Putten: Veluwe Village with a Dark Wartime Chapter
Putten has roughly 23,170 residents and lies in the northwest of Gelderland on the Veluwe. The village carries a heavy wartime memory: in October 1944 the German occupiers conducted a razzia, deporting over 600 men to concentration camps. Only 48 returned. The Puttens Pleintje memorial near the village centre commemorates this event.
Putten is a predominantly Reformed community, with several strict Protestant denominations represented. The Veluwe forest begins directly south and east, offering walking and cycling routes. The Nulde recreational area on the Nuldernauw lake provides water sports and beaches. Agriculture and small enterprise form the local economy.
Harderwijk is about 10 kilometres northeast. Amersfoort lies roughly 20 kilometres southwest. Nijkerk is approximately 10 kilometres west.
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Putten has roughly 23,170 residents and lies in the northwest of Gelderland on the Veluwe. The village carries a heavy wartime memory: in October 1944 the German occupiers conducted a razzia, deporting over 600 men to concentration camps. Only 48 returned. The Puttens Pleintje memorial near the village centre commemorates this event.
Putten is a predominantly Reformed community, with several strict Protestant denominations represented. The Veluwe forest begins directly south and east, offering walking and cycling routes. The Nulde recreational area on the Nuldernauw lake provides water sports and beaches. Agriculture and small enterprise form the local economy.
Harderwijk is about 10 kilometres northeast. Amersfoort lies roughly 20 kilometres southwest. Nijkerk is approximately 10 kilometres west.
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