Ainaži
| Ainaži ( German : Haynasch) | |||
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 Latvia
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| Landscape: | Livonia ( Latvian : Vidzeme ) | ||
| Administrative district : | Salacgrīvas novads | ||
| Coordinates : | 57 ° 52 ' N , 24 ° 22' E | ||
| Residents : | 835 (Jan. 1, 2016) | ||
| Area : | 5.0 km² | ||
| Population density : | 167 inhabitants per km² | ||
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| City law: | since 1926 | ||
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| Post Code: | LV-4035 | ||
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Ainaži (German: Haynasch or Hainasch , Estonian: Heinaste ) is a port city in Latvia on the Gulf of Riga not far from the Estonian border on the site of a former Liv fishing village.
history
Ainaži has a long history of shipbuilding and seafaring . Wooden sailing ships were built along the Livonian coast from the 19th century . A shipyard was built in Ainaži in 1857, and in 1864, at the suggestion of Krišjānis Valdemārs, the first Latvian naval school, which trained hundreds of captains and helmsmen. Teaching was in Latvian, Estonian and later also Russian. A trading port was built in 1905, but it was rendered unusable in the First World War and afterwards became of no importance as an industrial port. In the Second World War , the retreating Wehrmacht destroyed the port facilities again in 1944.
In the meantime, forestry, wood processing and trade have become more important industries. The location at the Ikel / Haynasch border crossing between Latvia and Estonia on the Via Baltica (European route 67) also favors the settlement of transit and transport companies.
The Naval School now houses a museum, the Ainažu jūrskolas muzejs , which is dedicated to the history of this school and the shipbuilding tradition along the coast of Vidzeme .
literature
- Hans Feldmann , Heinz von zur Mühlen (ed.): Baltic historical local dictionary, part 2: Latvia (southern Livonia and Courland). Böhlau, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-412-06889-6 , pp. 211-212.
- Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .
Web links
- Further information on Ainaži at vietas.lv, accessed October 1, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ Hans Feldmann, Heinz von zur Mühlen (ed.): Baltic historical local dictionary, part 2: Latvia (southern Livland and Courland). Böhlau, Cologne 1990, p. 212.
