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	Wieringerwerf - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		Wieringerwerf is a village in the municipality of Wieringermeer in the north-western part of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
		Near the town a "terp " was built, an artificial hill that could serve as a refuge in case of an eventual bursting of the IJsselmeer dike.
		Wieringermeer and the bursting of the dike (NL)
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Wieringerwerf (338 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Wieringerwerf
		Because of an employment project that was subsidised by the state, inhabitants from all over the country came to the Wieringermeer to help build an infrastructure.
		On September 29 of the same year, the first inhabitants of the new land gave a memorial to the new mayor and aldermen.
		On April 17 1945 the Germans bombed the dike and within two days the complete polder was all water again (see also inundation of the Wieringermeer).
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Wieringerwerf (495 words)

	Wieringer history - the second worldwar
		The Wieringermeer was a favourite destination, but many went on to Wieringen.
		Most important were the arrest and execution of local resistance fighter Maarten Snoodijk and the inundation of the Wieringermeer.
		The Wieringermeer was under water again, and almost all houses were either damaged or destroyed.
	www.pagowirense.nl /wr-his7.asp (1466 words)

	NIS News Bulletin - Short history of the Netherlands I
		Another 25 percent is so low-lying that it would be subject to inundation if it were not for the surrounding dunes and dikes and the regular pumping of excess water.
		The freshwater IJsselmeer was meanwhile also formed and a new province, Flevoland (consisting of east and south Flevoland together with the northeastern polder), was created in 1986.
		To achieve this, a series of dams and barriers were built, closing off from the sea the estuaries of the Rhine, Meuse, and Eastern Scheldt rivers, and creating the freshwater lakes Haringvliet and Grevelingen.
	www.nisnews.nl /nl1.htm (862 words)

	::: MBO ::: COUNTRY REVIEWS - THE NETHERLANDS ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Another 25% is so low-lying that it would be subject to inundation if it were not for the surrounding dunes and dikes and the regular pumping of excess water.
		The Zuiderzee Plan, begun in 1920 with a dike that closed off the former Zuiderzee, provides 2,050 sq km (792 sq mi) of new land in five great polders - Wieringermeer (completed in 1930), the Northeast (1945), East Flevoland (1957), South Flevoland (1968), and Markerwaard (begun 1963); the freshwater IJSSELMEER was also formed.
		A new province, Flevoland, consisting of East and South Flevoland together with the Northeast polder, was created in 1986.
	www.tcin.com /mbo.nsf/updates/Country+Reviews+-+The+Netherlands (1776 words)

	Inundation of the Wieringermeer - Wikipedia
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		On April 17, 1945 the German occupying forces innundated the polder Wieringermeer, the Netherlands.
		In the end of February or the beginning of March 1945 Dutch workers start to undermine the dike around the polder under German command.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Inundation_of_the_Wieringermeer (201 words)

	1945. Inundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		June 1945: The Wieringermeer (a polder nearby) under water.
		On 17 April 1945, a few weeks before they had to give up Holland, the Germans inundated
		On 11 December 1945 it had been made dry again.
	home.tiscali.nl /~ideboda/1945e-ii/1945e-2-19.html (36 words)

	The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 6
		We have chosen the example of Rotterdam because it is the first act of terrorism of the German Army in the West.
		We have taken the inundations because, without her dykes, without fresh water, Holland ceases to exist.
		The work on the inundation of the "Wieringermeer" polder began on 9 and 10 April 1945.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/imt/proc/01-31-46.htm (18053 words)

	Fact sheet Holland
		Another 25% is so low-lying that it would be subject to inundation if it were not for the surrounding sand dunes (great beaches, but not very hot in Summer) and dikes and the regular pumping of excess water.
		In 1853 the Haarlemermeer was drained to create 162 sq km (63 sq mi) of new land.
		The closing of the Zuiderzee ((IJsselmeer), started in 1920 with a 32 km (20 mls) long dike that closed it off providing 2,050 sq km (792 sq mi) of new land in five great polders - Wieringermeer (completed in 1930), the Northeast Polder (1945), East Flevoland (1957), South Flevoland (1968), and Markerwaard (begun 1963).
	home.tiscali.nl /~sparhawk/facts.htm (1277 words)

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