Stadsbank van Lening, Amsterdam
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The Stadsbank van Lening (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈstɑtsbɑŋk fɑn ˈleːnɪŋ]) is a not-for-profit city Bank van Lening dating from 1614 on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is the oldest credit distributor in Amsterdam and today has about 85 employees working here and in offices on the Albert Cuypstraat, Bijlmerplein and Osdorpplein.
History
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The bank was built in 1614 as a conversion of an old warehouse used by the poorhouse O.Z. Huiszittenhuis that had been used to store peat for the inhabitants.[1] In 1658 the poet Joost van den Vondel became a clerk there. He worked a total of 10 years for the bank and his "bank chair" has been kept.
Text above the doorway
[edit]Written by Balthazar Huydecoper in 1740:
Hebt gy noch geld, noch goed: gaa deze deur voorby. |
Have you not money, nor goods, pass this door by. |
References
[edit]- ^ Monumentnummer: 6159 Oudezijds Voorburgwal 300 1012 GL te Amsterdam (in Dutch), Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- Stadsbank van Lening 1614 - 1989. W.D. Voorthuysen. Stadsdrukkerij Amsterdam, 1989
External links
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