Wieringen

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Wieringen is a former island and historical region in the Dutch province of North Holland, known for its coastal landscape and role in major water management projects like the Afsluitdijk.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wieringen canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former island ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeStatusUntil independent municipality until 2012 ⓘ
AfsluitdijkCompletionYear 1932 ⓘ
borderedBy IJsselmeer ⓘ
Wadden Sea ⓘ
connectedBy Afsluitdijk ⓘ
connectedToMainlandBy polders ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
dateOfMunicipalMerger 2012 ⓘ
formerMunicipalityOf North Holland ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFind Wieringen treasure ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity dairy farming ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFeature historic farmsteads ⓘ
salt marshes ⓘ
sea dikes ⓘ
small-scale fields ⓘ
tidal flats ⓘ
hasHighestPoint about 12 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasLandscapeType coastal landscape ⓘ
polder landscape ⓘ
hasLocalDialect Wierings ⓘ
hasNearbyTown Den Oever ⓘ
Hippolytushoef ⓘ
hasNearbyVillage Oosterland ⓘ
Stroe ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Frisia ⓘ
knownFor agriculture ⓘ
coastal defenses ⓘ
dike building ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
languageRegion Dutch ⓘ
locatedIn IJsselmeer area ⓘ
former Zuiderzee ⓘ
province of North Holland ⓘ
region of West-Frisia ⓘ
mergedInto Hollands Kroon ⓘ
partOf UNESCO Wadden Sea region (ecological area) ⓘ
municipality of Hollands Kroon ⓘ
playedRoleIn Afsluitdijk construction ⓘ
linked to: Afsluitdijk

Zuiderzee Works ⓘ
separatedFromMainlandBy Amsteldiep ⓘ
wasInhabitedSince early Middle Ages ⓘ
wasIslandUntil 20th century land reclamation ⓘ
WieringenTreasurePeriod Viking Age ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Den Oever → locatedInRegion → Wieringen ⓘ
Hollands Kroon → formedByMergerOf → Wieringen ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Hollands Kroon
Hollands Kroon → containsFormerIsland → Wieringen ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Hollands Kroon