Wieringen
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| Former municipality | |||
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| Coordinates: 52°54′N 4°58′E / 52.90°N 4.97°ECoordinates: 52°54′N 4°58′E / 52.90°N 4.97°E | |||
| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | North Holland | ||
| Municipality | Hollands Kroon | ||
| Area(2006) | |||
| • Total | 212.50 km2 (82.05 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 26.77 km2 (10.34 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 185.73 km2 (71.71 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January 2007) | |||
| • Total | 8,705 | ||
| • Density | 325/km2 (840/sq mi) | ||
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Website | www.wieringen.nl | ||
Wieringen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋiːrɪŋə(n)]) is part of the new municipality of Hollands Kroon, established in 2012 in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. It is a former municipality in this province, with its name appearing in Roman records of the late 9th and early 10th century. From 1200 it was known as an island, also named Wieringen, which was separated by water from the mainland during one of the disastrous storm floods towards the end of the late Middle Ages that changed the coastline. By draining, dikes and landfill from 1924 to 1932, the island was rejoined to the mainland.
In the 21st century, the local governments proposed a project to restore the insular status of Wieringen by construction of a recreational lake to be called the Wieringerrandmeer. The project was cancelled in 2010 for financial reasons.
The former municipality of Wieringen consisted of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Dam, De Haukes, De Hoelm, Den Oever, Hippolytushoef, Hollebalg, Noordburen, Oosterklief, Oosterland, Smerp, Stroe, Vatrop, Westerklief and Westerland.
The landscape of Wieringen is not all flat: it is characterised by dam ramparts of boulder clay, which were formed during the Saale Ice Age. The name Wieringen has nothing to do with "wier" (seaweed in Dutch), but this connection was often made in former days. Probably the name came from Old Frisian wîr = "height".
The first known written references to Wieringen are as "Wiron" or "pagus Wirense" in Latin in a list of property owned by the monastery at Fulda, dated late 8th century or early 9th century AD. In that list, the entries that mention Wieringen are:-
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