De Wolden () is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands in the province of Drenthe.

Population centres

Topography

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Dutch topographic map of the municipality of De Wolden, June 2015

Notable people

150px|thumb|Jan Vayne, 2005

  • Jan Evertsen Cloppenburgh (1571 in Ruinen – 1648) a Dutch publisher during the Dutch Golden Age
  • Steven van Voorhees (1600 in Hees – 1684) an early Dutch settler in America
  • Henrik Ruse, Baron of Rysensteen (1624 in Ruinen - 1679) a Dutch officer and fortification engineer
  • Hendrikje Doelen (1784 in Oosterwijk – 1847) a Dutch serial killer
  • Jan Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk II (1818 in De Wijk – 1905) a Dutch politician and president of the senate 1874/1880
  • Jan Hendrik de Boer (1899 in Ruinen – 1971) a Dutch physicist and chemist
  • Jan Vayne (1966 in Zuidwolde) a Dutch pianist
  • Korie Homan (born 1986 in de Wijk) a Dutch former wheelchair tennis player and gold medallist at the 2008 Paralympics

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File:Oude gemeentehuis van Ruinerwold.JPG|Oude gemeentehuis van Ruinerwold

File:This house is a very, very, very fine house (6002092873).jpg|De Wildenberg at sunset, Zuidwolde

File:De Wieker Poort Onno de Ruijter.jpg|De Wieker Poort Onno de Ruijter

File:Huis te Echten.jpg|Huis te Echten

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References

  • Official website

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