Leuth is a village in the
Dutch province of
Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of
Berg en Dal, about 10 km east of
Nijmegen
Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...
.
Leuth was founded on a sandbank in the floodplain marshes north of the river
Waal. The earliest mention of the settlement, named ''Lotde'', dates back to 891 and 892. The village belonged until 1815 to Prussia; Leuth was a separate municipality until about 1814. It became a part of the
Prussian municipality
Niel, until it was transferred back to the Netherlands in 1817, as a part of the municipality of
Ooij en Persingen Ooij en Persingen is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland
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, which later has become a part of the municipality of
Ubbergen.
[Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. ]
During the second war world Leuth was severely affected. The centre of the original village was almost entirely destroyed.
The village has a small shopping centre and a primary school.
Monuments
* The Roman Catholic Church of Leuth, dedicated to Saint Remigius of Reims, dates from 1934/35 and was designed by H.C. van de Leur. After the second world war, the church was restored.
* Another remarkable building in the village is the former steam dairy ''De Duffelt'', whose chimney has been preserved.
* Two farms with their barns are Rijksmonument, national historical monument.
* The two war memorials commemorating the fallen soldiers from Leuth resp. the civilian victims of
World War II.
File:Ubbergen, Leuth Remigiuskerk interieur.JPG, Remigius church, interior
File:Ubbergen, Leuth, Rijksmonument 522004 Plezenburg.JPG, Farm Plezenburg
File:Ubbergen, Leuth oorlogsmonument soldaten.JPG, Military war memorial
File:Ubbergen, Leuth oorlogsmonument burgers.JPG, Civil war memorial
References
External links
Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
Geography of Berg en Dal (municipality)
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