Lettelbert | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 53.1833°N 30°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Westerkwartier |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 0.9 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 150 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 9827 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0594 |
Lettelbert (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈlɛ.təlˌbɛrt/; Lepterd) is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. As of 2021, it had a population of 150.[2] Agriculture and livestock are the main sources of income.
Lettelbert means 'small neighborhood' (Dutch; Flemish: kleine buurt), near Lettelbert are also 'old neighborhood' (Dutch; Flemish: oude buurt) and 'new neighborhood' (Dutch; Flemish: nieuwe buurt), namely the villages of Tolbert and Niebert. The village arose in the Middle Ages on a sand ridge in the Westerkwartier near the .
The Reformed church of Lettelbert is owned by the Stichting Oude Groninger Kerken. The single-aisled church was built in the thirteenth century and has a five-sided closed choir and a roof turret.
Lettelbert has a small marina on the Leekstermeer and a natural camping site. Near the village are the Lettelberterpetten, a peat area that was extracted between 1900 and 1920 and became overgrown with alder woods and has been a nature reserve of Het Groninger Landschap since 1961.