title: Overtoomse Veld
text: # Overtoomse Veld
  
  52°21′48.01″N 4°50′18.1″E﻿ / ﻿52.3633361°N 4.838361°E﻿ / 52.3633361; 4.838361 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
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