Editing Sneek (section)

==History==

===History===
Sneek was founded in the 10th&nbsp;century as ''Chud'' on a sandy peninsula at the crossing site of a [[levee|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 the 13th&nbsp;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 [[Watergate (architecture)|Waterpoort]] and the [[Bastion|Bolwerk]] remain today.

Before 2011, the city was an independent municipality.

===Sister city Kurobe===
Since September 10, 1970, Sneek and the Japanese city of [[Kurobe, Toyama|Kurobe]] have been [[sister city|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 was built in Kurobe.

===Language===
Sneek has its own [[dialect]] (called ''Snekers'') that dates back to the [[Dutch language]] before 1600. Snekers is part of the [[Stadsfries dialects]].