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Rotstergaast
Sign in to saveRotstergaast is a village in Skarsterlân in De Fryske Marren municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 185 in 2017.
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It is catalogued under topics including De Fryske Marren and Populated places in Friesland.
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- Locality
- Rotstergaast
- Region
- Fryslân
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 195
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- Named after
- Rottum
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- De Fryske Marren
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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Rotstergaast is a village in Skarsterlân in De Fryske Marren municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 185 in 2017.
==History== The village is first mentioned in 1315 as Rutnergast. It means high sandy ridge belonging to Rottum. Rotstergaast already had two chapels in 1315. One was transformed into a church, however it had become derelict by 1718 and was abandoned. In 1928, a new church was built which is now used as a village centre. In 1840, Rotstergaast was home to 60 people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rotstergaast” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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