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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 293 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SNEEK , a See also:

town in the See also:province of See also:Friesland, See also:Holland, to the See also:west of Sneek See also:lake, 14 m by See also:rail S.S.W. of See also:Leeuwarden, with which it is also connected by See also:canal. See also:Steam tramways connect it S.E. with Heerenveen and N.W. with See also:Bolsward and See also:Harlingen. Pop. (1900) 12,075. Sneek is one of the See also:great See also:butter and See also:cheese markets of the province. One of the former See also:city See also:gates (1615) remains, and there are a town See also:hall, communal buildings (1863), See also:court-See also:house, weigh-house, See also:synagogue and churches of various denominations, in one of which is the See also:tomb of the See also:naval See also:hero of the 16th See also:century, See also:Lange, or Groote See also:Pier (See also:Long or Great See also:Peter). The See also:horse-See also:fair of Sneek is widely attended, and there is a consider-able activity in See also:trade and See also:shipping.

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