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Genderen is a village in the Dutch 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
Altena Altena (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Altenoa'') is a town in the district of Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town's castle is the origin for the later Dukes of Berg. Altena is situated on the Lenne river valley, i ...
. The village was first mentioned in the late 11th century as Ganderon, and means "settlement on the Gander River". Genderen is a stretch-out village which developed in the Middle Ages along the
Bergse Maas The Bergsche Maas (; History of Dutch orthography, current spelling: Bergsche Maas) is a canal that was constructed in 1904 to be a branch of the river Meuse, Maas (French: Meuse) in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The Maas splits near Heusde ...
and was part of the Land van Altena. The Dutch Reformed church dated from the 13th century, but was destroyed in 1944 during
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
. It was rebuilt in 1953, but the tower was constructed from the ruins of the medieval church. Genderen was home to 499 people in 1840. Genderen was a separate municipality until 1923, when it was merged with
Eethen Eethen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Altena. The village was first mentioned in 850 as Atina. The etymology is unclear. Eethen developed on a sand hill in the Middle Ages and part of th ...
. Before 1908, the name of the municipality was ''Heesbeen, Eethen en Genderen''.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006


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File:Genderen, boerderij Merhoek 22 RM521473 foto3 2012-10-07 13.02.jpg, Farm in Genderen File:Schrikmolen 13.JPG, Polder mill Schrikmolen File:Overzicht van de voorgevel - Genderen - 20413545 - RCE.jpg, Farm in Genderen


References

Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Geography of Altena, North Brabant {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub