Overtoomse Veld

Overtoomse Veld is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is named for the Overtoomse Sluis, which was an old portage point dating from the 14th century on a major cargo route to and from Amsterdam at the junction of two waterschap areas, Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland and Hoogheemraadschap van Amstelland.

In neighborhood Overtoomse Veld-Noord the following streets are named after Dutch painters from the 19th and 20th century:


 * August Allebé
 * Louis Apol
 * Marius Bauer
 * Antoon Derkinderen
 * Jan Eisenloeffel
 * Johan Greive
 * Henk Henriët
 * Johannes Hilverdink
 * Theo van Hoytema
 * Johan Jongkind
 * Karel Klinkenberg
 * Willem van Konijnenburg
 * Chris Lebeau
 * Charles Leickert
 * Jan Mankes
 * Wally Moes
 * Piet Mondriaan
 * Willem Nakken
 * Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig
 * Willem Nuijen
 * Johan Thorn Prikker
 * Suze Robertson
 * Willem Roelofs
 * Willy Sluiter
 * Jan Sluijters
 * Lawrence Alma-Tadema
 * Jan Toorop
 * Jan Veth
 * Jan Voerman
 * Anthonie Waldorp
 * Hendrik Werkman

In neighborhood Overtoomse Veld-Midden the following streets are named after philosophers:
 * Rudolf Carnap
 * Gottlob Frege
 * Gerrit Mannoury
 * Ludwig Wittgenstein
 * Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

For the Delflandpleinbuurt area in Overtoomse Veld-Zuid, the names come from places in Delfland:


 * Abtswoude
 * Delfland
 * Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland)
 * Honselersdijk
 * Kwintsheul
 * De Lier
 * Loosduinen
 * Maassluis
 * Naaldwijk
 * Nootdorp
 * Overschie
 * Poeldijk
 * Rijswijk
 * Rodenrijs
 * Schipluiden
 * Vlaardingen
 * Voorburg
 * Westerlee