Wierum is a village in

Noardeast-Fryslân Noardeast-Fryslân () is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It was established 1 January 2019 and consists of the former municipalities of Dongeradeel, Ferwerderadiel and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, all three of which ...

in the province of

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, the

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with a population of around 339 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the

Dongeradeel Dongeradeel (; ) is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands. In 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Ferwerderadiel and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland to form the new municipality Noardeast-Fryslân. History Dongeradeel was cr ...

municipality.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1335 as Weyrum, and probably means ''

terp A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and ...

'' (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 The Wadden Sea ( ; ; or ; ; ; ) is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea. It lies between the coast of northwestern continental Europe and the range of low-lying Frisian Islands, forming a shallow body of water with tida ...

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 Meindert De Jong, sometimes spelled de Jong, DeJong or Dejong (4 March 1906 – 16 July 1991) was a Dutch-born American people, American writer of children's books. He won the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1962 for his contr ...

, 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.

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{{Authority control Noardeast-Fryslân Populated places in Friesland