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Leek is a municipality and a village within the Groningen province within the northeastern Netherlands, bordering at the Drenthe and Fryslân provinces. The village is approximately 20 km west of Groningen at the A7 motorway. The village grew round a fortification that was constructed right here for the duration of the Eighty Years' War with Spain. The name 'Leek' became derived from a brook, the "Leke". The town is every so often also referred to as "De Leek". In Dutch, the people from Leek are referred to as "Leeksters".

Every yr around Pentecost there may be a fair, drawing hundreds of human beings from the location. Near the village is a shallow lake, known as "Het Leekstermeer" , with recreational centers, however the lake is in some other municipality and in every other province. The primary attraction in the village is the "Nienoord" estate. The property turned into founded in 1508. After a destroying hearth, a brand new manor-residence became built in 1887. The gardens and the shell grotto have been restored.

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