Sloten, Amsterdam

Sloten
Molen van Sloten or Sloten mill, February 2008
Coat of arms
Sloten in the municipality of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam within North Holland
Coordinates: 52°20′31″N 4°47′49″E / 52.34194°N 4.79694°E / 52.34194; 4.79694Coordinates: 52°20′31″N 4°47′49″E / 52.34194°N 4.79694°E / 52.34194; 4.79694
Country	Netherlands
Province	Noord-Holland
Municipality	Amsterdam
Stadsdeel	Slotervaart
Borough	Osdorp
Postal code	1066 ..
Website	http://www.dorpsraadslotenoudosdorp.nl/

Sloten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsloːtə(n)]; 52°20′31″N 4°47′49″E / 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(990ad) became the oldest part of Amsterdam(1254ad).^[2]

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.

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

• Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sloten (Amsterdam).

• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Sloten". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.

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  Windmill in Sloten viewed from the south
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  Mindmill in Sloten viewed from the east
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  Close-up of the windmill platform
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  Close-up of the windmill wall
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  Close-up of the wooden gear mechanism
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  Inside view of windmill walls
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  Exposition of the Rembrandt Sloten Windmill/Coopery Museum
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  Stages of construction of a windmill
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  Sloterkerk in Sloten
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  Sint Pancratiuskerk in Sloten