Editing Wieringen (section)

=== Later history ===
[[Viking]] attacks and occupation of Frisian territory took place in the 9th century. This was confirmed in 1996 when a [[hoard]] containing 1.7 kilograms of silver coins, ingots and jewelry was found in a pasture at the hamlet of Westerklief. It was dated to the 9th century and is attributed to Vikings. It is now in the [[Rijksmuseum van Oudheden]] in Leiden. Smaller hoards from the same period were later found in the same area.<ref>[http://www.museumkennis.nl/lp.rmo/museumkennis/i000412.html Vikingschat van Wieringen] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718064223/http://www.museumkennis.nl/lp.rmo/museumkennis/i000412.html |date=18 July 2011}}</ref>

The [[All Saints' Flood (1170)]] created the islands of Wieringen and Texel from [[North Holland]].<ref name="ley196110">{{Cite magazine
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}}</ref> The area was inhabited and controlled by [[Frisians]], until the Dutch count [[Floris III]] made the Wieringers subject in 1184. After this the area became unsettled, with [[Floris V]] imposing his rule in 1284, and in 1299 it was included in the district of Westfriesland within the [[County of Holland]]. 

In 1432 all the island of Wieringen was officially designated as one township and received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]]. But as more of Holland and Westfriesland became habitable and were developed, the importance of Wieringen decreased.

[[File:Map of the island Wieringen the Netherlands 1849.jpg|thumb|An 1849 map of the island of Wieringen]]
[[File:Wieringen 1909 300dpi.jpg|thumb|A 1909 map of the island of Wieringen]]

In 1798 when the [[Batavian Republic]] formed, the province of [[Holland]] and [[West Friesland (historical region)|West Friesland]] was divided, and Wieringen fell under the [[département]] of Texel (from the [[Vlie]] to the [[Rhine]]). In 1807 under [[Napoleon]], the province was subdivided into two separate provinces; Amstelland and Maasland, but this organization ended in 1814. In 1815 Wieringen became a part of the province of Holland, and the new province of [[North Holland]] in 1840, where it remains.

In November 1918 the German crown prince [[William, German Crown Prince|Wilhelm]] received political asylum in the Netherlands. He lived in Wieringen from November 1918, returning to Germany in November 1923.

On 31 July 1924 the Amsteldiep was closed by a short dam called the Amsteldiepdijk. In 1930 the Eastern Wieringermeerdijk was completed in the Zuiderzee, and with it the adjacent polder the [[Wieringermeer]]. The closing of the Zuiderzee was completed in 1932 by the [[Afsluitdijk]], a large dike that connects Wieringen with Friesland, making it part of the mainland again. This dike starts at [[Den Oever]].