Lettelbert

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| name = Lettelbert

| native_name = {{native_name|gos|Lepterd}}

| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Lettelbert - kerkje.jpg

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| image_caption = Church of Lettelbert

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| pushpin_map = Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands

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| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Groningen}}

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = 23px Westerkwartier

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|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|title = Postcodetool for 9827PC

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|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date = 1 September 2023}}

| elevation_m = 0.9

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| population_total = 150

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone1 = CET

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| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 9827

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| area_code = 0594

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Lettelbert ({{IPA|nl|ˈlɛtəlˌbɛrt}}; {{langx|gos|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. Agriculture and livestock are the main sources of income.

Lettelbert means 'small neighborhood' ({{lang|nl|kleine buurt}}), near Lettelbert are also 'old neighborhood' ({{lang|nl|oude buurt}}) and 'new neighborhood' ({{lang|nl|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 {{ill|Lettelberterdiep|nl}}.

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.

Gallery

Boerderij Vredenwold met Lettelberterdiep.jpg|Farmhouse Vredenwold at the Lettelberterdiep

Lettelberter Petten - coulisselandschap.jpg|Typical bocage

Lettelbert - kerkje - achterzijde.jpg|Church of Lettelbert from the south

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Bibliography

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  • {{cite book |title=Lettelbert, een klein en gering dorp |last1=Bousema |first1=J. |last2=Kemme |first2=N. |publisher=Stichting Dorpshuis Lettelbert |location=Lettelbert |year=2008 |pages=343 |ISBN=9789070573324}}

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