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the History of Wieringen

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On this page I want to write something about the history of the former island of Wieringen. It is by no means a complete account, but that was not the intention (not yet, at least).
I have used a couple of books, most important sources were "Wiringherlant" en "Wiringherlant deel 2" by J.T. Bremer and Wieringer Land en Leven in de Taal by dr. Jo Daan, unfortunately (but also obviously) only available in Dutch. It is very doubtful if there are any non-Dutch books available on this subject, which makes this page even more interesting for the potential Wieringen-scholar (if there are any...).
I am currently in the process of reworking these pages. It is strongly recommended to watch these pages with Netscape 3 or Internet Explorer 4 or higher to be able to see them as intended.

Prehistoric times
Medieval times
the Vikings on Wieringen
the 80-years war
VOC-times / Quarantaine
Seaweed harvesting
The German ex-crownprince on Wieringen
The great infrastructural works
Land-regaining plans
2nd Worldwar
A crashed P-47

Special subjects: the Wieringer farmhouse
comparative topography


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