Prinsenland

Coordinates: 51°56′4″N 4°32′55″E / 51.93444°N 4.54861°E / 51.93444; 4.54861
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Prinsenland
Neighborhood of Rotterdam
Metrostation Schenkel
Metrostation Schenkel
Country Netherlands
ProvinceSouth Holland
COROPRotterdam
BoroughPrins Alexander
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Prinsenland is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands.

51°56′4″N 4°32′55″E / 51.93444°N 4.54861°E / 51.93444; 4.54861The north of the neighborhood was built in the 1960s, at the same time as the adjacent neigborhood Het Lage Land. The rest of the neighborhood was build in several stages in the 1990s.

It consists of many different types of housing (flats, apartments, row-houses) surrounding the urban park Prinsenpark.[1] In the Prinsenpark there is a cemetery, skate park, and a lake, which contains the monument to the lowest point in the Netherlands, the Vierkant eiland in de plas (Square Island in the Lake) build in 1996.[2]


References[edit]

  1. ^ "Het Lage Land". web.archive.org. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Dutch Water Facts". www.holland.com. 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2021-05-14.