Achterwater

Het Achterwater was oorspronkelijk een watertje dat als een verlenging van de Achterhaven kon worden beschouwd. Erover lag de Langebrug. In de 19e eeuw is dit watertje gedempt.

Het zuidelijke gedeelte, waarop een plantsoen de Plantage werd aangelegd, werd Dam genoemd, later het Piet Heynsplein.

Achterwater was originally a backwater that could be regarded as an extension of Achterhaven (Back Harbour) and Langebrug (Long Bridge) lay over it. In the 19th century this backwater was filled up.

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Delfshaven is a district of Rotterdam that was independent until 1886.
Delfshaven was spared from the German bombing of Rotterdam, but part of it was damaged by Allied bombing in 1943

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Achterwater

The Achterwater was originally a small body of water that could be regarded as an extension of the Achterhaven (Back Harbour). The Langebrug lay over it. This water was filled in in the 19th century.

The southern part, on which a public garden, the Plantage, was constructed, was called Dam, later Piet Heynsplein.