Ēvele

Ēvele ( German : old welfare)
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Basic data
State :	Latvia
Landscape:	Livonia ( Latvian : Vidzeme )
Administrative district :	Burtnieku novads
Coordinates :	57 ° 42 '  N , 25 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 41 '54 "  N , 25 ° 34' 6"  E
Residents :	231 (Jun 3, 2015)
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Height :	70  m
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Lutheran Church

Ēvele (historically Ehwele (s) , German Alt-Wohlfahrt , Alt Wolfahrt ) is a place and seat of a municipality ( pagasts ) in the district of Burtnieki in northern Latvia . In 2015, 231 residents lived here.

history

Parish of Wohlfahrt, in Walk's circle route map , 1904

The place was first mentioned in 1562. It was the center of a parish with the villages and estates

• Alt Wohlfahrt (Ēvele), manor
• Pastorate Wohlfahrt (Ēvele), (ecclesiastical property)
• Welfare linden tree (Jaunjērcēni)
• Keysen (Ķeiži)
• Kemmershof (Ķemere)
• Kempen (Ķempēni)
• New Welfare (Vecjērcēni)

Attractions

• Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Volkshaus, oldest surviving building from 1609

literature

• Hans Feldmann , Heinz von zur Mühlen (Hrsg.): Baltic historical local dictionary, part 2: Latvia (southern Livland and Courland). Böhlau, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-412-06889-6 .

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Ēvele  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl Eduard Napiersky : Contributions to the history of the churches and preachers in Livonia. Riga 1843. p. 75
2. ^ August Wilhelm Hupel : Topographische Nachrichten von Lief- und Ehstland. Third part. Riga 1782 p. 123
3. ↑ History of the Church of Ēvele. Burtnieki novads (Burtnieki District), accessed December 31, 2019 (Latvian).