Standdaarbuiten is a village in the
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People ...
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 the ...
located in the municipality of
Moerdijk
Moerdijk () is a municipality and a town in the South of the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.
History
The municipality of Moerdijk was founded in 1997 following the merger of the municipalities of Fijnaart en Heijningen, Klunde ...
, about 9 km northeast of
Roosendaal
Roosendaal () is both a city and a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.
Towns/villages of the municipality
* Roosendaal (population: 66,760)
* Wouw (4,920)
* Heerle (1,900)
* Nispen (1,440)
* Wouwse P ...
.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1461 as "tgors Standerbuyten", and means "beyond the border pole", however it has later often been corrupted to "sandt daar buiten" (sand on the outside). Standdaarbuiten developed in the 16th century.
The Dutch Reformed church is a
neoclassic aisleless church
An aisleless church (german: Saalkirche) is a single-nave church building that consists of a single hall-like room. While similar to the hall church, the aisleless church lacks aisles or passageways on either side of the nave and separated fr ...
built in 1808 and similar to the church in Moerdijk. The Catholic St John the Baptist church was built in 1925 to replace the village church from 1548.
It used to have a tall tower, but it was damaged during World War II and shortened after the war.
Standaarbuiten was home to 304 people in 1840.
It was a separate municipality until 1997 when it became part of Moerdijk.
In the late half of
World War II the town would the centre of a major river crossing across the Mark River by the
104th Infantry Division in support of
Operation Pheasant
Operation Pheasant, also known as the Liberation of North Brabant, was a major operation to clear German troops from the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands during the fighting on the Western Front in the Second World War. This offensiv ...
between the 31 October and the 3 November, 1944. Elements of the German
711th Infantry Division managed to stop the first major crossing on the 31st by the 2nd Battalion of the
415th Infantry Regiment and result in a 3 Prone attack by the 1st and 3rd Battalions (plus the 2nd Battalion of the
413th Infantry Regiment) to secure the village and establish a bridgehead over the Mark. (
Cecil H. Bolton would also earn his
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor ...
serving with the 104th Infantry Division at Standaarbuiten).
Gallery
File:Voorgevel - Standdaarbuiten - 20203723 - RCE.jpg, House in Standaardbuiten (1967)
1867_Standdaarbuiten.gif, 1867 map
References
{{Coord, 51, 37, N, 4, 31, E, display=title, region:NL_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1997
Populated places in North Brabant
Former municipalities of North Brabant
Moerdijk