- published: 10 Oct 2013
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Wieringen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋiː.rɪ.ŋə(n)] ( listen)) is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It consists of a former island, also named Wieringen, and there are plans to make Wieringen an island again by widening the Amsteldiepkanaal into a lake called the Wieringerrandmeer.
The municipality of Wieringen consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Dam, De Haukes, De Hoelm, Den Oever, Hippolytushoef, Hollebalg, Noordburen, Oosterklief, Oosterland, Smerp, Stroe, Vatrop, Westerklief and Westerland.
The landscape of Wieringen is not all flat: it is characterised by dam ramparts of boulder clay, which were formed during the Saale Ice Age. The name Wieringen has nothing to do with "wier"(seaweed in Dutch), but this connection was often made in former days. Probably the name came from Old Frisian wîr = "height".
The first known references to Wieringen is as "Wiron" or "pagus Wirense" in Latin in a list of property owned by the monastery at Fulda, dated late 8th century or early 9th century AD. In that list, the entries that mention Wieringen are:-
I've been to many places
I keep seeing the same old faces
Don't know how much is true
Cos I lose myself when I think of
I walked around the edge
And I grew some roots in the talking heads
The words they say ring true
But I lose myself when I think of
We Are One (repeat)
Surrender to the power
That makes every moment lead to now
I guess that I've been through
A few illusions to get to
We Are One (repeat)
Where I am
I grow weary of the storm that leads me to
Wherever I think I am
Whenever I find
A different point of view
Grains of sand may throw me
Voices in the distance call my name
Memories beckon me
Back to where I once became
We Are One (repeat)
Produced and programmed by David Rosenthal
Words and Music - Jane
Lead and backing vox-Jane,Dave Rosenthal
Piano and keyboards - Reg Webb
Bass Guitar - Enrico Milieu