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Druten | |
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| Church in Druten Church in Druten | |
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| Highlighted position of Druten in a municipal map of Gelderland Location in Gelderland | |
| Coordinates: 51°53′N 5°36′E / 51.883°N 5.600°ECoordinates: 51°53′N 5°36′E / 51.883°N 5.600°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Sigrid Sengers (Template:Polparty) |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population | |
| • Total | Template:Dutch municipality population |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6630–6631, 6650–6655 |
| Area code | 0487 |
| Website | www |
Druten (nl) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality covers the eastern part of the Land van Maas en Waal region of the province of Gelderland.
One of its key features is the town's church, designed by architect Pierre Cuypers. The church is dedicated to the Two Ewalds, with statues for the two made in the studio Atelier Cuypers-Stoltzenberg, owned by Cuypers and Frans Stoltzenberg.[4]
Population centres
[edit]Topography
[edit]Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Druten, June 2015
Notable residents
[edit]- Reginald Wolfe (died 1573) a Dutch-born English Protestant printer, an original member of the Royal Stationers' Company
- Josef van Schaik (1882–1962) & Steef van Schaik (1888–1968) Dutch politician and brothers
- Ru Paré (1896–1972), a Dutch resistance member, and visual artist[5]
- Peter Hans Kolvenbach (1928–2016), the twenty-ninth Superior General of the Society of Jesus
- Pieter Roelofs (1972), art historian
- Jasmijn Lau (1999-) Dutch athlete, long-distance runner [6][7]
Gallery
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Druten Kattenburg 39
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Avondrood in Maas & Waal
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Druten Beeld Leste Mert
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Druten in Het Land van Maas en Waal
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Op de grens- Afferden
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Rijksmonument Heemtuin Kiosk
References
[edit]- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality total area
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 6651DA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality population
- ↑ Geloof in Nederland: 2000 jaar Nederlanders en hun kerstening (in Dutch). 12. Utrecht: Waanders/Museum Catharijneconvent. p. 377.
- ↑ "Paré, Henrica Maria (1896-1972)". Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (in Dutch). 17 September 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ↑ World Athletics. "Jasmijn Lau | Profile | World Athletics". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ↑ Omroep Gelderland. "Jasmijn Lau verovert Europese titel op 10.000 meter". Omroep GLD. Omroep Gelderland.
External links
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Media related to Druten at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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