Panurbana 162 Regthuys Watergraafsmeer

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Panurbana 162

Regthuys Watergraafsmeer

Amsterdam Atlas

collage: 16 photos

format: 80 x 60 cm

In 1628 it was decided to drain the Watergraafsmeer and
in 1629 the Middenweg and the Kruislaan were constructed.
In 1660, 'Herberg de Regthuys' was built along the Middenweg,
where people could eat, drink and spend the night.
Justice was also administered in the inn: in the cellars were the dungeons
and an executioner carried out corporal punishment and executions.
In 1777 a new 'Regthuys' is built, the design is
by Caspar Philips Jacobsz (1732-1789).
On October 9, 1811, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte moves
with a procession over the Middenweg to Amsterdam.
An arch of honor was made at the Regthuys and the emperor was
symbolically handed over the city keys of Amsterdam.
This ceremony is depicted in the painting 'The entry of Napoleon
' by Mattheus Ignatius van Bree (1773-1839),
in the background the dome tower of the Courthouse can be seen.
The Regthuys kept its original function until the municipality
of Watergraafsmeer was annexed by Amsterdam in 1921.