page_title: Binnendieze
section_title: Kerkstroom
hierarchical_section_title: Binnendieze / The Binnendieze / Kerkstroom
caption_attribution_description: English: View towards Catharina kerk. On the right the old Kerkstroom entrance with sluice. On the left the new Kruisbroedershekel built in 2002. Nederlands: Gezicht op de Catharina kerk. Rechts de oude toegang tot de Kerkstroom met schuif. Links de nieuwe Kruisbroedershekel aangelegd in 2002.
context_page_description: Binnendieze is the common name for all rivers and canals inside the city walls of 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. It is a major tourist attraction. Near the north-west tip of the city walls, the confluence of the Binnendieze with the rivers Aa and Dommel forms the short river Dieze, tributary of the Meuse.
context_section_description: The Kerkstroom is named for flowing under the choir of St-Catherine's church. It is a short natural stream that exits into the Kleine Vughterstroom. From the city moat there are two entrances to the Kerkstroom. Both are called Kruisbroedershekel. The old Kruisbroedershekel was rather narrow, but nevertheless required a 'Hekel' to close it. It was only in 1880 that it was transformed into a sluice. The new Kruisbroedershekel dates from 2002, and was made to (again?) give boats access to the Kerkstroom. From a low hole in the wall west of the old Hekel, a corridor starts through the walls. Inside a room was made which shows the fourteenth century second city wall and a 16th century gate which was found during construction. The corridor continues to exit in the Kerkstroom just behind the wall.
  St-Catherine's church dates from 1913. It has the choir of a previous medieval church. To be more precise: the choir was part of a medieval church which was destroyed when another church was built in the 1840s, retaining the medieval choir. In turn the 1840s church was demolished, but again the choir was spared. It no doubt has to do with the construction of the choir over the Kerkstroom. The house immediately north of the church shows that is has been built right on top of the Kerkstroom, because it has an arch running through the ground floor of the facade. Continuing to the north for a few houses along the Kruisbroedersstraatje, a bridge over the Kleine Vughterstroom announces the end of the Kerkstroom.
caption: Entrances to Kerkstroom
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