Sloten, Friesland
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| Telephone area | 0514 |
Sloten (Dutch pronunciation:
Sloten is one of the eleven Frisian cities and was an independent municipality until 1984. Sloten then belonged to the municipality of Gaasterlân-Sleat until 1 January 2014. In 2017, Sloten had 715 inhabitants.[1]
History
Sloten originated in the thirteenth century as a settlement at a
Sloten is located on the once important waterway from
Since then, Sloten has lost its strategic importance. The city is popular with
The city has almost completely retained its original defensive enclosure of rampart and moat, and the original structure of Sloten has been preserved almost entirely. The fortress was designed and built by the famous fortress builder Menno van Coehoorn, who is buried in nearby Wijckel. Sloten was the ideal city in fortress terms; its shape is reminiscent of an onion, earning it the moniker of sipelstêd (onion city). The Sipelsneon (onion Saturday) is a local fair held every last Saturday of June.
Sloten had approximately 760 inhabitants in 2012 and is therefore not the smallest city in the Netherlands, as is often presumed. Sloten is the smallest city in Friesland, however.
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Cityscape of Sloten, 1664 -
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Saint Frederick church -
De Kaai windmill and the monumental bridge -
City hall museum
Notable people
- Johan Petrus van Hylckama (1749–1816), politician
- Epeus Anne Reinoud Lichtenvoort Cats (1848–1897), politician
- Piet Klaasse (1918–2001), graphic designer and artist
- Willem Frans de Vreeze (born 1937), politician
- Sisca Folkertsma (born 1997), football player
References
External links
Media related to Sloten, Friesland at Wikimedia Commons
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