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Rustenburg en Oostbroek is a neighborhood in the Escamp district of The Hague.

The Rustenburg and Oostbroek district was part of the former Oost-Escamppolder, which in turn was part of the subsequently dissolved municipality of Loosduinen. The most important buildings at that time consisted of this Rustenburg estate and the Oostbroek farm, hence the name of this district. In a border shift with Loosduinen in 1902, the area was taken over by the municipality The Hague annexed. The layout of the district was influenced by the architect and urban planner Berlage.

The housing stock consists mainly of single-family homes and porch homes, mainly owner-occupied homes (80%). They are also rented, but from private owners. The neighborhood was put together for the better-off working class; Now Rustenburg/Oostbroek is a multicultural district. From an urban planning perspective, Rustenburg and Oostbroek differ from each other, Rustenburg is slightly more varied than Oostbroek.

Rustenburg can be divided into two districts (south and north), each with its own character. The northern part of Rustenburg consists of three-storey porch apartments, differently designed courtyards surrounded by single-storey buildings, a sports field surrounded by schools and a bathhouse. The southern part has a more formal and monumental structure with single-storey porches and single-family homes.

Oostbroek is normally also divided into Oostbroek-Noord and Oostbroek-Zuid. But Oostbroek is urban and architecturally more uniform compared to Rustenburg. Accents have been added from the inner areas of Oostbroek in a Berlagian manner in the form of squares, widenings and central flower beds. Almost all buildings in Oostbroek consist of three-storey porch houses.

A district program was drawn up in 2000; there is no demolition in the area. The municipality and residents are also focusing on renovating the neighborhood by, among other things, tackling the public space, solving the parking problem and improving the maintenance of the homes. The public space and parking spaces are owned by the municipality, but the homes in the area are the most private, so the residents will have to take care of the maintenance of the home themselves, which will not always be possible. Regardless of the residents' wish not to be demolished, elderly rental properties are being hammered here and there and replaced by more expensive rental and owner-occupied properties. For example, in 2006, housing association Vestia demolished all 106 homes on Vlasakkersstraat and Kortenhoefsestraat in Rustenburg, and 41 rental properties were returned. The remaining homes were intended for sale. The houses are built in the manner of this neighborhood.

The central shopping streets would be both Dierenselaan and Apeldoornselaan. Tram 6 and partly also RR 4 run through the Dierenselaan. On the edge of the district, on the Loosduinsekade, the spiritual movement of Johan Maasbach occupies a prominent place. The Maasbach church is located in the Capitol building, a former theater, which, like the other community hall, was built in striking 1930s architecture.

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