Leuth is a village in the
Dutch
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province of
Gelderland
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. It is located in the municipality of
Berg en Dal, about 10 km east of
Nijmegen
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.
Leuth was founded on a sandbank in the floodplain marshes north of the river
Waal
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. 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
Prussia
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n municipality
Niel
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, 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. It existed until 1818, when it was merged with Ubbergen
Ubbergen () is a village and former municipality in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. On 1 ...
, which later has become a part of the municipality of
Ubbergen
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[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
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.
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
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Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
Geography of Berg en Dal (municipality)
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