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{{Short description|Equestrian and businessman}}
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[[File:CHIO in Rotterdam, H Snoek (West-Duitsland) in aktie, Bestanddeelnr 925-8743.jpg|thumb|Hendrik Snoek at 1972 [[CHIO Rotterdam]]]]
'''Hendrik Snoek''' is a former German [[show jumper]] who later became a businessman. Snoek was heir to a supermarket fortune.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/beached|title = Beached}}</ref>
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[[File:Ambachtalbrücke01 2013-04-29.jpg|thumb|View of the Ambachtalbrücke from the valley]]
He was kidnapped on 3 November 1976 and held for a DM 5,000,000 ransom. He was discovered by a lorry driver, chained up in service room in a pillar of a 52 meter high road bridge, the [[Ambachtalbrücke]] near [[Herborn, Hesse|Herborn]] over the A45, after the ransom was paid by his father. A considerable amount of the ransom was eventually recovered.{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}}
==Westphalian Horse Museum== He was a founder of the [[Westphalian Horse Museum]] in [[Münster]]. ==Show jumping==
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