Wierden

Wierden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋiːrdə(n)] ⓘ; Tweants: Wierdn) is a town and a municipality in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel.

The municipality of Wierden also includes the following towns, villages and townships: Enter, Hoge Hexel [nl], IJpelo [nl], Notter, Rectum, and Zuna [nl].

In midsummer, the locally known, 3-day festival "WieZo" is held.

For some years the Wiezoloop has become an independent event, separate from the Wiezo, and is held the same year about 1 month earlier.

Wierden is twinned with: Since September 2010, the town council decided to stop the cooperation between the municipalities because of the high costs and too low benefit.

Dutch Topographic map of Wierden, July 2013
Anton Huiskes, 1952