Dommelen is a village in southern Netherlands . It is located in the municipality of Valkenswaard , North Brabant . Dommelen derives its name from the little brook Dommel that runs through it. Having its clear water close at hand, Dommelen is mostly known for its beer brewery from which the brand name Dommelsch is derived. Its other main attraction is an old watermill .
6-577: Dommelen was a separate municipality until 1934, when it was merged with Valkenswaard. The spoken language is Kempenlands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch ). The village was first mentioned in 1297 as Dumellam, and means "settlement on the Dommel ". The etymology of the river is unknown. The Catholic St Martin Church was built in 1882 and 1883 in Gothic Revival style with
12-661: A built-in tower. It was enlarged between 1929 and 1930. Dommelen was home to 347 people in 1840. It was an independent municipality until 1934, when it was annexed by Valkenswaard . Dommelen remained a village until the 1970s, when new neighbourhoods were added. RKVV Dommelen is an amateur football club in Dommelen. It was founded in 1942. The club's first team plays on Sundays in the fourth division of Dutch amateur football (season 2012/2013). The club plays at Sportpark 't Heike in Dommelen. East Brabantian East Brabantian ( Dutch : Oost-Noord-Brabants or Oost-Brabants )
18-500: A large area east and south east of Eindhoven , including Arendonk and Lommel in Belgium ), Noord- Meierijs (in an area south of 's-Hertogenbosch into Eindhoven ), Peellands (in Helmond and surroundings), Geldrops and Heeze-and-Leendes . The last two are small local dialects that are found as separate groups in few other classifications. East Brabantian dialects are distinct from
24-596: Is one of the main divisions of the Brabantian dialect group recognized by the Woordenboek van de Brabantse dialecten . East Brabantian dialects are mainly spoken in the eastern part of the province of North Brabant . Classifications of Brabantian recognize it as a separate dialect group. Sometimes it is called Meierijs , after the Bailiwick of Den Bosch . East Brabantian dialects are further subdivided into Kempenlands (in
30-572: The conjugation of Germanic strong verbs (like in Limburgish ). Typical of East Brabantian are forms such as geleuven vs Dutch geloven "believe", bruur vs Dutch broer "brother" and zuke vs Dutch zoeken "search". Also diminutives such as menneke (with i-umlaut of the stem vowel) vs Dutch mannetje "little man" and jeske vs Dutch jasje "little coat". Conjugations such as velt vs Dutch valt "falls" are typically East Brabantian. (Compare Standard German fällt , also showing
36-605: The more western variants, Central Brabantian and West Brabantian, and also from dialects of southern Brabant like Southern Brabantian , Kempens and Getelands . Some peculiarities are typical eastern and shared with the Limburgish dialects while others only occur locally. East Brabantian dialects have been somewhat influenced by the Cologne language expansion and thus share some features with it which are absent from western varieties. Such differences include umlaut in diminutives and
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