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Eindhoven
Eindhoven’s setting begins with two streams, the Dommel and Gender. Its place name also offers a glimpse of the farmland from which the city developed.
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The Dommel provides a geographical thread through Eindhoven, which originated at its meeting with the Gender. The name points towards an older rural landscape around Woensel: eind means “end”, while hove referred to a parcel of land. That background helps explain the city’s roots in North Brabant.
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The Dommel runs through Eindhoven.
Woensel is connected with one explanation of the name Eindhoven.
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