Druten
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Template:Infobox settlement Druten (Template:IPA) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality covers the eastern part of the Template:Ill 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 Template:Ill, owned by Cuypers and Frans Stoltzenberg.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Population centres
Topography
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Druten, June 2015
Notable residents
- 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 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 <ref name="Jasmijn Lau Athlete Profile">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="News article on Lau's 10.000m title">Template:Cite web</ref>
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
External links
Template:Geographic location Template:Dutch municipality Druten Template:Gelderland Province Template:Authority control