Wierum

• Name — Wierum • 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 • 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 Total Km2 — 4.39 • Elevation M — 0.5 • Population As Of — 2021 • 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 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.

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."

• Illustration — Wierum • Illustration — Maria Church in Wierum • Illustration — Wierum • Illustration — Fisherman's memorial • Illustration — Wierum (view from above) • Illustration — pierensteekster sculptor Hans Jouta.