The support riders (Bokkenrijders in Netherlands and Bokkeriejersj in Limburgisch) are after the excessive quantity a gang, which was active between 1730 and 1780 in the area Limburg, in Herzogenrath and Schinnen. Limburg represented at that time still another matching area. Limburg is nowadays divided on three states: Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. One the leader of the support riders was a "black captain". Since the support riders often gave away their booty at arms, they also Robin Hood gang of the Netherlands were called.

There were - roughly regarding two support rider periods, one around 1740 and a further approximately around 1770. The first support rider gang developed for a part of the municipality Schinnen in Wolfhagen. The leader was called Geerling Daniels. A particularly notorious support rider of this time was the Frenchman Jacques you Jardin, a former soldier, who earned its living costs as a play man (he played violin). Its pointed name was "de Keukelaer". It was 1751 on the Danikerberg (the border between Geleen and Schinnen).

To the support riders there is a TV serial "the legend of the support riders", who were shown in the KI.KA.

Related links

• History of the support riders on the side of Herzogenrath
• http://bokkenrijders.shadowtime.net (NL)
• http://www.bokkenrijders.com/ (NL)

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