De Beemd
The field name ‘Beemd’ is used in North Brabant to designate meadows in a stream valley. This implies that it was originally a wet hayfield. The area was part of the lowland stream the Aa. Little remains of this biotope. It is cut off from the stream valley by the 2 canals that cut through Laarbeek.
Around 1824 the Zuid-Willemsvaart was dug and a century later the Wilhelmina Canal. Its reasonably high biodiversity is caused by the fact that the Beemd escaped large-scale agriculture. It is currently managed by small hobby farmers. The plot layout within the area has existed for more than 200 years. The IVN, Laarbeek department manages an area of 1½ ha of this.
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