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The '''Maelbeek''' or '''Maalbeek''' is a [[stream]] that runs through several [[municipality|municipalities]] in [[Brussels]], including [[Etterbeek]], [[Ixelles]], [[St-Josse-ten-Noode]], [[Schaerbeek]]. It is a [[tributary]] of the [[Zenne]], with its source is located near the [[Abbey of La Cambre/Ter Kameren|Abbey of La Cambre]]. It was vaulted in [[1872]], at which time |
The '''Maelbeek''' or '''Maalbeek''' is a [[stream]] that runs through several [[municipality|municipalities]] in [[Brussels]], including [[Etterbeek]], [[Ixelles]], [[St-Josse-ten-Noode]], [[Schaerbeek]]. It is a [[tributary]] of the [[Zenne]], with its source is located near the [[Abbey of La Cambre/Ter Kameren|Abbey of La Cambre]]. It was vaulted in [[1872]], at which time there were 58 [[pond]]s along the stream. Nowadays, only six are left: the ponds of the Abbey of La Cambre; of [[Ixelles Ponds|Ixelles]] (two); of [[Leopold Park]]; of [[Josaphat Park]]; and of [[Marie-Louise Square]]. |
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The name ''Maalbeek'', meaning [[watermill|a mill]]), comes from the [[Dutch language|Dutch]] words ''beek'' (meaning stream) and ''maal'' (meaning ''to mill''). [[Molenbeek-Saint-Jean|Molenbeek]] has the same derivation. In [[French language|French]] usually the old spelling ''Maelbeek'' is used. There is another Maalbeek, tributary to the Zenne, in [[Grimbergen]], and two other Molenbeeks, in [[Beersel]] and in [[Laeken]]. The name '''Maelbeek/Maalbeek''' was also given to a [[List of metro stations of Brussels|metro station]] in Brussels. |
The name ''Maalbeek'', meaning [[watermill|a mill]]), comes from the [[Dutch language|Dutch]] words ''beek'' (meaning stream) and ''maal'' (meaning ''to mill''). [[Molenbeek-Saint-Jean|Molenbeek]] has the same derivation. In [[French language|French]] usually the old spelling ''Maelbeek'' is used. There is another Maalbeek, tributary to the Zenne, in [[Grimbergen]], and two other Molenbeeks, in [[Beersel]] and in [[Laeken]]. The name '''Maelbeek/Maalbeek''' was also given to a [[List of metro stations of Brussels|metro station]] in Brussels. |
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The Maelbeek or Maalbeek is a stream that runs through several municipalities in Brussels, including Etterbeek, Ixelles, St-Josse-ten-Noode, Schaerbeek. It is a tributary of the Zenne, with its source is located near the Abbey of La Cambre. It was vaulted in 1872, at which time there were 58 ponds along the stream. Nowadays, only six are left: the ponds of the Abbey of La Cambre; of Ixelles (two); of Leopold Park; of Josaphat Park; and of Marie-Louise Square.
The name Maalbeek, meaning a mill), comes from the Dutch words beek (meaning stream) and maal (meaning to mill). Molenbeek has the same derivation. In French usually the old spelling Maelbeek is used. There is another Maalbeek, tributary to the Zenne, in Grimbergen, and two other Molenbeeks, in Beersel and in Laeken. The name Maelbeek/Maalbeek was also given to a metro station in Brussels.
The Woluwe river also has a tributary named Kleine (little) Maalbeek, in Kraainem.