Druten Explained

Druten
Settlement Type:Municipality
Flag Size:100x67px
Map Alt:Highlighted position of Druten in a municipal map of Gelderland
Coordinates:51.8833°N 41°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gelderland
Governing Body:Municipal council
Leader Party:VVD
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Sigrid Sengers
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:7
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Postal Code:6630–6631, 6650–6655
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0487

Druten (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈdrytə(n)/) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality covers the eastern part of the 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, owned by Cuypers and Frans Stoltzenberg.[2]

Population centres

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Druten, June 2015

Notable residents

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 6651DA . nl . . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 24 June 2014.
  2. Book: Geloof in Nederland: 2000 jaar Nederlanders en hun kerstening. nl. 377. Waanders/Museum Catharijneconvent. Utrecht. 12.
  3. Web site: Paré, Henrica Maria (1896-1972) . Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands. 17 September 2019 . 8 July 2020. nl.
  4. Web site: World Athletics . Jasmijn Lau Profile World Athletics . World Athletics . 12 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Omroep Gelderland . Jasmijn Lau verovert Europese titel op 10.000 meter . Omroep GLD . Omroep Gelderland.