Sightseeing Holland visit to Ouder-Amstel - Ouderkerk aan de AmstelOuder-Amstel is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, partially within the municipality of Ouder-Amstel and partly in the municipality of Amstelveen (the western part of the river), at the place where the issues Amstel flows into the District.
The village is located south of Amsterdam, Amstelveen and slightly east of north of the border with the province of Utrecht. The population is approximately 8228 (January 1, 2005). There are 269 companies with which 60 farms. Most of the village lies east of the Amstel River in the municipality of Ouder-Amstel, it is the center of the village and is also the town.
Ouder has an old and new part. The old part has a rich cultural heritage, with a 18th century Reformed Church, a 19th century Gothic Revival Catholic church (the Church Urban) designed by Pierre Cuypers and the centuries-old Portuguese Jewish cemetery Beth Haim with - the Netherlands - unique sculpted tombs.
It is likely that in this place of the lords of the castle has been Aemstel, from which it is mined and Amsterdam Amstelland created. Ouder about two centuries older than Amsterdam. The Lords of Aemstel were vassals of the Bishop of Utrecht and later the counts of Holland. They are several times rebelled against their lords, but that was not well off.
In the old part of Ouder are many restaurants and shops. The new section consists of a residential area and a marina.
North of Ouder located along the Oudererdijk the polder De Zwaan.
Ouder located south of the polder the Round Hoep. The button on the polder dike through Wavre is popular with cycling and walking Amsterdam. Other recreational facilities are rowing on the Botshol, and entertainment on the water Oudererplas, which occurred 60 years after the sand pits that have been made for the construction of the A9.
Ouder a stop along the Zuidtangent, a high speed bus in the direction Haarlem (via Amstelveen, Hoofddorp and Schiphol) and Amsterdam Zuidoost.
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