The Liede is a little river that used to connect
Haarlem Lake with the
Spaarne
The Spaarne is a river in North Holland, Netherlands. This partially canalized river connects the Ringvaart to a side branch of the North Sea Canal. It runs through Haarlem, Heemstede, and Spaarndam.
The historic canals of Haarlem's moats are c ...
, just south of
Spaarndam
Spaarndam is a small village in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands, on the Spaarne river and the IJ lake. The oldest part of the village, on the western side of the Spaarne, belongs to the municipality of Haarlem; the newer part o ...
, at a small lake called the
Mooie Nel.
After the lake was pumped dry in 1852, the Liede became a side-river of the
Ringvaart
The Ringvaart (known in full as Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer Polder) is a canal in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. The Ringvaart (Dutch meaning "ring canal") is a true circular canal surrounding the Haarlemmermeer polder an ...
. The Liede and Mooie Nel are nowadays important for recreational boat sailing. There is also an ice-skating club called ''De Liede''.
website
of the Skating club
References
Geography of Haarlem
Rivers of North Holland
Rivers of the Netherlands
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