Maalbeek

The Maelbeek (French, pronounced [malbek, -bɛk] ^ⓘ; former Dutch spelling) or Maalbeek (modern Dutch, pronounced [ˈmaːlbeːk]) is a stream that flows through several municipalities in Brussels, Belgium, including Etterbeek, Ixelles, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Schaerbeek. It is a tributary of the Senne, which it joins up in Schaerbeek, from its source located to the south near La Cambre Abbey. Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station is located in the central area of this Maalbeek valley.

CountryBelgium

MouthSenne

coordinates

50.838°N 4.3796°E / 50.838; 4.3796

ProgressionSenne→ Dyle→ Rupel→ Scheldt→ North Sea

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Maelbeek (French) Maalbeek (Dutch)
The source of the Maelbeek at La Cambre Abbey in Brussels
Location
Country	Belgium
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Senne
• coordinates	50.838°N 4.3796°E / 50.838; 4.3796
Basin features
Progression	Senne→ Dyle→ Rupel→ Scheldt→ North Sea

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The name Maalbeek, meaning "mill brook", comes from the Dutch words beek (meaning "brook") and maal (meaning "to mill"). Molenbeek has a similar derivation. The stream was vaulted in 1872, at which time there were 58 ponds along it. Nowadays, only six are left: the ponds of La Cambre Abbey; of Ixelles (two); of Leopold Park; of Marie-Louise Square; and of Josaphat Park.

There is another stream in the vicinity named Maalbeek,^[1] also a tributary to the Senne, in Grimbergen, and two other streams named Molenbeek, found in Beersel and in Laeken. The Woluwe river also has a tributary named the Kleine (little) Maalbeek, in Kraainem.