Sint Jansteen
Sint Jansteen is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 31 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom.
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Sint Jansteen Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands Sint Jansteen Sint Jansteen (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 51°15′48″N 4°3′4″E / 51.26333°N 4.05111°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Zeeland |
| Municipality | Hulst |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.45 km2 (1.72 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2.5 m (8.2 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,180 |
| • Density | 710/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4564[1] |
| Dialing code | 0114 |
History edit
The village was first mentioned in 1248 as Sancti Ioannis ad Lapidem, and means "stone building dedicated to John the Baptist".[3] The stone building refers to a castle which has been known to exists since 1170, and contained a chapel dedicated to John the Baptist. Sint Jansteen is a road village which was a free heerlijkheid (=not a fief).[4]
Sint Jansteen was completely demolished on the order of Lt General Pieter de la Rocque, in preparation against the French attack on Hulst during the Austrian Succession War in 1747.[5] De la Rocque was later arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for his war crimes in Loevestein Castle.[6]
The St John the Baptist church is a three-aisled church with needle spire which was constructed between 1857 and 1860. The ridge turret was removed in 1996. The former town hall was built in 1790 as a courthouse.[4]
Sint Jansteen was home to 708 people in 1840.[6] Sint Jansteen was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged with Hulst.[7]
Gallery edit
- Sint Jansteen, church: de Sint Johannes de Doperkerk
References edit
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 4564AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Sint Jansteen". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ a b Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert (2003). Sint Jansteen (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 8830 6. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Further".
- ^ a b "Sint Jansteen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, , KNAW, 2011.