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Prinsenbeek

Field	Value
name	Prinsenbeek
settlement_type	Town
other_name
native_name
native_name_lang	nl
image_skyline	File:Markt Prinsenbeek P1140209.jpg
image_caption	Street of Prinsenbeek
image_flag	Prinsenbeek vlag.svg
image_shield	Prinsenbeek wapen.svg
image_map	File: Map - NL - Breda - Prinsenbeek.PNG
pushpin_map	Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands
pushpin_mapsize	250
pushpin_map_caption	Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Netherlands
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	North Brabant
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Breda
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	4
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	17.11
population_footnotes
population_total	12,365
population_as_of	2025
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	4841
area_code_type	Dialing code
area_code	076
coordinates

Prinsenbeek is a village and a former municipality in the Dutch province North Brabant. The village is situated west of the motorway A16 (Rotterdam–Antwerp) and the TGV line Amsterdam–Paris. Prinsenbeek is a part of the municipality Breda, and it has 12,365 inhabitants (2025). There is a train station on the line Rotterdam–Breda. During the carnival, Prinsenbeek is called Boemeldonck (slowtrainswamp).

History

Initially, the village was called Beek. The Prinsenhoeve (princes' farm) at Beek was built in the 14th century, and that is the first mention of this village. Beek became a parish in 1796. On 1 July 1866 the train station Prinsenbeek was opened.

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 separate municipality. In 1951 the name was changed into Prinsenbeek, because there were several more towns called Beek, one in Limburg and one in Gelderland. By royal decree Prinsenbeek was given a town arms on 12 January 1951 and on 11 October 1963 the town council decided to have a town flag. On 1 July 1976 the area east of the railway was added to Breda to construct the district of Haagse Beemden. Finally at the municipal redivision on 1 January 1997 Prinsenbeek was added to Breda.

Buildings

Prinsenbeek has some civil monuments. The pump at the Markt is a reconstruction from 1975 of the pump from 1874, which was destroyed in 1935.

The Mariachapel was built in 1953, and renamed in 1980 into 'Chapel of Peace', in remembrance of the people who died in the second World War.

The church, built on the Market square.

A sculpture of a slowtrain, which was used to drive on the railroad.

Transportation

Bus 373 connects Prinsenbeek with Breda railway station and Zevenbergen. Bus 216 connects Prinsenbeek with Etten-Leur.

Facilities

There are 3 schools in Prinsenbeek; De Griffioen, De Horizon and a Montessori school.

At the Middenweg there is a pharmacy. There is also a GP next to it. At the Markt there is also a dentist.

There are 3 supermarkets in Prinsenbeek, a Jumbo, a Albert Heijn and a Lidl.

At the Markt, there are many cafes and restaurants, such as Pasta & Pesto.

At the eastern part of Prinsenbeek near the A16, there is a park called Overbos, stretching for over a kilometer parallel with the highway.

There is a football club at the Heikantsestraat named Beek Vooruit.

Gallery

File:Prinsenbeek DSCF5083.jpg |Farm in Prinsenbeek File:Bakker Mark Elias P1140218.jpg|Bakery in Prinsenbeek File:Fruitkraam Fruitig Liesje DSCF1223.jpg|Market in Prinsenbeek File:Onze Lieve Vrouw Hemelvaartkerk (1963), Prinsenbeek P1140228.jpg|Church of Prinsenbeek

References

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"Pasta & Pesto Prinsenbeek".
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