Sneek

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Sneek
Flag of the place Sneek
flag 		Coat of arms of the place Sneek
coat of arms
province Fryslân Fryslân
local community Flag of the municipality of Southwest Fryslân Southwest Fryslân
Area
 - land
 - water 		34.03  km 2
29.62 km 2
4.41 km 2
Residents 33,855 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Coordinates 53 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 40 ′  E
Important traffic route A7 E22 N7 N354
prefix 0515
Postcodes 8265, 8302, 8465, 8601-8602
Website Homepage of Sneek
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Sneek ( West Frisian Snits ) is a city in the province of Friesland ( Netherlands ). It has 33,855 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). On January 1, 2011, Sneek became part of the newly formed municipality of Southwest Fryslân .

The urban area also includes the following villages and settlements: Loënga, Offingawier and Ysbrechtum.

Location and economy

Sneek is about 20 kilometers south of Leeuwarden , with which it is connected by a motorway and a half-hourly railway line, and 15 kilometers northwest of Heerenveen .

The city has several industrial and service companies. It used to have a large cattle market . Water sports tourism is of great importance.

The Sneeker water gate is the logo of the Dutch clothing company Gaastra .

history

The former synagogue in Sneek

Sneek was created in the Middle Ages on a terp (German: ' Warft '), where the St. Martin's Church stood. Sneek received several town charter in the 13th century , which were officially granted in 1456. In the late Middle Ages, it was ravaged by conflagrations several times.

In 1492, the city began to be walled. Sneek was the only Frisian town that was completely walled. The water gate ( de Waterpoort ) is still preserved from the fortifications . After 1672 the city slowly developed to its present form.

During the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II , 24 men from the audience were arrested by the occupiers at a football tournament on May 21, 1944 to be used as slave labor . There were more raids later in the year, during which men were abducted. During the Blood Night of Sneek ( Sneker Bloednacht ) from July 13th to 14th, 1944, four Sneek residents were murdered in retaliation for the murder of a collaborator by one or more members of the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK). On November 3, 1944, the local synagogue was destroyed by the Germans. 43 Jews from Sneek were murdered and 25 were hidden by fellow Sneek citizens; they survived the war.

After the war, Ludolf Rasterhoff , who barely survived the “Blood Night of Sneek”, became mayor of Sneek and remained in office until 1970.

Attractions

The water gate, symbol of Sneek

The water gate from 1613 is outstanding , a building that is unique of its kind in the Netherlands. The gate with the two slim towers is Sneek's landmark.

The city has several small museums, including a maritime museum, and the Nationaal Modelspoor Museum in the station building .

The Martinikerk was built around 1100 and completely renovated after its collapse in 1681. In the church there is an organ built by Arp Schnitger in 1710 . The Sneek War Memorial was erected in 1950 on the old cemetery next to the Martinikerk ; A memorial plaque was placed on the base of the memorial in 2007 to commemorate those who were killed on the Blood Night of Sneek .

The town hall was built in the 15th century and renovated in the Rococo style in the 18th century . In Sneek there are several old houses from the period from 1600 to 1780 , including on the Kleinzand canal .

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Political party Seats
1994 1998 2002 2006
PvdA 5 7th 7th 8th
CDA 6th 7th 6th 5
SP - - - 3
VVD 3 4th 3 3
FNP 2 2 3 2
GroenLinks 2 2 2 1
ChristenUnie - - 1 1
D66 3 1 1 0
Pacifist Socialist Partij '92 0 - - -
total 21st 23 23 23

Events

  • The "Sneeker Week" ( Sneek Week ) is considered to be the largest European sailing event in inland waters. It takes place every year at the beginning of August.
  • The Elfstedentocht , the famous speed skating marathon race, runs through Sneek along the eleven Frisian cities .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Sneek  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Sneeck in the Topographia Circuli Burgundici (Mathäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 19, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Heritage: How the sailmaker came into fashion . ( Memento from October 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Website of the Gaastra company.
  3. ↑ Raid Sportpark Leeuwarderweg 70 years ago. In: SneekLive. May 27, 2014, archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; Retrieved October 19, 2017 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ Loe de Jong : Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog , Volume 7, 2nd part: May 1943 – June 1944. Ed. Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie. Martinus Nijhoff, 's-Gravenhage 1976, p. 1276.
  5. ↑ 3 november: de dag dat de synagoge sneuvelde. November 3, 2014, archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; Retrieved October 19, 2017 (Dutch). Alice Booij: Historie van Sneek: Joodse Synagoge. Sneekoudegemeente on Google sites, accessed October 19, 2017 (Dutch).
  6. ^ Ludolf Rasterhoff. Spanvis, archived from the original on December 3, 2015 ; Retrieved October 19, 2017 (Dutch).
  7. ↑ Modelspoormuseum.nl
  8. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1994–2002 2006 , accessed on June 19, 2018 (Dutch)
  9. ↑ Sneeker week. holland.com, accessed August 23, 2018
  10. ↑ Sneekweek (Dutch), accessed on August 23, 2018