Wierden
title: "Wierden" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["wierden", "municipalities-of-overijssel", "populated-places-in-overijssel", "twente"] topic_path: "general/wierden" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wierden" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Wierden |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | Gemeentehuis Wierden Voorgevel.jpg |
| image_caption | Wierden city hall |
| image_flag | Wierden vlag.svg |
| flag_size | 100x67px |
| image_shield | Wierden wapen.svg |
| shield_size | 100x80px |
| image_map | Map - NL - Municipality code 0189 (2009).svg |
| map_alt | Highlighted position of Wierden in a municipal map of Overijssel |
| map_caption | Location in Overijssel |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Netherlands |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Overijssel |
| government_footnotes | {{cite web |
| url | https://www.wierden.nl/college |
| title | Burgemeester en wethouders |
| trans-title | Mayor and aldermen |
| language | nl |
| publisher | Gemeente Wierden |
| access-date | 21 December 2025}} |
| governing_body | Municipal council |
| leader_party | VVD |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Nick Hubers |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | |
| area_land_km2 | |
| area_water_km2 | |
| elevation_footnotes | {{cite web |
| url | http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |
| title | Postcodetool for 7642EB |
| language | nl |
| author | |
| work | Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |
| publisher | Het Waterschapshuis |
| access-date | 2 April 2014}} |
| elevation_m | 11 |
| elevation_max_footnotes | tags -- |
| elevation_min_footnotes | tags -- |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | |
| population_as_of | |
| population_density_km2 | |
| population_demonym | Wierdenaar |
| timezone | CET |
| utc_offset | +1 |
| timezone_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +2 |
| postal_code_type | Postcode |
| postal_code | 7464–7469, 7640–7649 |
| area_code_type | Area code |
| area_code | 0546, 0547, 0548 |
| website | |
| :: |
| name = Wierden
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Gemeentehuis Wierden Voorgevel.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Wierden city hall
| image_flag = Wierden vlag.svg
| flag_size = 100x67px
| flag_alt =
| image_shield = Wierden wapen.svg
| shield_size = 100x80px
| shield_alt =
| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0189 (2009).svg
| map_alt = Highlighted position of Wierden in a municipal map of Overijssel
| map_caption = Location in Overijssel
| coordinates =
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Overijssel
| government_footnotes = {{cite web
|url = https://www.wierden.nl/college
|title = Burgemeester en wethouders
|trans-title = Mayor and aldermen
|language = nl
|publisher = Gemeente Wierden
|access-date = 21 December 2025}}
| governing_body = Municipal council
| leader_party = VVD
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Nick Hubers
| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web
|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
|title = Postcodetool for 7642EB
|language = nl
|author =
|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
|access-date = 2 April 2014}}
| elevation_m = 11
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| population_demonym = Wierdenaar
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postcode
| postal_code = 7464–7469, 7640–7649
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 0546, 0547, 0548
| website =
| footnotes =
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/2013-Wierden.jpg" caption="''Dutch Topographic map of Wierden, July 2013''"]
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Wierden (; Tweants: Wierdn) is a town and a municipality in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel.
The municipality of Wierden also includes the following towns, villages and townships: Enter, , , Notter, Rectum, and .
The municipality has 10 primary schools and 1 secondary school. There are 2 soccer clubs, 2 tennis clubs and 1 volleyball club, this is only the top of the clubs. The village has 3 cemeteries of which, only one is currently in use. The mayor is , who is also the chair of the board of mayor and aldermen.
In midsummer, the locally known, 3-day festival "WieZo" is held. It starts on a Thursday and ends on Saturday. Every night there are 2 musical acts on the Binnenhof. On Saturday there is also the Wiezoloop. For some years the Wiezoloop has become an independent event, separate from the Wiezo, and is held the same year about 1 month earlier.
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities
Wierden is twinned with: ::data[format=table]
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Since September 2010, the town council decided to stop the cooperation between the municipalities because of the high costs and too low benefit.
Gallery
File:Wierden, de Sint Jan de Doperkerk IMG 5743 2020-05-31 12.16.jpg|Church: the Sint Jan de Doperkerk File:Klomp Enter.jpg|World's largest wooden shoe made out of one piece of wood, in the Guinness Book of Records since June 26, 1991. It stands in the village of Enter, Netherlands File:Enter - Beeld 'Gaanzendriewer' van Piet Brouwer voor Klompenmuseum 't Schöpke.jpg|'Gaanzendriewer' (Geese driver) by Piet Brouwer in front of the Klompenmuseum 't Schöpke
Notable residents
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Anton_Huiskes_1952.jpg" caption="Anton Huiskes, 1952"] ::
- Johanna ter Steege (born 1961), actress
- Loes Haverkort (born 1981), actress
Sport
- Anton Huiskes (1928–2008), ice-skater and national team trainer, competed at the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics
- Hennie Stamsnijder (born 1954) former professional cyclo-cross and road racing cyclist
- Jos Lammertink (born 1958) retired road bicycle racer
- Berthil ter Avest (born 1970), soccer player, 275 caps
- Marieke van den Ham (born 1983) a water polo player, team gold medallist at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Annefleur Kalvenhaar (1994–2014) cyclist and mountain biker
- Tom Stamsnijder (born 1985) former professional road bicycle racer
References
References
- {{Dutch municipality total area. dataref
- {{Dutch municipality population. dataref
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824373/ IMDb Database] retrieved 25 May 2019
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2156780/ IMDb Database] retrieved 25 May 2019
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