Grootegast
Encyclopedia
Grootegast is a municipality
and a village in the northeastern Netherlands
. It is the sister city of Kingston, Tasmania
.
, Niekerk, Oldekerk
, Opende
, Sebaldeburen.
In some of these villages they still speak the West Frisian language
.
for 'large'.
Grootegast is the birth place of the theologian Cornelius Van Til
.
of Low German
'Lutje' means small or little.
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.
Until 1829 a mansion
named Rikkerdaborg stood in Lutjegast.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
and a village in the northeastern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. It is the sister city of Kingston, Tasmania
Kingston, Tasmania
Kingston is a township and region on the outskirts of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Nestled 15 km south of the city between and around several hills, Kingston is the council seat of its wider municipality, the Kingborough Council, and today serves as the gateway between Hobart and the...
.
Population centres
Doezum, Enumatil, Faan, Grootegast, Kornhorn, LutjegastLutjegast
Lutjegast is a village in the Westerkwartier area of Groningen in the Netherlands. It is administered as part of the municipality Grootegast.Lutjegast was the birth place of the explorer Abel Tasman...
, Niekerk, Oldekerk
Oldekerk
Oldekerk is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Grootegast, about 15 km west of the city of Groningen.Oldekerk was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Grootegast....
, Opende
Opende
Opende is a village in the north-eastern Netherlands, in the province of Groningen. It is part of the municipality of Grootegast....
, Sebaldeburen.
In some of these villages they still speak the West Frisian language
West Frisian language
West Frisian is a language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. West Frisian is the name by which this language is usually known outside the Netherlands, to distinguish it from the closely related Frisian languages of Saterland Frisian and North Frisian,...
.
The village of Grootegast
Grootegast is the main village of the municipality. The name of the village refers to a 'gast' or 'gaast', a higher, sandy ridge in an otherwise swampy area. Groot is DutchDutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
for 'large'.
Grootegast is the birth place of the theologian Cornelius Van Til
Cornelius Van Til
Cornelius Van Til , born in Grootegast, the Netherlands, was a Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist.-Biography:...
.
Lutjegast
Lutjegast is a village in the municipality of Grootegast. In the Groningen dialectDialect
The term dialect is used in two distinct ways, even by linguists. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors,...
of Low German
Low German
Low German or Low Saxon is an Ingvaeonic West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands...
'Lutje' means small or little.
Lutjegast was the birth place of the explorer Abel Tasman
Abel Tasman
Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the VOC . His was the first known European expedition to reach the islands of Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand and to sight the Fiji islands...
. Although the house of his birth no longer exists, he is memorialised with a monument, plaque and street name.
Until 1829 a mansion
Mansion
A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...
named Rikkerdaborg stood in Lutjegast.