Sint Jansteen
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sint Jansteen
| settlement_type = Village
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| image_skyline = File:Aanzicht - Sint Jansteen - 20120653 - RCE.jpg
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| image_caption = Sint Jansteen (1967)
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| image_shield = Sint Jansteen wapen.svg
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Zeeland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Hulst
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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4564AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 20 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 2.5
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| area_total_km2 = 4.45
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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=20 April 2022}}
| population_total = 3,180
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = 0114
| coordinates = {{coord|51|15|48|N|4|3|4|E|region:NL_type:city(3178)|display=inline,title}}
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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.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1248 as Sancti Ioannis ad Lapidem, and means "stone building dedicated to John the Baptist".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/sintjansteen |title=Sint Jansteen |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=20 April 2022 |language=nl}} 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).{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu09_01/sten009monu09_01_0092.php |title=Sint Jansteen |author=Piet van Cruyningen & Ronald Stenvert| year=2003 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 8830 6 |access-date=20 April 2022 |language=nl}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lowensteyn.com/Samuel_Holland/hulst.html|title=Further}} De la Rocque was later arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for his war crimes in Loevestein Castle.
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.
Sint Jansteen was home to 708 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/sint-jansteen |title=Sint Jansteen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=20 April 2022 |language=nl}} Sint Jansteen was a separate municipality until 1970, when it was merged with Hulst.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}
Gallery
File:Sint Janssteen, de Sint Johannes de Doperkerk RM22796 foto2 2013-05-06 13.52.jpg|Sint Jansteen, church: de Sint Johannes de Doperkerk
References
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{{Dutch municipality Hulst}}
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Category:Populated places in Zeeland