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Prinsenbeek
Europe is one of the five inhabited traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and to the southeast by the waterways adjoining the Mediterranean to and including the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains. Europe is the world's second-smallest continent in terms of area and third-largest continent after Asia and Africa in population.
Prinsenbeek is village and a former municipality in the Dutch province North Brabant. The village is situated western of the motorway A16 and the TGV-line Amsterdam Paris. Prinsenbeek is a part of the parish Breda, and it has 11,419 inhabitants. There is a train station on the line Rotterdam Breda. When it is carnival, Prinsenbeek is called Boemeldonck.
Initially, the village was called Beek. The Prinsenhoeve at Beek was built in the 14th century, and that is the first appearance of this village. Beek became in 1796 an own parish. On 1 July 1866, the train station Prinsenbeek was built.
The municipality Beek was founded in 1942, during World War II, when the town Princenhage was added to the town Breda. The village, with a church, became a municipality on its own. In 1951, the name was changed into Prinsenbeek, because there were several more towns called Beek, one in Limburg and one in Gelderland. Because of a royal decision, on 12 January 1951, Prinsenbeek got a town arms, and on 11 October 1963, the town council decided to have a town flag. On 1 July 1976, the area, eastern of the railway was added to Breda. Finally, at the municipal redividing on 1 January 1997, Prinsenbeek was added to Breda.
Prinsenbeek is definitely one of the popular tourist attractions in Europe worth paying a visit while touring the country. This place leaves a pleasing and unforgettable memory and justifies the proud cultural tradition of Europe.
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