Lutjegast

Lutjegast
Village

The Reformed Church in Lutjegast

Location of Lutjegast in the municipality Grootegast

Location of the municipality Grootegast in the Netherlands
Coordinates: 53°14′0″N 6°15′28″E / 53.23333°N 6.25778°ECoordinates: 53°14′0″N 6°15′28″E / 53.23333°N 6.25778°E
Country Netherlands
Province Groningen
Municipality Grootegast
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 1,016 people
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Lutjegast (Dutch: [ˈlʏcəˌɣɑst]) is a village in the Westerkwartier area of Groningen in the Netherlands. It is administered as part of the municipality Grootegast.

The name Lutjegast originates from Gronings, a dialect of Low German, in which lutje means small or little and a ga(a)st is a higher, sandy ridge in an otherwise swampy area.

Lutjegast was the birthplace of the explorer Abel Tasman. Although the house of his birth no longer exists, he is memorialised with a monument, plaque and street name.

Until 1829 a manor named "Rikkerdaborg" stood in Lutjegast.

References

  1. ↑ (Dutch) Aantallen inwoners en woningen per 1-1-2010, Municipality Grootegast, 13 January 2010. Retrieved on 9 January 2012.

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