Viestern

Viestern (/vi-sʌtɜrn/) is a suburb of Nandels Port, located in the municipality of Port Nandels South in the Brun-Nord Province of Doggerland. It had a population of 80,349 as of the most recent census and is the oldest of the settlements in the Greater Nandels Port Area.

History
The first recorded settlement in the region was about 1704, when the Nandels Expedition, led by Edmund Nandels, came upon the land. They had been moving into Doggerland from their camp in the Netherlands to form a settlement and decided to follow the brightest star (Venus) in the night sky which led them to the west. After a few days, they arrived at a bay and a large area of land nearby it and ultimately decided to start a colony there. They initially wrote down the name of their settlement as the placeholder "West Star," after what had led them to discover this location, but later failed to come up with a proper name for this place. Though this land started out as an English settlement, it gradually became more populated by expanding Dutch colonies from the southern regions of the country. In 1774, a team of Doggish surveyors gave the land the official name of "Viestern," in honour of the original name given by Nandels.

Governance
The city was technically governed by the English monarch until the official merger of the Nandels settlement with Doggerland proper in 1750. Viestern is represented by a council representative (called the Town Warden), who acts as the mayor, though for legal reasons, the official mayor is whomever the mayor of Port Nandels is.

Past wardens include many descendants of Edmond Nandels, such as Samuel Nandels (his son, the first warden), Henry Nandels, Hermanus Nandels, Samuel Kent, and Bentje Denver.

Notable Residents

 * Sir Edmond Nandels, leader of the Nandels Expedition and founder of Viestern and the Port Nandels area settlements
 * Samuel Nandels, politician