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The Maelbeek or Maalbeek is a stream that runs through several municipalities in Brussels, including Etterbeek, Ixelles, St-Josse-ten-Noode, Schaerbeek. It is a tributary of the Zenne, which it joins in Schaerbeek, and its source is located near the Abbey of La Cambre. It was vaulted in 1872, at which time there were 58 ponds along the stream. Nowadays, only six are left: the ponds of the Abbey of La Cambre; of Ixelles (two); of Leopold Park; of Marie-Louise Square; and of Josaphat Park. The name ''Maalbeek'', (meaning ''mill stream''), comes from the Dutch words ''beek'' (meaning ''stream'') and ''maal'' (meaning ''to mill''). Molenbeek has the same derivation. In French usually the old spelling ''Maelbeek'' is used. There is another Maalbeek, tributary to the Zenne, in Grimbergen, and two other Molenbeeks, in Beersel and in Laeken. The name Maelbeek/Maalbeek was also given to a metro station in Brussels. The Woluwe river also has a tributary named Kleine (little) Maalbeek, in Kraainem. ==See also== * Jardin du Maelbeek * List of rivers of Belgium 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maalbeek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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