Fijnaart is a town in the

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province of

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic 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 ...

. It is 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 8 km west of the town of

Zevenbergen Zevenbergen is a Dutch city which is a part of the municipality of Moerdijk. Zevenbergen is located in the northwest of the province of North Brabant near Breda. History Zevenbergen (literal translation: Seven Mountains) is presumably named aft ...

.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1380 as "die fiinre". The etymology is unclear. The area around Fijnaart was '' diked'' around 1380, but lost in the St. Elizabeth's flood of 1421. A new dike was built in the 16th century. Fijnaart developed in the mid-16th century. The Voorstraat was the wide main street and was placed at right angles from the dike. The church was built at the end of the Voorstraat. The Dutch Reformed church is a T-shaped building. The tower was added in 1875. The Catholic Jacobuskerk dates from 1925. It was destroyed by war in October 1944 and rebuilt in 1953. Fort Sabina Henrica was built in 1811 by the French after the English tried to invade Walcheren in 1809. It was part of two opposing forts, and named Duquesne after

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. In 1813, after the French defeat, it was renamed Fort Prins Frederik. In 1913, it received its current name. The fort was enlarged and modified between 1880 and 1883. In 1924, it was decommissioned because it had become obsolete. During the 1950s and 1960s, it was used as an ammunition depot. It was bought by the municipality in 1977. Fijnaart was home to 570 people in 1840. The village used to part of the municipality of

Fijnaart en Heijningen Fijnaart en Heijningen is a former municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It covered the villages of Fijnaart and Heijningen. Fijnaart en Heijningen was a separate municipality until 1997, when it was merged with Zevenbergen.Zeven ...

. In 1996, it was merged into

Notable people

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, singer/songwriter of folk music

Gallery

File:Museum en galerie Van Lien P1070305.JPG, Former museum File:Fijnaart P1070291.JPG, Building in Fijnaart File:Bushalte Fijnaart P1390290.jpg, Apartment buildings File:Basisschool Juliana P1070284.JPG, School

References

{{Coord, 51, 38, N, 4, 28, E, region:NL_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Populated places in North Brabant Moerdijk