About the town » Wierum, Noardeast-Fryslan, Friesland, Netherlands


Wierum is a small village in Dongeradeel in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 390 citizens. It features in The Wheel On The School by Meindert DeJong, where it has been renamed Shora. Wierum was DeJong's birthplace. It also features an 11th century church and a windmill in the village. Dejong made his hometown Mierum a very popular area because his popular novel "The Wheel on the School."

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Wierum
Noardeast-Fryslân
Friesland
Netherlands
Vlag van Netherlands


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Please note, there are several place names with this name that appear in publications on Genealogy Online: