Sint Joost () is a Dutch village in the municipality of

Echt-Susteren Echt-Susteren (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. Echt-Susteren was created in 2003 by merging the former municipalities of Echt, Netherlands, Echt and Susteren. Echt-Susteren is situated in ...

History

The village was first mentioned in 1294 or 1295 as "De curte Sancti Judoci", and refers to Saint

Judoc Saint Judoc, otherwise known as Jodoc, Joyce or Josse (; traditionally 600 – 668 AD)Alban Butler, (Michael Walsh, ed.) ''Butler's Lives of the Saints'' (1991) ''s.v.'' "December 13: St Judoc, or Josse (AD 688)". was a seventh-century Breto ...

. Sint Joost is a linear settlement which developed around a Valliscaulian monastery. The farm Kloosterhof is a 13th century remnant of the monastery which was converted into a farm in the 18th century. The area of Sint Joost is frequently raided by the so-called " Buckriders" (''Bokkenrijders'') between 1730 and 1780. Sint Joost was home to 226 people in 1840. On 20 and 21 January 1945 the village was largely destroyed during the liberation by the British troops during

Operation Blackcock Operation Blackcock was an operation to clear German troops from the Roer Triangle, formed by the towns of Roermond and Sittard in the Netherlands and Heinsberg in Germany during the fighting on the Western Front in the Second World War. It w ...

. The St Judocus Church is chalk stone aisleless church with a square tower built between 1958 and 1959. In 2013, a light earthquake was measured with a force of 3.4 on scale of Richter.

Gallery

File:Sint Joost (Echt-Susteren) Kloosterhof.JPG, Former monastery farm File:Sint Joost (Echt-Susteren) entreebord, fietsbaan.JPG, Welcome to Sint Joost

References

Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Echt-Susteren {{LimburgNL-geo-stub