congregations , the Amstelhof was built between Nieuwe Herengracht and Nieuwe Keizersgracht in monumental classical style as a home for the elderly in need. The construction was made possible by a bequest and the donation of the building land by the city administration. It remained in use as

168-714: The 16th and 17th centuries. The part between Leidsegracht and the Amstel belongs to the expansion of 1658. With the last expansion, the section was laid east of the Amstel to Schippersgracht, where the water flowed into the IJ , or since 1832 into the Oosterdok . This part, the Nieuwe Herengracht, like the Nieuwe Keizersgracht and the Nieuwe Prinsengracht , ran through the prosperous part of Amsterdam's Jewish quarter . From 1874

192-608: The Amstelhoven complex, which used to include the building that now houses the H'ART Museum. They share the communal garden designed by Bureau Mien Ruys . Organizations related to the Protestant Diaconie Amsterdam are still located in the houses. Amstelrank offers accommodation to Het Wereldhuis, where refugees are assisted. Amsterdam-Centrum Amsterdam-Centrum is the inner-most borough and historical city centre of Amsterdam , Netherlands , containing

216-725: The Nieuwe Herengracht has been part of the shipping connection between the Amstel and the Oosterdok and the IJ respectively. Before this the connection was via the Zwanenburgwal and the Oudeschans . The stone arch bridges were replaced by movable bridges for the shipping industry. These bridges are the Weesperzijde (bridge 237: Walter Süskindbrug), Weesperstraat (bridge 238: M.S. Vaz Diasbrug ), Muiderstraat (bridge 239: Hortusbrug) and bridge 50 in line with Plantage Doklaan. These were replaced by

240-507: The Nieuwe Vaart and Entrepotdok canals. This canal isolates the western part of the neighbourhood from the rest of the city, making it a de facto island. Connecting the two main streets, Hoogte en Laagte Kadijk, is a small street appropriately named Tussen Kadijken ("Between the Kadijken "). The small street Buiten Kadijken ("Outer Kadijken ") runs from Hoogte Kadijk to Nieuwe Vaart canal. At

264-532: The Zeemanshuis ("Seamen's House") and the gate building of the Algemeen Rijksentrepot, both dating to the 19th century. From the square, a cast-iron bridge leads across Nieuwe Herengracht canal. Behind the bridge are the Scharrebiersluis sluice gates . Both the bridge and the sluice gates were constructed in 1906. The neighbourhood has about 3,000 inhabitants. There are about 1,700 residences, primarily in

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288-405: The corner of Hoogte Kadijk and Buiten Kadijken is a pillar topped with a sculpture of a falcon with a crown on its head. This is a replica of a cast-iron sculpture that stood here for many years as a trademark of the beer brewery De Gekroonde Valk ("The Crowned Falcon"), which has been located here since the 18th century. The western edge of the neighbourhood is formed by Kadijkenplein square with

312-446: The council. Since the 2014 municipal elections , the district councils have been abolished and replaced by smaller, but still directly elected district committees ( bestuurscommissies ). The district committees are elected every four years, on the same day as the city's central municipal council . Each district committee elects three of its members to form an executive committee ( dagelijks bestuur ). The district committees' jurisdiction

336-629: The current bridges in the 1960s and 1970s. Because the expansion of Amsterdam reduced demand for land, some building plots were donated to charities. For example, in 1682 the Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam , originally intended by the Amsterdam city council as a medicinal herb garden, was moved to the Nieuwe Herengracht. This botanical garden located on the bank of the Nieuwe Herengracht in the Hortus Bridge ( bascule bridge 239) and Muiderstraat

360-467: The dike came to be called Laagte Kadijk. The Kadijken rapidly developed into an area dominated by shipyards. The south side was originally used for recreation, but from the early part of the 18th century this part of the neighbourhood was filled with warehouses and other buildings for storage of goods. In 1827 the Rapenburgergracht, as the canal along the southern edge of the neighbourhood was called,

384-696: The highest in the country. Amsterdam-Centrum consists of fourteen neighborhoods: Binnenstad (comprising the Burgwallen Oude Zijde and Burgwallen Nieuwe Zijde areas), Grachtengordel (including the Negen Straatjes district), Haarlemmerbuurt , Jodenbuurt , Jordaan , Kadijken , Lastage , Oosterdokseiland , Oostelijke Eilanden (including the Czaar Peterbuurt ), Plantage , Rapenburg , Uilenburg , Westelijke Eilanden and Weteringschans . Neighborhoods are largely traditional divisions of

408-539: The inner city rather than strictly defined administrative units; as such, they have no level of autonomy, administrative privileges or governing bodies of their own. Until 2014, the Amsterdam boroughs , called stadsdelen (also known as urban districts in English), were governed by a directly elected district council ( deelraad ) as well as a separate district executive board, the members of which were appointed and controlled by

432-451: The majority of the city's landmarks. Established in 2002, Amsterdam-Centrum was the last area in the city to be granted the status of self-governing borough. The borough is 8.04 km and covers the UNESCO -listed Amsterdam canal belt . In 2013, the borough had approximately 85,000 inhabitants, who on average had the second-highest income per household in the city (after Amsterdam-Zuid ) and one of

456-502: The neighbourhood did not start to fade until the 20th century. From the 1970s onwards, hundreds of government-subsidised apartments were built, both in former warehouses and in newly constructed buildings. The museum EnergeticA was located in a former power station from 1903 on Hoogte Kadijk. The museum closed in 2007, and the collection was taken over by science centre NEMO . Nieuwe Herengracht The Nieuwe Herengracht ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˌniu.ə ˈɦeːrə(ŋ)ˌɣrɑxt] )

480-500: The other members were Jeanine van Pinxteren ( GL ) and Roeland Rengelink ( PvdA ). For the period 2018-2022 is Dehlia Timman (succeeded Mascha ten Bruggencate in July 2021) chair (both D66), the two other members are Micha Vos and Ilse Griek (both GreenLeft). The borough office (Dutch: stadsdeelkantoor ; English: district office; also known as stadsloket in Dutch) of Amsterdam-Centrum

504-625: The western part of the neighbourhood. Of those, 70% is rented (60% government-subsidised apartments and 10% private rental), and the remaining 30% is privately owned. The eastern part of the neighbourhood is less residential; this area is dominated by offices and workshops. The many former warehouses and shipyards in the Kadijken are a reminder of the neighbourhood's past as an area of town dominated by shipping and industry. Werfmuseum 't Kromhout and Koning William, both on Hoogte Kadijk, are still in use as shipyards. The eastern hall of Werfmuseum 't Kromhout

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528-432: Was Jeanine van Pinxteren ( GL , 2010–2014), who succeeded Els Iping ( PvdA , 2006–2010) and Anne Lize van der Stoel ( VVD , 2002–2006). The new district committee of Amsterdam-Centrum consists of 13 members. It was elected on 19 March 2014 with five national political parties represented in the committee. On 7 April 2014, the committee elected its executive board. Executive committee chair was Boudewijn Oranje ( D66 ), and

552-522: Was added to the city. In this area, a kadijk -type dike, the Nieuwe Zeedijk, had been constructed beyond the original Sint Antoniesdijk dike. A kadijk is the outer, lower dike (levee) within a set of two dikes to keep a river (or, in this instance, the IJ bay), from flooding. During the city expansion, the Nieuwe Zeedijk was raised and the higher part was called Hoogte Kadijk, while the lower part lying behind

576-537: Was taken over by the Dutch national government. The government established the Algemeen Rijksentrepot there, which allowed goods in transit to be temporarily stored and transferred from one ship to another without the need to pay excise duties. With a total of 96 warehouses stretching 800 metres, this was one of the largest complexes of warehouses in Europe. The Rapenburgergracht was renamed Entrepotdok. The industrial character of

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