Breda-Prinsenbeek railway station at Breda-Prinsenbeek: Breda-Prinsenbeek railway station Breda-Prinsenbeek is a railway station located in Prinsenbeek near Breda, Netherlands. The station was opened in 1988 and is located on the Breda–Rotterdam railway. The station is currently operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. These are some of the destinations that are possible to reach from Breda-Prinsenbeek: Breda, Dordrecht, Rotterdam and Den Haag. For more major destinations it is best to travel to Breda. These include: Roosendaal, Tilburg, 's-Hertogenbosch, Nijmegen, Arnhem, Eindhoven, Helmond and Venlo. Travelling to Dordrecht will allow a connection on to a faster train to Rotterdam, Den Haag, Leiden and Amsterdam. The following services
Siege of Breda (1624) Holland and West Friesland knew that the Spanish army might attempt to conquer Breda, they left the city with enough food, supplies, and weapons for an eight-month siege. The city council refused to store more food than was necessary for a nine-month siege. Nobody knew what tactics the Spanish army would apply. Therefore, the possibility of a direct assault was also considered. To prevent this, a State army was stationed near Breda with the aim of disrupting any direct assault on the city. The garrison in Breda consisted of 17 companies in peacetime, each of which consisted of 65 men