Country Netherlands Local time Wednesday 8:49 AM Municipality Grootegast | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Province Groningen | |
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Lutjegast ( [ˈlɵcəˌɣɑst]) is a village in the Westerkwartier area of Groningen in the Netherlands. It is administered as part of the municipality Grootegast. It had a population of 470 in the last census held in 2001, and as of 2011 has a population estimate of 525.
Map of Lutjegast, Netherlands
The name Lutjegast originates from Gronings 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.
Lutjegast is also the hometown of Arjen Lubach.
References
Lutjegast Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA