The Beatrix Canal ( Dutch : Beatrixkanaal ) is an 8.4 km long canal in the southern Netherlands . It was constructed to provide the city of Eindhoven with access to the Wilhelmina Canal .
10-615: In order to be able to regulate the level of the Gender and Dommel streams, which regularly threatened to flood Eindhoven's inner city, an additional Discharge Canal ( Afwateringskanaal ), which is not open to navigation, was dug to connect the Beatrix Canal and the Dommel stream. Into this branch, the Gender now discharges. Upon completion, the canal was named in honour of the newborn eldest daughter of
20-626: A general east-northeast direction towards Eindhoven . The Gender is one of many small streams that drain what once was the marshy heath and moorland of eastern North Brabant and the Kempen plateau . Similar streams include the Dommel , Kleine Dommel , Keersop , Tongelreep , Aa , Binnendieze and Run . All of these streams at one point or other merge to finally form River Dieze in Den Bosch , which in turn flows into River Maas . Near Eindhoven,
30-473: Is 900m east of the Philips Stadion , which is served by Eindhoven Stadion railway station in the event of football matches or other special events at the stadium. Eindhoven Centraal is a major interchange station for train services in the southern Netherlands. The station is served by the following service(s): Eindhoven Centraal railway station is served by bus station Neckerspoel, on the north side, with
40-747: Is the main railway station in Eindhoven in North Brabant , Netherlands . It is the busiest station outside the Randstad area and an important station in the southern part of The Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 July 1864 and is located on the Breda–Eindhoven railway , the Venlo–Eindhoven railway and the Eindhoven–Weert railway . The station is operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen . The station
50-601: The heiress apparent to the Dutch throne , Princess Beatrix . 51°27′19″N 5°24′19″E / 51.4552°N 5.4054°E / 51.4552; 5.4054 This Netherlands location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gender (stream) The Gender ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɛndər] ) is a stream in the Dutch province of North Brabant . It originates in originally marshy flatlands near Steensel and flows through Veldhoven and its eastern district Meerveldhoven in
60-540: The Gender now discharges. A further downstream section of the Gender between the canal and the Engelsbergen pond remains, but receives little water of the original stream. Two districts of Eindhoven that are situated on its banks were named after the Gender stream: Genderdal ('Gender Dale') and Genderbeemd ('Gender Meadow'). In 2005, proposals were accepted to have the Gender flow through the Eindhoven city centre once again:
70-476: The Gender now ended in De Vest, the city moat, which itself was connected to the Dommel. Archaeological excavations during the 1980s and 1990s before the construction of a new shopping centre have brought several branches of the artificial inner-city section of the Gender to light, including a connection to the moat of Eindhoven Castle , which stood just east of the city walls. 20th-century channelisation and
80-410: The Gender originally flowed just north of the medieval city walls , serving as the north part of the city moat , to end in confluence with the Dommel stream. As early as the fifteenth century, its course was diverted southward through the city centre, to provide the city with freshwater supplies and fire-extinguishing means. By the 19th century, the stretch within the old city had been filled in and
90-504: The Nieuwe Gender ('New Gender') project. The stream is to flow partially underground, partially above-ground from the Engelsbergen pond through the city centre and discharge into the Dommel near the railway station . As of the summer of 2006, large-scale city centre reconstruction plans have included the implementation of the Nieuwe Gender, which is still in progress. Eindhoven railway station Eindhoven Centraal railway station
100-437: The emergence of large-scale residential areas in the Gender basin have seen the last stretch before the city centre cut off. In order to regulate water levels of the Dommel and Gender streams, which occasionally threatened to flood Eindhoven's inner city area, a drainage canal (Afwateringskanaal) was dug in the late 1930s to connect the Dommel to the newly constructed Beatrix Canal and so dispose of excess water. Into this canal
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