The Bloemgracht ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈblumˌɣrɑxt] ) is a canal in the Jordaan district of Amsterdam , the Netherlands. It connects the Prinsengracht with the Lijnbaansgracht and runs between and parallel to Nieuwe Leliestraat and Bloemstraat in the Amsterdam-Centrum district. The canal is named after the bulwark "de Bloem", later called "Rijkeroord". From 1614 a windmill was located here, but it was moved to Haarlemmerweg in 1878.
8-601: The Bloemgracht was constructed in the first half of the 17th century as part of the Jordaan during one of the major Amsterdam city expansions; the so-called Third Expansion. Initially, dyers were established on and near the Bloemgracht. The Calkoen family in particular was active here. Willem Blaeu started his cartography workshop here in 1635, and it was continued by his son Joan Blaeu and his grandson Joan Junior until 1698. The Atlas Maior or Grooten Atlas by Blaeu
16-537: A food kitchen on Bloemgracht 146, and the St. Vincentius Intermediate School was at number 150. The "Old Papers" charity work project was in a basement at number 67. The Nederlandsche Zondagsschool Vereniging (a Sunday School) was established from 1937 at Bloemgracht 79 and from 1973 at number 65. Disputes within the Restored Apostolic Mission Church - Stam Juda at Bloemgracht 98 were much in
24-536: A studio on the Bloemgracht in the 1660s. Fourteen sugar factories were active on the canal in the 18th and 19th century. Six of the eleven Jordaan canals were filled in during the 19th century. The Bloemgracht, Egelantiersgracht , Lauriergracht , Looiersgracht and Passeerdersgracht remained as water connections between the Prinsengracht and the Lijnbaansgracht. From 1856, the type foundry of
32-491: Is described in various travel guides as one of the most beautiful canals of the Jordaan. The writer Mies Bouhuys said about the Jordaan and the Bloemgracht: "The Jordaan canon starts in 1613, with the construction of the ring of canals. The wealthy lived on the Bloemgracht, the most prestigious canal in the Jordaan. The common people lived in the (cross) streets." The educational innovator Jan Ligthart described life on
40-558: The Bloemgracht extensively in his books. The Bloemgracht is spanned by five bridges, all fixed: The Kees de Jongenbrug (Bridge No. 123, corner Bloemgracht / Prinsengracht) and the Rosa Overbeek Bridge (Bridge No. 121, corner Tweede Leliedwarsstraat) are named after characters in the work of writer Theo Thijssen , for whom there is a museum in Eerste Leliedwarsstraat. The Anne Frank House is opposite
48-668: The graphic trading house of Nicolaas Tetterode was at the Bloemgracht 134-136. There was also the Reformed Christian School, where Jan Ligthart taught, among others. As stated on the plaque on the facade of Bloemgracht 24, the Vereniging Hulp Voor Onbehuisden (Help for the Homeless Association) managed a night shelter here for women and children between 1904 and 1945. The Catholic Society of Saint Vincent de Paul ran
56-629: The news in the 1970s. From 1958 to 1966 the Pacifist Socialist Party (PSP), which was dissolved in 1991, had its office at Bloemgracht 55 The Hollandia rye bread factory was located at Bloemgracht 178. There is a paint factory at Bloemgracht 191. After World War II , when most of the factories had left, the Bloemgracht became more residential-oriented. In addition to expensive canal houses and apartments, it held restaurants and galleries. Characteristically it has some very large canal houses and also very small ones. The Bloemgracht
64-482: Was made on the Bloemgracht. The company was initially located on the corner of Bloemgracht / Tweede Leliedwarsstraat and later on the corner of Derde Leliedwarsstraat. In 1696 the company was dissolved. Bridge no. 120 across the Bloemgracht at the corner of the Derde Leliedwarsstraat was given the name Atlas Bridge. The painter Rembrandt van Rijn , who lived at Rozengracht, is supposed to have had
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