Wieringen, Netherlands

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Wieringen, Netherlands is a former island and rural area in the province of North Holland, historically notable as the place where German Crown Prince Wilhelm lived in exile after World War I.

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Wieringen, Netherlands canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former island
populated place
rural area
administrativelyMergedInto Hollands Kroon
administrativeMergeDate 2012
borderedBy Amstelmeer
Wadden Sea
connectedTo North Holland mainland
linked to: North Holland
country Netherlands
economyTraditionallyBasedOn agriculture
fishing
elevationRelativeToSurroundings higher than surrounding polders
exilePeriodEnd 1923
exilePeriodStart 1918
formerMunicipalityOf North Holland
hasAreaCode 0227
hasGeologicalOrigin Pleistocene glacial moraine
hasHeritageSite Wieringen terp villages
historic churches of Hippolytushoef and Oosterland
hasInfrastructure Den Oever–Afsluitdijk connection
hasLandscapeType polder landscape
rural
hasPostalCodePrefix 1777
1778
hasSettlement Den Oever
Hippolytushoef
Oosterland
Stroe
historicalLanguageVariant West Frisian dialect
historicalStatus former island in the Zuiderzee
languageUsed Dutch
locatedIn North Holland
province of North Holland
locatedInRegion West-Frisia
linked to: West-Friesland
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedNear Afsluitdijk
IJsselmeer
Wadden Sea
lostIslandStatusBy construction of the Afsluitdijk
land reclamation
notableFor exile of German Crown Prince Wilhelm after World War I
partOf historical Zuiderzee region
municipality of Hollands Kroon
wasPlaceOfExileFor German Crown Prince Wilhelm
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince

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German Crown Prince Wilhelm exileLocation Wieringen, Netherlands