Sneek is a city southwest of Leeuwarden and the seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland, Netherlands. As of 2011 it is the seat of the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân. Th
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Sneek from the air (2022)
Kleinzand Canal in Sneek (2006)
Pier Gerlofs Donia was a Frisian farmer, rebel leader, and pirate. He is best known by his West Frisian nickname Grutte Pier, or by the Dutch translation Grote Pier, which referred to his legendary si
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…Rienck Bockema (ca. 1350–1436) Pier Gerlofs Donia (ca. 1480–1520), Frisian freedom fighter, rebel and pirate 'Grutte Pier' Joachim Hoppers (1523–1576), jurist and politician of the Habsburg Netherlands…
Etching of Grutte Pier, from Chronycke ofte Historische Geschiedenis van Frieslant, published in 1622
"De dapperheid van Grote Pier" (The bravery of Grote Pier), anno 1516, Oil on canvas by Johannes Hinderikus Egenberger, (Arnhem 1822 – Utrecht 1897)
Statue of Grutte Pier in his hometown of Kimswerd. The line of text on the foot of the statue reads in Frisian "Grutte Pier". Because of its stocky oval shape, the statue is often compared with a pepper shaker, which does not do justice to the Frisian hero.