Alsunga
| Alsunga ( German : Alschwangen) | |||
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 Latvia
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| Landscape: | Courland ( Latvian : Kurzeme ) | ||
| Administrative district : | Alsungas novads | ||
| Coordinates : | 56 ° 59 ' N , 21 ° 34' E | ||
| Residents : | 789 | ||
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| Height : | 32 m | ||
| Website: | www.alsunga.lv | ||
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Alsunga (German: Alswangen, Alschwangen, Kurisch: alšu vanga = alder clearing) is a place in western Latvia . Alsunga is located in the Suiti settlement area .
history
Excavations have shown that the place was inhabited by cures as early as the 10th century . The place name was first documented in writing in 1231 in a peace treaty. 1372 was the Teutonic Order , the castle Alswangen created. In 1567 the landlord Friedrich von Kanitz had a school and church built. After 1623 Alschwangen became the center of Catholicism in the otherwise Lutheran Courland due to the transfer of the landlord .
The municipality has been acting as Alsungas novads since 2009.
Attractions
- Catholic Church of St. Michael, consecrated in 1623, with an altarpiece depicting the patron of the church and an organ from 1893 from the workshop of Friedrich Weißenborn in Jēkabpils .
Personalities
- Julijans Vaivods , Latvian cardinal , was provost in Alsunga from 1933 to 1936 .
literature
- Astrīda Iltnere (ed.): Latvijas Pagasti, Enciklopēdija. Preses Nams, Riga 2002, ISBN 9984-00-436-8 .
- Sigurds Rusmanis, Ivars Vīks: Kurzeme . Izdevniecība Latvijas Enciklopēdija, Riga 1993, ISBN 5-89960-030-6 , pp. 62–63.
Footnotes
- ↑ Sigurds Rusmanis, Ivars Vīks: Kurzeme . Izdevniecība Latvijas Enciklopēdija, Riga 1993, p. 62.
Web links
Commons : Alsunga - collection of images, videos and audio files
