Deest is a village in the

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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 ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

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, and lies about 9 km south of

Wageningen Wageningen () is a municipality and a historic city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specialises in life sciences. The municipality had a population of in , of which many ...

History

It was first mentioned in 814 as T(h)esta (CL I, no. 101) and 997 as Dheste. The etymology in unknown. In 1840, it was home to 451 people. Deest became an independent parish in 1858 when the first church was built. In 1919, the

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Vogelensangh opened, and is still in operation. On 3 February 1945, the monastery was hit by a

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killing seven sisters, two women and two childeren. On 8 February, another V1 hit the village killing 10 people. Most of the centre was destroyed. In 1953, the church was rebuilt.

Gallery

File:Deest (Druten) Rijksmonument 523802 Uiversnest schuur Van Heemstraweg 2a.JPG , Barn in Deest File:Deest Paulusstraat 21.jpg, House in Deest File:Deest GM Grotestraat 22.jpg, Farm in Deest File:Deest (Druten) Rijksmonument 523809 Steenoven Vogelsangh.JPG, Brickworks

References

Populated places in Gelderland Druten {{Gelderland-geo-stub