{"id":191321,"date":"1886-08-07T22:42:00","date_gmt":"1886-08-07T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/?p=191321"},"modified":"2026-09-21T21:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T19:24:22","slug":"aalten-lime-tree-in-delfshaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/aalten-lime-tree-in-delfshaven\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aalten Lime Tree in Delfshaven"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Havenstraat 172, Rotterdam-Delfshaven<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Havenstraat in Rotterdam-Delfshaven stands a house dating from 1886, with Aalten\u2019s coat of arms \u2014 the lime tree \u2014 high on its fa\u00e7ade (view it on Google Street View<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n

We do not yet know what connection there was between the person who commissioned the house, Fred(e)rik van Aalten<\/a> (Woudenberg, 1820 \u2013 Rotterdam, 1904), and the municipality of Aalten. His surname naturally suggests a historical connection, although that link may go back a very long way. Frederik may have wanted to express that association without himself knowing exactly how the relationship worked. Further information is very welcome.<\/p>\n

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\"Aalten
Algemeen Handelsblad, 7 August 1886<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Aalten
Algemeen Handelsblad, 10 August 1886<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Frederik
Fragment from Rotterdam City Archives<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A house built in Delfshaven in 1886 bears Aalten’s coat of arms, featuring the lime tree, high on its fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-191321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191345,"href":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191321\/revisions\/191345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}