Both the colours and the crosses are also found in the escutcheons of two towns near Amsterdam: the village of Ouder-Amstel on the banks of the river Amstel to the southeast, and Nieuwer-Amstel (now the suburb Amstelveen) to the southwest.
Dolf: Born in Amstelveen, his full name is Rudolf Hefting, and at the age of 16 becomes the active leader of the crusade.
These colors as well as the crosses are to be seen in the flags of both Ouder-Amstel and Amstelveen.
The only exception is Amstelveen Binnenhof, one of the termini of line 5, which must therefore be served by bidirectional vehicles.
Willem "Wim" Hesterman (26 November 1897, Amsterdam – 2 December 1971, Amstelveen) was a Dutch boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
But he was unable to resist playing opportunities and decide to return to playing and coaching hockey, and later attended the FIH coaching seminar in 2000 during the FIH Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, Netherlands.
In 2009 he ended fifth with this team at the European Championship in Amstelveen and in 2011 they ended fourth at the European Championship in Mönchengladbach.