Putten

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Putten

Province	Gelderland
Area - Land - Water	87.45 km� 85.04 km� 2.41 km�
Population (2004) - Density	23,180 273/km�

Putten is a municipality and a town in the middle Netherlands.

Putten is surrounded by a great variety of landscapes. To the east of Putten lies the Veluwe, the greatest national park of the Netherlands. To the north, east and west Putten is surrounded by farmlands, and further to the west the ring-lake around Flevoland can be found.

Population centres

Bijsteren, Diermen, Gerven, Halvinkhuizen, Hell, Hoef, Huinen, Koudhoorn, Krachtighuizen, Putten, Steenenkamer and Veenhuizerveld.

The town of Putten

One of the biggest nazi raids to be held in the Netherlands during World War II took place in Putten. On October 1 and October 2, 1944 661 men and boys, the majority of the male population, were deported from the town and 602 of them were sent to work in concentration camps such as Neuengamme and Birkenau. Only 49 returned after the war. The raids where a retaliatory measure for an attack by the local resistance, that eliminated one Wehrmacht officer near Nijkerk. The first and second of October are still commemorated every year.