Country Netherlands Province Friesland | Local time Sunday 10:09 PM | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind N at 14 km/h, 90% Humidity | ||
Wierum is a village in Dongeradeel in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands with a population of around 390. It features in The Wheel On The School by Meindert DeJong, where it has been renamed Shora. Wierum was DeJong's birthplace.
Map of Wierum, Netherlands
There is also an 11th-century church and a windmill in the village. Dejong made his hometown Wierum a notably popular area because of his popular novel "The Wheel on the School."
References
Wierum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA