It is located in the former municipality of Landerd, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of Oss.

Schaijk developed in the Middle Ages on the border of the sand and clay land.

[3] It was part of the Land van Ravenstein [nl] which became a Catholic enclave of Palatinate-Neuburg within the Dutch Republic in 1631.

[4] The Land van Ravenstein was conquered by France in 1794, and sold to the Batavian Republic (the predecessor of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) in 1800.

During carnival, The name changes from Schaijk to Moesland, which loosely translates into "Kale-land".