Aloja

Aloja ( German : Allendorf)
Basic data
State :	Latvia
Landscape:	Livonia ( Latvian : Vidzeme )
Administrative district :	Alojas novads
Coordinates :	57 ° 46 '  N , 24 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 46 '0 "  N , 24 ° 53' 14"  E
Residents :	1,234
Area :	3.24 km²
Population density :	381 inhabitants per km²
Height :
Website:	www.aloja.lv
Post Code:
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Aloja (German: Allendorf , in olden times Vogelsang ) is a small town in northern Latvia and the center of the administrative unit of the same name. In 2016 Aloja had 1234 inhabitants.

history

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Aloja

The name Aloja is of Livonian origin. The place was first mentioned in writing in 1449, when the goods Allenberg and Stakenberg came into the possession of a Fabian Unger. He received permission from the Archdiocese of Riga to found a parish. In 1534 a wooden Lutheran church belonged to the estate. This was replaced by a stone one in 1776. In 1903 the place consisted of only two churches, two community schools, an inn, a pharmacy, a doctorate and a shop. After the revolution of 1905, the place grew slowly and got city ​​rights in 1992 .

Alojas novads

In 2009, the administrative unit Alojas novads was formed together with four surrounding communities and the city of Staicele . (See also: Administrative division of Latvia )

people

• Otomārs Nemme (1891–1947), painter, draftsman and caricaturist

literature

• Johannes 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. 16-17.
• Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdeija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .

Web links

Commons : Aloja  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Materials on Church History, EH von Busch lk. 526
2. ↑ «Latvijas iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pagastu dalījumā"