Kleine Huisjes (also: ''Lutjeboeren'';

Gronings Gronings (; gos, Grunnegs or Grönnegs), is a collective name for some Friso-Saxon dialects spoken in the province of Groningen and around the Groningen border in Drenthe and Friesland. Gronings and the strongly related varieties in East Fris ...

: ''Lutje Hoeskes''; translation: ''Little Houses'') is a village in the

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province of

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Het Hogeland Het Hogeland is a municipality in the north of the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. History The municipality of Het Hogeland was established on 1 January 2019 by merging the municipalities of Bedu ...

. It is located north-east of

Kloosterburen Kloosterburen is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. The village developed around a monastery. Kloosterburen was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Leens, Ulrum ...

Etymology

The name translates as Little Houses, and refers to the little houses which were built for the farm workers.

History

Kleine Huisjes was part of a

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wall which was about 1 metre above sea level. Habitation started in the 11th or 12th century, and the land was protected by a

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around 1250. In the mid-18th century, little houses were constructed for the workers who

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ed the land and worked on the farms. In 1827, it was first mentioned as Lutjeboeren (Little Farmers). Around 1900, the village was referred to as Kleine Huisjes on maps. The postal authority does not recognise Kleine Huisjes as a separate entity and has put it under

. The village is recognised as a statistical entity, but it does not have many inhabitants, and no church. Nevertheless, the villagers insist that it is a village and not a

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. Up to 1989, Kleine Huisjes was part of the municipality of

. In 1990, it was merged into

De Marne De Marne () is a former municipality in the northeast of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Bedum, Eemsmond and Winsum to form the new municipality Het Hogeland. Population centres Broek, Eenrum, Hornhui ...

which was merged into

in 2019.

References

External links

Village website
(in Dutch) {{Dutch municipality Het Hogeland Populated places in Groningen (province) Het Hogeland