Wijk en Aalburg is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant.

[4] Both villages developed along the Afgedamde Maas in the Middle Ages and merged into a single settlement.

[5] In 1813, during the French occupation, the administrative system of the Netherlands was reformed and old rights and privileges were abolished.

On 31 January 1816, after the establishment of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Province of North Brabant decided to rent out the floodplains of the river.

The mayor of Wijk sued the Province, because the area was a communal ground according to old privileges.