Schaijk is a town in the Dutch province of

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to th ...

. It is located in the former municipality of Landerd, about southeast of

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History

Schaijk developed in the Middle Ages on the border of the sand and clay land. It was part of the which became a Catholic enclave of

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within the

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in 1631. The Land van Ravenstein was conquered by France in 1794, and sold to the Batavian Republic (the predecessor of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) in 1800. The St Antonius Abt Church was built between 1894 and 1895 to replace the medieval church. Between 1901 and 1902, a new wall was built around the 15th century tower and the tower and enlarged. Schaijk was home to 536 people in 1840. Schaijk was a separate municipality until 1994, when it merged with

Zeeland , nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge") , anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem") , image_map = Zeeland in the Netherlands.svg , map_alt = , m ...

to form the new municipality of Landerd. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of

Maashorst Maashorst is a municipality in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands, formed from the merger of Landerd and Uden. The municipality came into existence on 1 January 2022. The name Maashorst refers to the nature reserve of the same name, w ...

. Schaijk is known for its carnival, called "moeslands carnaval". During carnival, The name changes from Schaijk to Moesland, which loosely translates into "Kale-land".

Gallery

File:1685B2496 Raadhuis van Schaijk 2.jpg, Former town hall File:Schaijk (Landerd) basisschool De Regenboog, gebouwd 2010.jpg, School File:Schaijk (Landerd) Past.van Winkelstraat 37 (02).JPG, Shop in Schaijk File:Schaijkse heide - panoramio (3).jpg, Heath near Schaijk

References

External links

* {{Coord, 51, 45, N, 5, 38, E, display=title, region:NL_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1994 Geography of Maashorst