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34-628: Sneek is situated in Southwest Friesland, close to the Sneekermeer , and is well known for its canals, the Waterpoort ( Watergate , the symbol of the city), and watersports (hosting the annual Sneekweek , the largest sailing event on inland European waterways). Sneek is one of the Friese elf steden ("Eleven cities of Friesland"). The city is very important in the southwestern part of Friesland (called

68-417: A Cultural Quarter, The municipality has made plans to connect various Cultural areas into one big Cultural Quarter. The total costs of the plans are about €35,000,000 and include The Culture Award of Sneek is called The Silver Ball and has been awarded 11 times. The award is given annually to a person that has done an improvement/good job on the areas of Music and Culture for Sneek and its surroundings. Some of

102-610: A high ransom. Some of the town's inhabitants fled and found safety at Kasteel Radboud . The castle's governor, Joost van Buren, succeeded in keeping the aggressors outside the castle walls. Unable to take the castle, the Arumer Zwarte Hoop plundered the town and set it on fire. With most houses made of wood, the town, including the church, monastery and town hall, was razed. After this partial victory, Pier and his army stormed both Nieuwburg and Middleburg Castle near Alkmaar , plundered and set them on fire, leaving only ruins. In 1517,

136-632: A real Frisian. ) Despite his successes, Pier could not turn the Burgundian/Habsburg tide and he retired, disillusioned, in 1519. Wijerd Jelckama took over the command of Pier's forces. Pier died peacefully in his bed at Grootzand 12 in the Frisian city of Sneek on 28 October 1520. Pier is buried in Sneek in the 15th-century Groote Kerk (English: Great Church ; also called the Martinikerk). His tomb

170-680: A regional level, is named after Donia in Friesland. Many other clubs and several ships are named after him. - In 2020, the Frisian-language broadcasting company Omrop Fryslân conducted a research study, which revealed that 70% of respondents in Friesland considered Donia to be one of the greatest Frisian historical heroes, but more half of respondents erroneously connected his name to the Battle of Warns (1345), about two centuries before Donia's time. A further 40% of respondents believed he had served in

204-439: Is an octagonal tower. It is listed as a Rijksmonument , number 34075. [REDACTED] Media related to Waterpoort Sneek at Wikimedia Commons Pier Gerlofs Donia Pier Gerlofs Donia ( c.  1480 – 28 October 1520) was a Frisian farmer , rebel leader , and pirate . He is best known by his West Frisian nickname Grutte Pier ('Big Pier'; in the pre-1980 West Frisian spelling written as Greate Pier ), or by

238-472: Is buried in Sneek in the 15th-century Groote Kerk (also called the Martinikerk). His tomb is located on the north side of the church. The city has a shopping center that is walker- and biker-friendly. There are high-end clothing stores, restaurants, bars, music stores, cafes, coffee shops, and an old-fashioned candy store. George Simenon 's 1937 novel L'assassin , about a doctor who murders his wife and her lover,

272-714: Is kept in the town hall of Sneek. The seventeenth century Friese poet Gysbert Japicx (1603–1666) wrote in his composition "Tjesck Moars See Aengste" ("Grandmother's Sea Anguish") the following verse in reference to Grote Pier (eng. trans., Large Peter): Thee I'll follow, noble Peter, Thou wert nobler far and greater, Than the noblest, home-kept lord, Battling like an ancient Roman, For his country with her foeman, Whom he chased with fire and sword. Stories about Pier grew into legends that often share themes with stories of other strong men in Germanic heroic literature. For example, one story says Pier ploughed his land by pulling

306-558: Is located at the north side of the church. Pier's son Gerloff died unmarried and left no descendants. His daughter Wobbel married three times, lastly to one Popta with whom she had children. Therefore, Donia left no descendants in the male line, but has many descendants through his daughter. In 1791, Jacobus Kok wrote that above the porticus of the New City Hall of Leeuwarden , two remarkably large swords were found which were said to have belonged to Grutte Pier and Wijerd Jelckama. Donia

340-464: Is set in Sneek. Waterpoort 53°1′45″N 5°39′33″E  /  53.02917°N 5.65917°E  / 53.02917; 5.65917 The Waterpoort or Hoogendster Pijp is a water gate , a gate in a defensive wall that connects a city to a waterway. It is situated in Sneek , the Netherlands . In the 15th and 16th century, a defensive wall had been built around Sneek. The city lay on

374-654: Is well known as the center of watersports with over 130 watersport companies and 13 Marinas . It also has a historic inner city replete with houses of old upper-class families. By road, Sneek is connected to the A7 motorway and N354 Buses and trains in the town are operated by Arriva . Sneek is connected to other cities by four main waterways: Houkesloot , leading to the Prinses Margrietkanaal; River de Geeuw , leading to IJlst; de Zwette , leading to Leeuwarden; Franekervaart , leading to Franeker. In 2010 there will be

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408-642: The Arumer Zwarte Hoop (English: Black Hope (or heap) of Arum ), were pirates mainly active against the Hollanders and Burgundians at sea. He managed to capture many English and Dutch ships, mainly on the Zuider Zee (today's ‘ IJsselmeer ’). Erasmus criticized Grutte Pier's exploits. Pier targeted ships that travelled the Zuiderzee and was very active in 1517, when he used his "signal ships" to attack ships in

442-537: The Dutch translation Grote Pier , which referred to his legendary size, strength, and bravery. His life is mostly shrouded in legend . Based upon a description now attributed to Pier's contemporary Petrus Thaborita , the 19th-century Dutch historian Conrad Busken Huet wrote that Grutte Pier was A tower of a fellow as strong as an ox, of dark complexion, broad shouldered, with a long black beard and moustache. A natural rough humorist, who through unfortunate circumstances

476-557: The Zuidwesthoek , or Southwest Corner ). Sneek was founded in the 10th century as Chud on a sandy peninsula at the crossing site of a dike with an important waterway (called the Magna Fossa in old documents). This waterway was dug when the former Middelzee silted up. The dike can still be traced in the current street pattern and street names like Hemdijk , Oude Dijk , and Oosterdijk . Sneek received several city rights in

510-456: The 13th century, which became official in 1456. Sneek then became one of the eleven Frisian cities. This was also the beginning of a period of blooming trade for the city that would last until about 1550. In 1492 construction of a moat and wall around the city began. In those days Sneek was the only walled city in Friesland. The Waterpoort and the Bolwerk remain today. Before 2011, the city

544-600: The Arumer Zwarte Hoop captured the town of Asperen , slaughtering virtually all its inhabitants. They then used the heavily fortified city as a base until driven out by Holland's Stadhouder . In response to the attacks on Medemblik and Alkmaar and the failure of the Captain General of Amstelland, Waterland and Gooiland to defend his territories, the Stadhouder of Holland agreed to outfit a war fleet in July 1517. The fleet came under

578-452: The English word 'king'; it stands for Kwaliteit in niets geëvenaard ("Quality equaled by nothing"). Sneek also has steel, machinery and rope factories. Since 1964 there is a factory of Yoshida YKK from Kurobe . Besides that, the supermarket branch Poiesz , clothing brand Gaastra and Frisian gin called beerenburg from Weduwe Joustra are products that have their roots in Sneek. Sneek

612-536: The Vetkopers—a request that resulted in the Saxon occupation of Friesland, Netherlands. On 24 June 1517, Grutte Pier and his Arumer Zwarte Hoop, consisting of some 4,000 soldiers from Frisia and Guelders , sailed to West Frisia, passing Enkhuizen , landing near Wervershoof and advancing to Medemblik. They swiftly captured Medemblik , killing many inhabitants and taking many others prisoner. Some were released on payment of

646-452: The coast near Hoorn in 1518. Shortly after this victory, Pier defeated 300 Hollanders in Hindelopen . According to a legend, Pier forced his captives to repeat a shibboleth to distinguish Frisians from Holland and Lower German infiltrators: Bûter, brea en griene tsiis: wa't dat net sizze kin, is gjin oprjochte Fries. ( Butter, bread, and green cheese: if you can’t say that, you’re not

680-476: The early 18th century, it was decided to leave the Waterpoort intact. The style of the gate, now the symbol of Sneek, can be described as Manierist . It is unclear who designed it, but names suggested include those of Thomas Berentsz. and Jacob Lous. Above the gate itself, which originally would have had wooden fences, is a loggia (gallery) and above that are what were the quarters of the gatekeeper. On each side

714-565: The farming estate of Meyllemastate in Kimswerd. Wijerd Jelckama often is described by 18th and 19th-century authors as the nephew of Grutte Pier. Contemporary Worp van Thabor identifies him simply as Weird van Bolsward. Modern authors such as J.J. Kalma doubt the nephew connection, and Brouwer in the Encyclopedia of Friesland states that Wijerd was not Grutte Pier's nephew but instead his "lieutenant". Approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to

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748-477: The important trade route between Leeuwarden and Stavoren , from which the rich western parts of the Netherlands (now North Holland and South Holland ) could be reached. To facilitate this trade, a new harbour called the "Kolk" was built to the southwest of the city and in 1613 the Waterpoort was erected to connect city and harbour. It formed part of the city walls, but when large parts of these were demolished in

782-568: The north-east of Donia's village of Kimswerd, in the city of Franeker , the Black Band , a Landsknecht regiment in the service of George, Duke of Saxony was quartered. The regiment was charged with suppressing the civil war between the Vetkopers, who opposed Burgundian and subsequently Habsburg rule, and the Schieringers. The Black Band were notorious as a violent military force; when their pay

816-458: The plough himself instead of using horses. Another story states that Pier could lift a horse above his head. Fivefal is the name in Frisian of a Frisian legend. It tells the story of Pier beating five strong men who came to fight him: the place where he beat them is known as Fivefal, (Lit. Five fall) for all five of them fell to the ground. - In the 1970s, in the Dutch Floris series , Donia

850-559: The region of the West Frisian coast , to which he also transported Geldrian forces, setting them ashore at Medemblik . Pier bore a personal enmity to Medemblik and its inhabitants as, in earlier years, soldiers from Medemblik had cooperated with the Holland army commanded by Duke Charles, the future Emperor . In March 1498, Medemblik was where representatives of the Schieringers met the Saxon ruler duke Albrecht to request Saxon protection from

884-405: The supreme command of Anthonius van den Houte , Lord of Vleteren, appropriately titled "Admiral of the Zuiderzee". In the name of Charles V, van den Houte announced he would free the region of Frisian and Gelder piracy. Although van den Houte was initially successful, with some of the Frisian vessels being burnt near Bunschoten , Grutte Pier responded by seizing 11 of Holland's ships in a battle off

918-410: The winners are: Sneek has eleven primary schools and three high schools. Sneek has around 14,000 houses. Half of those houses are rental houses. There are new projects in different neighbourhoods. In 1519–1520, the Frisian warlord and freedom fighter Pier Gerlofs Donia spent his last days in Sneek. Donia died peacefully in bed at Grootzand (Sneek)  [ nl ] 12 on 18 October 1520. Pier

952-597: Was a major character played by actor Hans Boskamp . - In the 22nd episode of Season 9 of Forged in Fire , originally aired in October 2022, "Supersized Swords", the final challenge was to have two contestants forge a replica of Grutte Pier's great sword. - The life of Pier is featured in an episode of 'Dark Marvels' titled "Blades of Fury", originally aired August 7, 2023. The Greate Pier rugby club in Leeuwarden , which plays on

986-460: Was an independent municipality. Since September 10, 1970, Sneek and the Japanese city of Kurobe have been sister cities . In 1970, Mayor L. Rasterhoff of Sneek visited the city of Kurobe and was named an honorary citizen. Mayor H. Terade of Kurobe made a visit to Sneek in 1972. In 2000 delegations of both cities visited each other again. The Japanese showed the citizens of Sneek a "Sneekplein", which

1020-527: Was built in Kurobe. Sneek has its own dialect (called Snekers ) that dates back to the Dutch language before 1600. Snekers is part of the Stadsfries dialects . The clothing store C&A started in 1841 with a store in Sneek. The Candyfactory Leaf produces Peppermint under the name KING  [ nl ] as well as chewing gum (Sportlife) and various other sweets. The name "KING" has nothing to do with

1054-557: Was insufficient or lacking, they would extract payments from local villagers. On 29 January 1515, the Black Band plundered Donia's village, then allegedly raped and killed his wife, Rintze Syrtsema, burning to the ground both the village church and Donia's estate. Seeking revenge, Pier started a guerrilla war campaign against the Habsburgs and allied himself with Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelders (1492–1538). Pier's armed band, known as

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1088-534: Was noted for the ability to wield this great sword so efficiently that he could behead multiple people with it in a single blow. Today, a great sword that is said to have belonged to Pier is on display at the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden . It measures 2.13 metres (7 ft) in length and weighs 6.6 kilograms (14.6 lb). Pier was alleged to be so strong that he could bend coins using just his thumb, index, and middle finger. A huge helmet said to be Grutte Pier's

1122-514: Was recast into an awful brute. Out of personal revenge for the bloody injustice that befell him (in 1515) with the killing of kinsfolk and destruction of his property he became a freedom fighter of legendary standing. Pier Gerlofs was born around 1480 in Kimswerd near the city of Harlingen , Wonseradeel (modern Friesland , Netherlands ). Pier Gerlofs was one of at least four children born to Fokel Sybrants Bonga and Gerlof Piers. Pier's mother Fokel

1156-515: Was the daughter of the Schieringer noblemen Sybrant Doytsesz Bonga of Bongastate, Kimswerd. Pier married Rintsje Syrtsema and they had two children, a son named Gerlof and a daughter named Wobbel, who were born around 1510. Pier died in 1520, and in 1525, Pier's mother appointed in her will Pier's brother, Sybren, as guardian of Pier's children, who still were minors. Pier and his brother-in-law, Ane Pijbes (husband of Tijdt Gerlofs), were partners in

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