Vlooienburg

Vlooienburg on the map of Balthasar van Berckenrode (1625)

Vlooienburg or Vloonburg was a filled-in island in the Amstel river on the site of the Stopera in Amsterdam. In the seventeenth century, a lively migrant neighborhood emerged here with timber traders, Jewish merchants from the Mediterrean, kosher shopkeepers, and craftsmen, etc. The island formed the core area of Amsterdam's Jewish Quarter until the destruction in the twentieth century.[1]

  1. ^ "A Walk Around the Block on Vlooienburg (1650-1700) | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online". www.aup-online.com. doi:10.5117/sr2022.1.003.hell;jsessionid=pdblipbopdyrebauqce11ofcbgsl7y68lu-4m5xc.auplive-10-240-14-5.