Veldhoven

De Adriaan (English: The Adriaan) is a windmill located on the Windmolen 17 in Meerveldhoven, a neighbourhood of Veldhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands. Built in 1906 on an artificial hill, the windmill functioned as gristmill. The mill was built as a tower mill and its sails have a span of 26.20 meters. The mill is a national monument (nr 37040) since 1 October 1969.

Zeelst is a former village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, now a neighbourhood of Veldhoven. Zeelst was a separate municipality until 1921, when it became part of Veldhoven.

Heikant is a neighbourhood in the municipality of Veldhoven, in the Dutch province of North Brabant. With a population of over 6700 inhabitants, it is the largest neighbourhood in Veldhoven. Heikant contains a small shopping centre and a church. The Sint-Maartenchurch was built in 1990. Heikant was constructed between 1979 and 1989. The first houses were officially completed on February 21, 1980. A substantial part of the former hamlet Het Heike had to be demolished to make room for the new neighbourhood. Seven farmhouses were demolished in 1985. One of them was the farmhouse Clarissenhoef, which originated from the 14th century. Five farmhouses of the hamlet Het Heike remained and were integrated into the new neighbourhood.

The Hovenring is first of its kind in the world suspended cycle path roundabout in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands It is situated in between the localities of Eindhoven, Veldhoven, and Meerhoven, which account for its name.

Veldhoven en Meerveldhoven was a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It was located west of Eindhoven, and covered the village of Veldhoven and the former village Meerveldhoven (now part of Veldhoven). The municipality existed until 1921, when it merged with Oerle and Zeelst; the new municipality was named simply "Veldhoven".

Heers is a hamlet in the south of the municipality of Veldhoven in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands. Most of the buildings are concentrated around a town square with trees. At this town square is a chapel from 1990 located. There is also a monument, erected in 1966 for the local agricultural consolidation project. Heers has a long history. The hamlet is mentioned in books from the Middle Ages. Also, archaeological artefacts from the Bronze Age and the Roman Empire have been unearthed near the hamlet.

The Sondervick College is a Dutch catholic secondary school located in the village Veldhoven (province North Brabant). It provides all three levels of Dutch secondary education: VMBO, HAVO, VWO (and TTO meaning bilingual education at VWO-level).

The Run is a stream in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is a left tributary of the Dommel and part of the Meuse basin. The Run originates near the town of Weebosch and flows in a general northeast direction towards Veldhoven. South of Eersel it flows near the hamlets of Stokkelen, Schadewijk and Stevert. Near the hamlet Stevert used to be a watermill in the Run, which became obsolete in 1969 due to the channelization of the stream. Further downstream the Run passes the hamlet of Heers until it discharges into the Dommel, just south of Veldhoven.

Schoot is a hamlet in the municipality of Veldhoven in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands. The hamlet is located on a street with the same name. This street is a side street of the Knegselseweg, the road connecting Veldhoven with the village Knegsel. East of Schoot lies the residential area Pegbroeken. West of Schoot flows the small stream the Poelenloop and lies the forest area Oeyenbos.

Oerle is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Veldhoven, about 7 km west of Eindhoven. The village was first mentioned in 1249 Oerle, and is a combination of "open forest" and "sand".Oerle was home to 152 people in 1840. Oerle was a separate municipality until 1921, when it became part of Veldhoven.The grist mill Sint Jan is reasonably new wind mill. It was constructed in 1987 from parts of demolished wind mills. The grain which is milled is sold by the miller. In the early 21st century, the village started to grow, and it is planned to grow to about 4,000 people.

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. 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 the heiress apparent to the Dutch throne, Princess Beatrix.

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