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Lutjegast is a village in the Westerkwartier area of Groningen in the Netherlands. It is administered as part of Grootegast.
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 manor named "Rikkerdaborg" stood in Lutjegast.
