Buckriders

The Bockreiter ( Bokkenrijders in Dutch and Bokkeriejersj in Limburg ) were, according to tradition, a band that was active in the area of Limburg, in Herzogenrath and dandruff 1730-1780. Limburg presented at that time still a matched area, whereas it is now divided between three countries: Belgium, Germany and Netherlands.

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One of the leaders of the Bockreiter was the "Black Captain ". Since the Bockreiter often gave away their loot to the poor, they were also known as the Robin Hood gang in the Netherlands.

There was - considered gross - two Bockreiter periods, one in 1740 and another about 1770 The first Bockreiter gang originated in Wolf Hagen, a part of the community dandruff. . The leader was called Geerling Daniels. A particularly notorious Bockreiter this time was the Frenchman Jacques du Jardin, a former soldier who earned his living as a musician ( he played the violin ). His nickname was " de Keukelaer ". He was hanged in 1751 on the Danikerberg ( the border between Geleen and dandruff ).

During the second period Bockreiter 328 men and women were executed by forced confessions by torture in the region.

Based on the young adult novel published in 1986 Ontsnapt aan de galg ( German: "To the gallows escape " ) by Ton van Reen was the 1993 TV series De legend van de Bokkenrijders rotated, which was also broadcast in Germany under the title The Bockreiter.

In the Dutch amusement park Efteling the Mad House Villa Volta, which also focuses on the exploits of the gang is.

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