Maasdriel () 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 ...

in the province of

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

, in the eastern

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. Maasdriel was formed on 1 January, 1999 by the merger of the former municipalities of Ammerzoden (including Well, Wellseind en Wordragen), Hedel, Heerewaarden, Maasdriel (Alem, Hoenzadriel, Kerkdriel and Velddriel) and Rossum (including Hurwenen). The former municipality of Maasdriel was called "Driel" before 1944.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006.

Populated places

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Maasdriel, June 2015'' Joannes Zwijsen

Notable people

Johannes Zwijsen Johannes Zwijsen (28 August 1794, Kerkdriel, Gelderland – 16 October 1877, 's-Hertogenbosch, Brabant) was the first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht after the reestablishment of the episcopal hierarchy in the Netherlands in 1853. Early ...

(1794 in Kerkdriel – 1877) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht * Jacobus Groenendaal (1805 in Heerewaarden – 1860) a South African statesman * Johannes Hubertus Leonardus de Haas (1832 in Hedel – 1908) a Dutch animal and landscape painter of the

Hague School The Hague School is a group of artists who lived and worked in The Hague between 1860 and 1890. Their work was heavily influenced by the realist painters of the French Barbizon school. The painters of the Hague school generally made use of relat ...

* Hendrik van der Veen (1888 in Rossum – 1977) a Dutch missionary worker and linguist who worked in Tana Toraja,

Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, whic ...

. * Thijs de Graauw (born 1942 in Kerkdriel) a Dutch astronomer *

Boet van Dulmen Boet van Dulmen (; 19 May 1948 – 16 September 2021) was a Dutch Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Together with Wil Hartog and Jack Middelburg, he was part of a contingent of Dutch riders who competed at the highest levels of Grand Prix r ...

(born 1948 in Ammerzoden) a Dutch former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer

Gallery

File:Rossum .jpg, "Castle" Rossum File:Teisterbant.jpg, Teisterbant in Kerkdriel File:2007-5 amm 22 def; nr. 8104.jpg,

Ammersoyen Castle Ammersoyen Castle ( nl, Kasteel Ammersoyen) is located in Ammerzoden in the Bommelerwaard region in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. When the original construction of the castle occurred is unclear; some sources claim it was as early ...

in Ammerzoden File:KasteelWell.jpg, The castle of Well File:Hurwenen (NL), 2010-06-27 14.00, Villa Ouderzorg.jpg, Villa Ouderzorg in Hurwenen File:Kerkdriel - Molen Sarah Catharina foto 2.jpg, The windmill Sarah Catharina in Kerkdriel File:Netherlands, Maasdriel, Alem (1).JPG, Hubertus-church in Alem File:Meersloot.JPG, Meersloot in Ammerzoden

References

External links

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Official website
Municipalities of Gelderland {{Gelderland-geo-stub