De Wolden () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the northeastern

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

in the province of Drenthe.

Population centres

Topography

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

Notable people

* 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 Jan Vayne (pseudonym of Jan Veenje) (June 9, 1966 in Zuidwolde, Drenthe) is a Dutch pianist. He began piano lessons at the age of 4 years and by the time he was 10, he had won his first prize. In 1984 Vayne began his study at the conservatorium i ...

(1966 in Zuidwolde) a Dutch pianist *

Korie Homan Korie Homan (born 16 June 1986 in de Wijk) is a Dutch former wheelchair tennis player. Homan won the gold medal in women's doubles at the 2008 Paralympics. In 2009, she completed the doubles Grand Slam by winning the Australian, French, Wimbled ...

(born 1986 in de Wijk) a Dutch former wheelchair tennis player and gold medallist at the 2008 Paralympics

Gallery

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

References

External links

Official website
Municipalities of Drenthe Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1998 {{Drenthe-geo-stub