Wierum
title: "Wierum" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["noardeast-fryslân", "populated-places-in-friesland"] topic_path: "general/noardeast-fryslan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wierum" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Wierum |
| native_name_lang | |
| settlement_type | Village |
| image_skyline | De Mariakerk van Wierum achter de zeedijk.jpg |
| image_caption | St Mary's church alongside the sea shore |
| image_flag | Wierum vlag.svg |
| image_shield | Wierum (Friesland) wapen.svg |
| image_map | Map NL Dongeradiel Wierum.png |
| map_caption | Location in the former Dongeradeel municipality |
| pushpin_map | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in the Netherlands |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Netherlands Netherlands |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Friesland Friesland |
| subdivision_type2 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name2 | Noardeast-Fryslân |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 4.39 |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 0.5 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 315 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone | CET |
| utc_offset | +1 |
| timezone_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +2 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | 9141 |
| area_code_type | Dialing code |
| area_code | 0519 |
| :: |
| name = Wierum | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = De Mariakerk van Wierum achter de zeedijk.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = St Mary's church alongside the sea shore | image_flag = Wierum vlag.svg | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = Wierum (Friesland) wapen.svg | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Map NL Dongeradiel Wierum.png | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in the former Dongeradeel municipality | pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Netherlands Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Friesland Friesland | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Noardeast-Fryslân | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric tags -- | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 4.39 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 0.5 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 315 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | population_demonym = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 9141 | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 0519 | iso_code = | footnotes = Wierum is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands with a population of around 339 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1335 as Weyrum, and probably means terp (artificial living mound). Wierum is a terp village which developed in the early middle ages. The northern part of the terp was washed away by the Wadden Sea which gives the church an eccentric appearance. It used to be a fishing village. The Dutch Reformed church was built around 1200. The tower was restored in 1984.
In 1840, Wierum was home to 698 people. On 1 December 1893, 17 of the 22 ships of Wierum were lost at sea during a storm. In 1968, A monument has been placed on the sea dike to commemorate the 32 dead. In the 20th century, fishery disappeared from the village.
There is a shipwreck about 100 metres off the coast. At low tide, one can walk to the wreck.
Wierum features in The Wheel On The School by Meindert de Jong, where it has been renamed Shora. Wierum was de Jong's birthplace. De Jong made his hometown Wierum a notably popular area because of his popular novel "The Wheel on the School."
Gallery
File:Zicht op Wierum2.jpg|Wierum File:De Maria kerk in Wierum 3 edited.jpg|Maria Church in Wierum File:Wierum..JPG|Wierum File:Vissersmonument Wierum GJ de Weert.jpg|Fisherman's memorial File:Wierum-Nov2018.jpg|Wierum (view from above) Wierum (Noardeast-Fryslân), 10-07-2023. (actm.) 16.jpg|pierensteekster sculptor Hans Jouta.
References
References
- "Postcodetool for 9141CA". Het Waterschapshuis.
- "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021".
- [https://www.dongeradeel.nl/gemeente-dongeradeel/aantal-inwoners_41858/ Aantal inwoners per woonplaats in Dongeradeel op 1 januari 2017] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-10-21 - Dongeradeel)
- "Wierum - (geografische naam)".
- Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven. (2000). "Kollum". Waanders.
- "Wierum".
- "Vissersmonument, Dykstrjitte t.o. Tsjerkeplein, 9141 TJ Wierum".
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