Sint Joost is a small village in the municipality of Echt-Susteren

Echt-Susteren

Echt-Susteren is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. Echt-Susteren was created in 2003 by merging the former municipalities of Echt and Susteren....

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History

13th Century - The village of Sint Joost comes into being as a small settlement around a former cloister ("Caulitenklooster").

1730-1780 The area of Sint Joost is frequently raided by the so-called "Goat riders

Goat riders

The Buckriders is a legend of Limburg. There are however as many versions of the legend as there are story tellers.- The legend :...

" (Bokkenrijders). As the legend goes this gang of ruthless robbers and murderers made a pact with Satan and rode on the back of goats, their hoofs never touching the ground! The Kloosterhof in Sint Joost was used for new members to be sworn in by the gang.

1945 On 20 and 21 January 1945 the village is virtually completely destroyed during the liberation by the British troops during Operation Blackcock

Operation Blackcock

Operation Blackcock was the code name for the clearing of the Roer Triangle formed by the towns of Roermond, Sittard and Heinsberg. It was conducted by the 2nd British Army in January 1945 between 14 and 26 January 1945. The objective was to drive the German 15th Army back across the Rivers Rur and...

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