Wieringen
Sign in to savethumb|Map of North Holland from 1865 with Wieringen still an island
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Wieringen
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Oosterland Wieringen.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial photograph of Oosterland
- Settlement.image_flag
- Wieringen vlag.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x100px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Wieringen wapen.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x100px
- Settlement.image_map
- Dutch Municipality Wieringen 2006.png
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hollands Kroon
- Settlement.area_footnotes
- (2006)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 212.50
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Population centres
- History
- Early references
- Later history
- Local government
- References
- External links
thumb|Map of North Holland from 1865 with Wieringen still an island
Wieringen () is located in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. Now a part of the municipality of Hollands Kroon, it was a separate municipality before 2012. Its name first appeared in 8th and 9th century records. By 1200 it was an island, also named Wieringen, separated from the mainland during one of the severe storm floods in the late Middle Ages that changed the coastline. Through the usage of draining, dikes, and landfill from 1924 to 1932, the island was rejoined to the mainland.