Senne (river)
Senne (French) Zenne (Dutch) | |
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Location | |
Country | Belgium |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• coordinates | 51°03′54″N 04°25′48″E / 51.06500°N 4.43000°E |
Length | 103 km (64 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Dyle→ Rupel→ Scheldt→ North Sea |
The Senne (French: , only a few hundred metres before the Dyle itself joins the Rupel.
In total, the Senne is 103 km (64 mi) long. The Woluwe and the Maalbeek are some of its tributaries.
Covering and treatment
In Brussels, the Senne had become a serious
The Senne was notorious for being one of Belgium's worst polluted rivers, despite work done to the sewers and spillways in the Brussels–Charleroi Canal, since all effluents from the Brussels-Capital Region emptied into it without treatment. The drainage into the canal was not able to completely stop the floods that regularly affected certain outer areas of the city.[4] In March 2007, the completion of new sewage treatment plants began to remediate this problem.[5][6] However, in December 2009, the Brussels-North treatment plant of Aquiris was temporarily and abruptly shut down, creating a political and ecological crisis.
Cultural impact
The
Despite the covering of the Senne resulting in the river being all but invisible in central Brussels, it has had a cultural impact on the city. A nickname for residents of the city, zinneke, meaning "mutt" or "bastard" in Brusselian dialect, is taken from the stray dogs that hung around the streets by the Lesser Senne (a tangent canal of the river) until the end of the 19th century. The name was revived at the start of the 21st century with the creation of the Zinneke Parade, a multicultural biennial event in Brussels,[10] as well as Het Zinneke, sometimes called Zinneke Pis, a bronze sculpture depicting an urinating dog.[11]
Gallery
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North-eastern view from the bridge of the Rue du Rupel/Rupelstraat in Brussels where the Senne leaves the city's canalisation
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The Senne leaving the Brussels-North water treatment plant near Buda bridge in Haren
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Remains of a sluice tower, quay and watermill over the Senne in the fields in Weerde
See also
References
Notes
- ^ Demey 1990, p. 65.
- ^ Map of Suys' proposal. City Archives of Brussels: p.p. 1.169
- ^ Demey 1990, p. 85.
- ^ Demey 1990, p. 84.
- Aquiris. 2007. Archived from the originalon 19 May 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
- ^ "Brussel eindelijk in orde met waterzuivering" (in Dutch). brusselnieuws.be. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
- ^ "LOI – WET". www.ejustice.just.fgov.be (in French). Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ISBN 978-0-89471-649-2. Archivedfrom the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ "Brasserie de la Senne". Brasserie de la Senne. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Interview met Myriam Stoffen, directrice Zinneke" (in Dutch). 20 May 2008. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Peeing statues". Retrieved 15 June 2018.
Bibliography
- Deligne, Chloé (2005). Bruxelles sortie des eaux : Les relations entre la ville et ses cours d'eau du Moyen Age à nos jours (in French). Brussels: Musées de la Ville de Bruxelles. ISBN 978-2-9600373-1-9.
- Demey, Thierry (1990). Bruxelles, chronique d'une capitale en chantier (in French). Vol. I: Du voûtement de la Senne à la jonction Nord-Midi. Brussels: Paul Legrain/CFC. OCLC 44643865.