Genderen is a village in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

province of

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called 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 the we ...

. It is located in the municipality of

Altena Altena (; 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, in the northern stretc ...

. The village was first mentioned in the late-11th century 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 Bergse Maas (; pre-1947 spelling: Bergsche Maas) is a canal that was constructed in 1904 to be a branch of the river Maas (French: Meuse) in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The Maas splits near Heusden into the Afgedamde Maas and the Be ...

and was part of the

Land van Altena The Land of Altena ( nl, Land van Altena) is a historical region and former fiefdom of the Lords of Altena, historically part of the County of Holland, but since 1815 located in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The Land of Altena lies on a ...

. The Dutch Reformed church dated from the 13th century, but was destroyed in 1944 during

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. 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 the ...

. 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

Gallery

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