Grootegast

Lutjegast

Lutjegast is a village in the municipality of Grootegast. In the Groningen dialect of Low Saxon 'Lutje' means small or little.

Related Topics:
Dialect - Low Saxon

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

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Explorer - Abel Tasman

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Until 1829 a mansion named Rikkerdaborg stood in Lutjegast.

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1829 - Mansion - Rikkerdaborg

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